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Facebook Adding Facility Of Keeping Videos: Can Pose As Threat To YouTube
Facebook is now going to add the facility of keeping videos. Users can now have the facilities of video channels on Facebook. This is considering as a threat for YouTube's future as a video watching website, according to a TechCrunch report.
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Exchange iPhone For Blackberry Passport, Receive $550
Are you annoyed with your iPhone? The Canada-based company Blackberry is offering iPhone owners up to $550 for exchanging their iPhone for the new Blackberry Passport. The new smartphone is actually shaped and sized in the form of a passport, CNN said in a report.
SONY Joining Smartwatch Game By Creating One Of Its Own
Japanese manufacturer Sony is working on a special smartwatch, which is wrap-around by e-paper, a patented technology as a part of an experimental program to create more innovative products. Sony is giving more importance on the styling issue of the smartwatch over technology. Bloomberg says that the product could arrive as soon as next year.
Samsung's ChatOn Service Closing?
Samsung was denying the reports on closing the service of its ChatOn so far. Those reports were indicating that Samsung might close the service region-by-region basis. Samsung told the South Korean media hub Yonhap News that their messaging application ChatOn will be close, give the impression that the rumors were true!
Blackberry Is Working On Boeing's Self-Destructing Spy Phone
Boeing Co. (BA) is teaming up with BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY) on a secretive, self-destructing Smartphone developed for use by U.S. defense and homeland security employees and contractors. The partnership showcases a push by Boeing, the second-largest U.S. defense contractor, into software development as sales slow for its military hardware amid Pentagon budget cuts. BlackBerry gains a new way to hold on to its government base as commercial sales decline.
TAG Heuer Announces Plans For Mechanical Smart Watch
Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer (TAG) is getting on the smartwatch bandwagon, possibly in a big way. Part of the luxury conglomerate LVMH, TAG is working on making an Intel-powered smartwatch that also includes a mechanical movement.
Apple Pulls White-Power Music From iTunes: No More Racial Supremacy Songs Anymore
Apple has removed music with racial supremacy-themed messages from iTunes, following scrutiny from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The winter edition of the organization's "Intelligence Report" criticized the company for offering music by white-power groups like Skrewdriver, Max Resist and the Bully Boys, as well as offering a "Listeners Also Bought" feature that suggested like-minded hatemongers.
WiTricity’s Wireless Electricity – Possibly the Way to Having Wireless Appliances
Nowadays, a lot of tech equipment and gadgets are already wireless, such as Internet service, smartphones, and other mobile devices. However, there are still many types of appliances that would need to be connected via an electrical cable to a wall outlet in order for them to work. Fortunately, WiTricity, has come up with an ingenious plan to create Wireless Electricity.
Intel Takes Initiative To Eliminate Your Security Worries For Your Devices
Intel has taken the initiative to eliminate your worry about the security of your computer. Besides, one of the major inconveniences in using PCs and tablets is remembering passwords, which this system can tame. An alternative authentication system from conventional password system will be available for download by the end of this year. Technical website PC World said in a report.
Apple's Top Supplier For Its Application Process Next Year Is Samsung
One of Apple's great rivals is Samsung. The opposite side of their relation is of business and friendship. South Korean electronic products giant Samsung has been selected as the top supplier of Apple's application processor for next year. Korean media ET news reports, the new chip is a shrink on the existing A9 processor to Samsung's 14nm process. It's common to "flip-flop" the development of processors so that new designs are implemented on an established scale and then evolve them by reducing the size.