Philips will launch the first-ever mobile phone supported by a quad core processor in the brand’s history, in June. The Philips Xenium W8510 combines a 1.2GHz quad core processor with Philips’ traditional Xenium battery performance, and could be the quad core mobile…
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Nokia says it is working on smartphones that cost less than $100. The company released its Nokia Asha platform, and launched the Nokia Asha 501, the first smartphone built for the new platform. The Nokia Asha 501 is expected to…
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is forming the R7.8 Working Group 2 to develop a new standard to enable home electronics to communicate energy use data to smart energy management systems and apps. The new standard will be called CE-Energy…
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Huawei’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Huawei W1, is coming to Walmart this month. The Huawei W1 features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4” IPS LCD touch screen, and 5MP camera (with 0.3MP front-facing camera), LED flash, 4X digital…
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Disney Interactive has launched Story, a digital storytelling app for iPhone and iPod touch. Story turns pictures and video into shareable personal narratives. Brooke Chaffin (Senior vice president, Disney Interactive Family): When we become moms, our iPhone instantly becomes the…
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The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and MasterCard are rolling out 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability as a pilot program. As part of the program, in its first phase, Nigerians 16 years and…
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Software developer Beyond Verbal closed a $2.8 million round of funding led by Kenges Rakishev, and Genesis Angels. Following the investment, Mr. Rakishev is joining Beyond Verbal’s board. Beyond Verbal has launched a patented technology that can extract, decode, and measure a…
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Electronic Arts and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have extended their existing licensing agreement until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, maintains exclusive rights to release FIFA-branded action…
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25 million games of Dots have been played in just a week, says betaworks. Dots has been downloaded a million times. Dots is also in the top five free iPhone apps, and is the numero uno game in eight countries.…
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Sony has launched a new line of VAIO Fit laptops, running Windows 8. The VAIO Fit models include standard Sony features such as a full-size backlit keyboard with integrated number pad (Fit 15 model only), large touch pad, quick charge…
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