Social Media Updates Archive
08 Dec 2015
Android Market Share in 2015 Is An Unassailable 81.2%
Android Market Share in 2015 Is An Unassailable 81.2% As 2015 draws to an end, the mobile industry looks at the numbers achieved by the most popular mobile OS platforms. A look at those reveals that smartphones running Google’s Android OS continues to retain the highest market share. According to IDC, global smartphone growth is
07 Dec 2015
A woman was jailed after her car called the police
A woman was jailed after her car called the police A woman was arrested after her car automatically called police after an accident in Florida. Police in Port St. Lucie told local reporters they tracked down 57-year-old Cathy Bernstein after she allegedly hit a truck and then a van before fleeing the scene thanks to
07 Dec 2015
Google’s investment arm has quietly bought the internet
Google’s investment arm has quietly bought the internet Google Ventures will close the year with $2.4bn of investment under management in many of the companies we all use every single day. From Uber to Medium, Product Hunt to TuneIn, Google has via its independent investment arm put funding behind or acquired hundreds of your favorite digital brands
07 Dec 2015
Nextbit’s Robin Android phone is a glimpse of a cloud-first future that’s still a long way off
Nextbit’s Robin Android phone is a glimpse of a cloud-first future that’s still a long way off A long time ago – so long in fact that I worked elsewhere – I wrote about how increasing mobile network speeds could be the beginning of the end of the smartphone as we know it. With increasingly capable
07 Dec 2015
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07 Dec 2015
2015 on Twitter: Tragedy, solidarity and love
2015 on Twitter: Tragedy, solidarity and love Looking back at the highs and lows of 2015 makes you realize it really was a year marred by tragedy. From the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris at the start of the year to the horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino, California at the end. However, what’s most interesting
07 Dec 2015
PTCL Gets Clearance to Participate in DTH License Auction Through a Front Company
PTCL Gets Clearance to Participate in DTH License Auction Through a Front Company PTCL, through a subsidiary company, has gotten the clearance to participate in the upcoming DTH license auction in Pakistan. The telecom company’s application was previously rejected by PEMRA on various grounds. However, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has accepted the plea of
07 Dec 2015
How To Do a Complete Windows 10 Install through a USB Drive?
How To Do a Complete Windows 10 Install through a USB Drive? Are you one of those people who still haven’t pulled the trigger on Windows 10? If your answer’s yes and you’re hesitant of change, then you can take Windows 10 for a spin without changing your previous Windows installation. If you ever wanted
05 Dec 2015
Google Play Music now offers free ad-supported radio in Canada
Google Play Music now offers free ad-supported radio in Canada Google has announced that its Play Music service for streaming and buying music now offers free ad-supported radio in Canada. It’s been available in the US since June and serves up stations with tunes curated by experts for a range of activities: getting yourself out
05 Dec 2015
Google’s new Cloud Vision API helps teach machines to better understand images
Google’s new Cloud Vision API helps teach machines to better understand images Google announced today that it’s offering up its powerful image recognition through the release of Google Cloud Vision API. The robust REST API uses Google’s image recognition tools that help give context to photos so that machines may understand then in the same way