By Bridget Carey YouTube looks into new ways to make money, Motorola packs a mega battery into the Droid Turbo, and Taco Bell’s new app lets you skip the line.
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Daily Archives: 28.10.2014
We Need More Fat Phones With Killer Battery Life
By Eric Limer
Your smartphone has a terrible battery life. I can say this with confidence because it is universally true. Phones today have ludicrous screens and processors that rival the supercomputers of days gone by, but they can’t last a day. We need more thick-ass phones that make it through the weekend.
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Samsung’s Remote Wipe Could Let Hackers Hold Your Phone Ransom
By Jason Mick NIST advisory is latest clue to suggest remote administration features in consumer smartphones are a foolish feature …read more
Google X Wants to Track Cancer With Nanoparticles and Wearables
By Darren Orf
Google X, the company’s secretive arm tasked with dreaming up the future, is as you would imagine pretty ambitious. But in the area of medicine, their plans seem ripped from the pages of science fiction. Today …
Apple marketing exec predicts Apple Watch is going to be ‘huge’
By Shara Tibken Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPhone, iPod and iOS product marketing, also says the iOS 8.0.1 bug, which caused phones to lose connectivity, was because of how the operating system was delivered, not because of the software itself.
We’re Designing Apps Wrong for Huge Smartphones
As smartphones continue to …
FTC sues AT&T for limiting speeds on unlimited-data customers
By Roger Cheng AT&T says the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations are “baseless” and insists that it’s been transparent about its network management policies.
FBI Plants Phishing Scam on Fake Seattle Times Page to Trap a Teen
For years, phishing scammers have been setting up fake tech support hotlines, websites—…
The FTC Is Finally Suing AT&T for Throttling Customers’ Data
Good news, you lovers of freedom and justice. The FTC …
The 4K TV You’ve Been Waiting For, 20% Off iTunes, and More Deals
By Shep McAllister, Commerce Team
Ready to upgrade to 4K? This 55″ Samsung is a screaming deal. [ …