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18 Sep 2015
Apple’s court win could force Samsung to change its smartphone features
Apple’s court win could force Samsung to change its smartphone features Apple’s recent victory in a Court of Appeal (PDF) related to a four-year-old patent dispute could force Samsung to stop using certain features in its smartphones, reports Bloomberg. The ruling concerns Apple’s patented slide-to-unlock, autocorrect, and quicklinks (which turns information like phone numbers into links)
18 Sep 2015
UK’s MI5 security chief warns that encryption is making it too hard to track terrorists
UK’s MI5 security chief warns that encryption is making it too hard to track terrorists The Director General of the UK’s counter-terrorist security service MI5, Andrew Parker, has said that the ever-changing encryption technologies are making it difficult for law enforcement and other agencies to track suspected terrorists and spies. Speaking to the BBC today,
18 Sep 2015
Amazon expands its Prime Now 1-hour delivery service to Los Angeles
Amazon expands its Prime Now 1-hour delivery service to Los Angeles Amazon has announced that it’s bringing its Prime Now on-demand service to Los Angeles, promising deliveries from its site as well as local outlets to residents within one hour. The program will now serve users in LA and Orange County areas like Santa
18 Sep 2015
Social media can bring down politicians, but can it also make politics better?
Social media can bring down politicians, but can it also make politics better? The enormous impact of social media on politics is undeniable: from fomenting political upheavals such as during the Arab Spring, to career-ending tweets such as those by British MP Emily Thornberry or US congressman Anthony Weiner, to providing the medium around which
17 Sep 2015
iOS 9 review: Apple finally focuses on stability and smarts
iOS 9 review: Apple finally focuses on stability and smarts Two years on from the biggest design overhaul of iOS, Apple has finally started to iron out the kinks. iOS 7 was notorious for being unstable at launch and many people struggled to get iOS 8 onto their phones, because it was such a huge download.
17 Sep 2015
Microsoft wants to bring Cortana to your car
Microsoft wants to bring Cortana to your car Microsoft is experimenting with in-car technology that will let drivers interact with its voice assistant Cortana, reports Taipei Times. Speaking at the company’s TechDays event in Taiwan, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research’s COO Samuel Shen said that it has developed a Cortana-enabled connected car prototype that projects
17 Sep 2015
Google’s codebase spans 2 billion lines: 40 times bigger than Windows
Google’s codebase spans 2 billion lines: 40 times bigger than Windows Ever wondered how much code it takes to run Google’s services? Rachel Potvin, an engineering manager at the company revealed at a recent @Scale conference that it’s in the neighborhood of 2 billion lines. That’s roughly 40 times the size of Microsoft’s Windows XP OS and 100
17 Sep 2015
Summarize good reads in seconds with Highly for Chrome
Summarize good reads in seconds with Highly for Chrome Call it curator’s curse: I frequently share articles that I think my friends and family will find useful, only to hear that they haven’t had the time to read time. I don’t get angry; everyone gets sent a pile of links these days and it’s hard
16 Sep 2015
You can’t track down your lost iPhone using an Android device
You can’t track down your lost iPhone using an Android device If you’ve misplaced your iPhone and only have an Android device to track it down with, you’re sadly out of luck. It turns out that iCloud.com, where Apple’s Find My iPhone feature is available, doesn’t support Android browsers, including the default app as
16 Sep 2015
Soon! Charge your phone to 80% in just 35 minutesSoon! Charge your phone to 80% in just 35 minutes
Soon! Charge your phone to 80% in just 35 minutes It seems like device manufacturers can’t pack much larger batteries into their products, but thankfully, they’ll power up more quickly in the near future. Chip maker Qualcomm has announced that its upcoming technology, which will feature in its 2016 offerings, will charge mobile devices from