Friday, June 20, 2014

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Google, Microsoft Commit to 'Kill Switch' Phone Tech - PC Magazine

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 08:09 AM PDT


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Google, Microsoft Commit to 'Kill Switch' Phone Tech
PC Magazine
Altogether, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone run on 97 percent of the country's devices, meaning that once this tech hits Android and Microsoft handsets, almost all U.S. smartphone users will be protected by the remote-wipe service. Humphries said ...
Android, Windows Phones To Get OS Kill Switches Top Tech News
Android and Windows phones to get 'kill switch' to stop thieves Daily Star
Android and Windows to get 'kill switch' BBC News
USA TODAY  - Naked Security
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Amazon Fire Phone: Everything you need to know about budget handset - Digital Spy

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 03:45 AM PDT


Amazon Fire Phone: Everything you need to know about budget handset
Digital Spy
The unique twist is the inclusion of another four low-power camera units that are involved in the 3D Dynamic Perspective tech in the phone. The Amazon Fire Phone. © Amazon. Dynamic Perspective The Dynamic Perspective tech is easily the most interesting ...

Week in Tech: Amazon sets fire to phone market, 3D is saved and Nexus nixed - TechRadar UK

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 03:15 AM PDT


New York Times
Week in Tech: Amazon sets fire to phone market, 3D is saved and Nexus nixed
TechRadar UK
In years to come, we'll tell our children that Amazon wasn't always the only company on earth - and they'll laugh at us, and make goofy faces when they think we're not looking. Jeff Bezos's latest step towards total world domination is an Amazon ...
Fire Phone Immerses Users in Amazon's World New York Times
With Firefly & Dynamic Perspective, Amazon Just Opened Up All New ... TechCrunch
Amazon Phone Rumor Round Up: Specs, Release Date Latino Post
Economic Times  - Huffington Post  - Tech Times
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Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at feds' request - Ars Technica

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 09:05 PM PDT


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Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at feds' request
Ars Technica
On Thursday evening, the ACLU published a 2009 e-mail exchange (PDF) between police departments in Sarasota, FL and North Port, FL indicating that local law enforcement had concealed the use of cell phone-tracking Stingray devices in court documents ...

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Underlying Tech And Pricing Concerns Scorch Amazon's Fire Phone - Benzinga

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT


Underlying Tech And Pricing Concerns Scorch Amazon's Fire Phone
Benzinga
The 3D technology within the phone also enhances users' gaming and viewing experience. The Dynamic Perspective technology "uses four ultra-low power specialized cameras and four infrared LEDs built into the front face of Fire, a dedicated custom ...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

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Who in their right mind would buy Amazon's Fire Phone? - ExtremeTech

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 06:40 AM PDT


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Who in their right mind would buy Amazon's Fire Phone?
ExtremeTech
As Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, strutted calmly around the stage in Seattle and reeled off the Fire Phone's long, long list of features, I started to become inordinately excited. As a tech writer, I've always found it hard to not get excited at things ...
Amazon's Fire Phone is born to shop MarketWatch
Amazon debuts Fire Phone: 3-D images, gesture controls, and scanning tech Christian Science Monitor
Amazon Fire Phone: Everything you need to know about budget handset Digital Spy
TechCrunch  - GSMArena.com  - Wall Street Journal (blog)
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First Look: Amazon's Fire Phone Is Watching You - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:55 AM PDT


First Look: Amazon's Fire Phone Is Watching You
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Amazon squeezed a number of new technologies into the Fire, but it seems its biggest innovation may be new uses it found for an old technology: cameras. The Fire doesn't just take nice photos–it watches you, and what's around you, to customize what you ...

Fire Phone Immerses Users in Amazon's World - New York Times

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:20 AM PDT


New York Times
Fire Phone Immerses Users in Amazon's World
New York Times
Amazon's phone — consumers can order it now; it ships starting July 25 — is arriving as the leading technology companies are increasingly trying to develop an array of services and products to keep people from wandering, the digital equivalent of ...

Amazon's Fire Phone Introduces Firefly, A Feature That Lets You Identify (And ... - TechCrunch

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:55 PM PDT


TechCrunch
Amazon's Fire Phone Introduces Firefly, A Feature That Lets You Identify (And ...
TechCrunch
To some extent, Firefly looks like a feature built on top of Flow, Amazon's visual-recognition technology that used to reside in its own standalone mobile app before more recently being introduced into the main Amazon native application. Flow, which ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Amazon unveils the Fire Phone with eye-tracking tech - GSMArena.com

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:01 PM PDT


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Amazon unveils the Fire Phone with eye-tracking tech
GSMArena.com
Building upon its wide expertise in the tablet space, Amazon has unveiled its first smartphone today. So yes, all those rumors were true after all. It's called the Amazon Fire Phone and its main selling points are bound to be Amazon's reach in terms of ...
Hands-On With The Amazon Fire Phone TechCrunch
The tech behind Amazon Fire Phone's 3D Dynamic Perspective UI BGR India
Amazon Fire Phone Gets Great Reception Forbes
Mashable  - New York Times  - Wall Street Journal (blog)
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First Look: Will Amazon phone catch Fire? - USA TODAY

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:18 PM PDT


First Look: Will Amazon phone catch Fire?
USA TODAY
As had been long rumored, Bezos also showed off an eye-tracking 3D technology it calls Dynamic Perspective, made possible by knowing where the user's head is at all times. The phone includes four corner cameras, each with built-in infrared technology.

Amazon Announces The $199 Fire Phone, The First Smartphone With Head ... - TechCrunch

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:40 AM PDT


TechCrunch
Amazon Announces The $199 Fire Phone, The First Smartphone With Head ...
TechCrunch
But it's not tradition 3D in the sense that images pop out the screen. The head tracking tech adds depth to the phone. It's like looking down a street. But into your phone's screen. But is the 3D effects the next generation of user interfaces or a ...

Everything We Know About Amazon's Radical New Smartphone - TechCrunch

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:40 AM PDT


Everything We Know About Amazon's Radical New Smartphone
TechCrunch
TechCrunch has learned that Amazon is using Omron's Okao Vision face sensing technology to track the user's head. The Japanese firm's technology was modified by an internal team at Amazon to allow its upcoming phone to deliver unique stereoscopic ...

Amazon Fire Phone launched - BGR India

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:06 AM PDT


BGR India
Amazon Fire Phone launched
BGR India
We haven't heard anything about the 3D UI, yet, but Amazon has certainly built this phone for reading as well with its Kindle service. The Fire Phone will come with free MayDay support that will provide live technical support to users with a real tech ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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Report: Chinese phone comes preloaded with spyware - Uniontown Herald Standard

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:11 AM PDT


Report: Chinese phone comes preloaded with spyware
Uniontown Herald Standard
This photo made available by G Data Software dated June 16, 2014 shows G Data Software spokesman, Thorsten Urbanski, holding a Chinese-made Star N9500 smartphone. G Data says it found malicious code hidden deep in the propriety software of the ...

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Tech, Yeah! This Ring Sends Phone Alerts to Your Finger - InStyle

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 08:46 AM PDT


Tech, Yeah! This Ring Sends Phone Alerts to Your Finger
InStyle
Like a jewelry version of Batman's tech-decked batmobile, Ringly is a Bluetooth-activated, app-synced cocktail ring that vibrates and lights up when messages, calls, or notifications hit the wearer's iPhone. To prevent the ring from becoming a ...

Windows Phone 'yet to surpass BlackBerry in the UK' - Digital Spy UK

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 07:10 AM PDT


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Windows Phone 'yet to surpass BlackBerry in the UK'
Digital Spy UK
Statistics from Kantar indicate that BlackBerry has more consumer users in the territory than the Microsoft platform, reports tech journalist Charles Arthur. Windows Phone 8.1. © Microsoft. Windows Phone 8.1. BlackBerry. Furthermore, data covering the ...
BlackBerry Still Ahead Of Windows Phone In The UK ValueWalk

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Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive - CIO Today

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT


CIO Today
Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive
CIO Today
The Ascend Mate2 4G is a mid-range Android phone touted as an affordable alternative to such high-end phones as Apple's iPhone 5s and Samsung's Galaxy S5, both of which retail for about $650 without a contract. The Mate2 will go for $299 and will be ...
Huawei Ascend P7 - Check out our review! Tech Digest
Gadget Watch: Huawei's Mate2 phone good at $299 Santa Fe New Mexican.com

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Monday, June 16, 2014

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Micromax brings a $108 Windows Phone to India - GigaOM

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT


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Micromax brings a $108 Windows Phone to India
GigaOM
Now that Microsoft has eliminated the cost of Windows licensing on devices smaller than 9-inches, expect more handset makers to try out the software in new phones. Micromax is doing just that with a pair of low-cost handsets for India. Micromax Windows ...
Micromax Canvas Win W121 vs Nokia Lumia 630: The budget Windows Phone ... Firstpost
Micromax launches Canvas Win Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones Times of India
Micromax's Windows Phone 8.1 Offerings: Canvas Win W121, Canvas Win W092 The Indian Republic
BGR India  - Techtree.com  - Techivian
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Amazon's MYSTERY mobe: Can 3D touch tech hype live up to reality? - Register

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 04:12 AM PDT


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Amazon's MYSTERY mobe: Can 3D touch tech hype live up to reality?
Register
The Amazon phone – which is expected to emerge in Seattle on Wednesday – is likely to be accompanied by finger-tracking technology, much like that used by a Leap Motion controller that uses four infrared cameras. The result could be a phone where the ...
Before phone launch, Amazon touts 3x app store growth, developer satisfaction GigaOM
Amazon Phone This Week Likely To Be a Standout Top Tech News
Amazon Will Rearrange The Smartphone Landscape This Week With Its New ... Business Insider
Boston Globe  - Times of India  - NDTV
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Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive - Top Tech News

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:36 AM PDT


Top Tech News
Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive
Top Tech News
The Ascend Mate2 4G is a mid-range Android phone touted as an affordable alternative to such high-end phones as Apple's iPhone 5s and Samsung's Galaxy S5, both of which retail for about $650 without a contract. The Mate2 will go for $299 and will be ...
Huawei Ascend P7 - Check out our review! Tech Digest
Gadget Watch: Huawei's Mate2 phone good at $299 Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Review: Huawei Ascend G525 vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 – Prices, Specs ... StreetWise Tech

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

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Starbucks puts Israeli phone charging tech in shops - The Times of Israel

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:19 AM PDT


The Times of Israel
Starbucks puts Israeli phone charging tech in shops
The Times of Israel
Tables in Starbucks coffee shops are to be outfitted with Israeli-developed Powermat charging pad technology, where customers can place their compatible devices and charge them wirelessly. Powermat pads have already been installed in some Starbucks ...
Week in Tech: More Facebook ads and places to charge your phone USA TODAY
Starbucks now lets you sip coffee AND wirelessly charge your phone Tech Times
Starbucks Rolling Out Powermat Mobile Charging Nationally CIO Today
PopHerald.com
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Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive - Top Tech News

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:36 AM PDT


Top Tech News
Review: Huawei's Mate2 Phone Impressive
Top Tech News
The Ascend Mate2 4G is a mid-range Android phone touted as an affordable alternative to such high-end phones as Apple's iPhone 5s and Samsung's Galaxy S5, both of which retail for about $650 without a contract. The Mate2 will go for $299 and will be ...

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Microsoft mulls bringing Cortana to iOS, Android platforms - Tech Times

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:08 AM PDT


Tech Times
Microsoft mulls bringing Cortana to iOS, Android platforms
Tech Times
By Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times | June 15, 11:02 AM. Share( )Tweet( ). Microsoft Cortana. Microsoft is deciding whether to bring the voice-controlled virtual assistant to the iOS ... Microsoft is reportedly deciding whether providing the service to its own ...
Windows Phone Pinterest application launches in beta Digital Spy UK
Cortana's man cools iOS and Android talk, promises UK launch within weeks TechRadar UK
Fitbit app confirmed for Windows Phone 8.1 Firstpost
Forbes  - Economic Times
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Microsoft Reportedly Prepping Kinect-Like Phone - Top Tech News

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:03 AM PDT


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Microsoft Reportedly Prepping Kinect-Like Phone
Top Tech News
Since late last year reports have surfaced indicating that there are two models in development at Nokia that offer in-the-air gestural interaction using 3D Touch technology. Samsung also offers some Air Gestures in its Galaxy S4 for accepting phone ...
How '3D' phones just might be the future CNET

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