Microsoft has released an app for Android smartphones called Torque that lets you perform instant search similar to Google's 'Ok Google' command. However, instead voice, you need to shake your device to activate the app.
Even after Windows Preview public launch, Cortana integration on desktop remains due. However, a new video leak shows the Cortana running on Windows 10 in pre-release mode.
Skype co-founder Janus Friis is backing a new communication app called Wire that aims to take on Skype itself. The slick looking app was launched few days ago for Mac, iOS and Android devices and has been build by a team of 65 people.
Verizon has started to cannibalize its existing 3G network to 4G LTE capabilities. The company is rolling out LTE on its PCS bands, earlier used for EV-DO in 10 markets.
Mark Zuckerberg has slammed Tim Cook and Apple's stance on ads and called it 'ridiculous.' In an interview, Zuckerberg apparently disagreed with Apple CEO claim that free services supported by ads turn people into products.
Microsoft has integrated Bing Image Search into its Office presentation app Sway, making it easier to add visuals. The integration of Bing Image Search will also improve the Sway's 'suggested source' feature.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been always chatty about everything including the company he co-founded. In a recent interview, he talked briefly about the early days of Apple and upon being asked on the legendary Apple garage, Woz said it 'is a bit of a myth.'
Docker - an open source engine that helps automate the deployment of any application as self-sufficient container - has launched Docker Hub Enterprise (DHE). The company also announced a partnership that will bring IBM's SoftLayer servers support.
Around six months after launching Slingshot - Facebook's answer to Snapchat - the app is getting a complete overhaul. According to Facebook Creative Labs, the new design is much more "cleaner", focused and aimed at "frictionless sharing."
Amazon is offering the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4 for free if you sign a new 2-year contract with AT&T. The promotion is a part of Amazon's ongoing Cyber Week deals.
Striking similarities have been found between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures and the attacks blamed on North Korea that targeted South Korean companies and government agencies in 2013, according to The Financial Express.
Kim Kardashian may have tried to break the Internet, but it turns out Psy actually did it. Psy's "Gangnam Style" has been viewed so many times on YouTube, even the service itself could not keep up for a while.
Microsoft's real-time polling platform Bing Pulse - version 2.0 of the search engine's analytics platform - has been made public. Bing Pulse has been empowering major news outlets for the last two years.
Google is rolling kid-friendly versions of its popular products such as search, YouTube and Chrome, according to a report by USA Today. The design of these products will be aimed at 12-and-under crowd.
Yota, after launching YotaPhone last year is making another appearance with its latest YotaPhone 2 smartphone. YotaPhone, apart from sporting a primary LCD display, also equips a secondary e-ink display on the rear.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
