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Fri, 24 May 2013

Apple confirms 10 June WWDC 2013 keynote

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple has officially confirmed that it will host a keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on 10 June, to show off what the company has been working on behind the scenes.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

John Ribeiro

Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency

Jay Alabaster

Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Is Google Glass a Gimmick or an IT Revolution?

Thor Olavsrud

Is Google Glass a gimmick or the next revolution in post-PC computing? Time will be the judge - the head-mounted augmented reality device isn't even commercially available yet except to those few who attended last year's Google I/O event and ponied up $1,500 for it--but that hasn't stopped some companies from betting on its future.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says

Stephen Lawson

Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Twitter #Music doubles down on song discovery with new chart features

Daniel Ionescu

It's not a groundbreaking feature, but nice to have nonetheless: Twitter has added a bunch of genre charts to its #Music discovery service to display the most popular songs and artists trending, in a bid to surface the most popular tracks on the social network.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Twitter's two-step authentication a good start, experts say

Antone Gonsalves

For celebrities and the average Joe, having two-factor authentication turned on won't protect them against determined hackers, however

Fri, 24 May 2013

Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression

Zach Miners

Users in the UK and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address some negative user feedback.

Fri, 24 May 2013

Box buys iOS app to improve its own

Juan Carlos Perez

Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox.

Thu, 23 May 2013

iWatch version of iOS requires major changes, so no Apple smart watch this year, analyst says

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple won't launch its rumoured smartwatch, dubbed iWatch, until the end of 2014, according to an analyst.

Thu, 23 May 2013

Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android

Stephen Lawson

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday.

Thu, 23 May 2013

And the study says: Windows 8 users rarely touch Metro apps

Brad Chacos

If you were going to sum up Windows 8 in a single sentence, "It's all about the apps" would do the trick. And that's why a new study from Soluto, a company that offers a remote troubleshooting tool for Windows PCs, suggests a somewhat stark reality for Microsoft's new-look operating system.

Thu, 23 May 2013

App development not keeping up with device updates

Jack Loo

App development teams in companies are unable to keep up the updates rolled out by device vendors, according to a survey conducted by Vanson Bourne, and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus company.

Thu, 23 May 2013

Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

Zach Miners

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

Thu, 23 May 2013

3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA

Colin Neagle

NASA recently approved a $125,000 grant for a six-month project to develop 3D-printed food, and the first edible prototype may be pizza, Quartz reports.

Thu, 23 May 2013

Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month

John Ribeiro

Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.

Wed, 22 May 2013

How Apple would have launched Xbox One

David Price

If Apple had launched the Xbox One, how would the launch event have been different? Read on to find out...

Wed, 22 May 2013

Apple patent roundup: Magic Mouse force sensor, walkie-talkie iPhone and more

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple has been granted 26 new patents this week, including patents for a future Magic Mouse, a walkie-talkie feature for future iPhones, and the iPad's Smart Cover.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector

Tony Bradley

The Pentagon's decision to grant Apple the security clearance required for iOS 6 devices to go head-to-head with BlackBerry 10 and certain Samsung Galaxy S4 devices on secure military networks could have with a cascading effect that spills over into the private sector.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims

Ian Paul

Windows 8 was rebuilt from the ground up with a finger-friendly focus. That proved to be a problem during the operating system's early days. In the months immediately after launch, touchscreen Windows devices cost an arm and a leg, and that's if you could even find one; during the 2012 holiday season shoppers were hard-pressed to find a touch-based laptop.

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