Month: January 2015

Blurred Lines

The Growing Amalgamation of Device Categories Walk along the streets of any city in India and you’ll likely see a few people talking into a tablet pressed against their ear….

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Carbon Copies

Printing Parts as Strong as Metal The use of 3D printers is rapidly moving beyond simple prototyping. A new generation of printers is coming to market, enabling designers to print…

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Wi-Fi’s Going Prime Time

US Cable Operator Challenges Cellular Cablevision — a US cable operator providing pay-TV, broadband and fixed voice services in the New York City region — has announced a Wi-Fi mobility…

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European Regulators Set for Tough Juggling Act in 2015

Plans by Hutchison to Buy O2 Will Create Headache for Authorities and Uncertainty for Consumers Last week’s news that Hutchison is in exclusive talks to buy O2 looks likely to…

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Virtual Reality Making the Rounds

The Tool of a New Generation of Film-Makers The Sundance Film Festival, held in Utah, is known for providing new talent with an opportunity to show off film-making prowess. Directors…

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A Vision of Higher Learning

Augmented Reality’s Pedagogical Potential Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled Windows Holographic — a suite of augmented reality (AR) software that will work on Windows 10 devices including Microsoft’s HoloLens AR…

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Google’s Galaxy Quest

Could Sat-Based Internet Access Be Disruptive? Google is working with mutual fund company Fidelity to invest $1 billion into Space Exploration Technologies, a company founded by Elon Musk. The investment…

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More Operating Systems of Things

Canonical Stresses Security as a Core Value Canonical, maker of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system (OS), has released a version of Ubuntu intended for use in connected objects. The company…

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Microsoft’s Power Point

Smart Light Beam Device-Charging Solution Current wireless charging approaches are a bit of a misnomer. Pad-based solutions like Qi still require physical or extremely close contact to the charging dock,…

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Identity Switch

Touch or Swipe? Picking a Fingerprint Sensor Type. According to an article from SamMobile, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S6 will contain a touch rather than swipe fingerprint sensor for user authentication….

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