Android Wear is getting an update as the Apple Watch release nears and Google gets a little worried that it might be overtaken. The update brings with it an always-on screen, something we’ve seen before on Android Wear watches for faces, but the new update means you can use apps and keep them on at the same time so you won’t need to flail your arms around to turn them
Dressed in a kimono and smiling, Aiko Chihira greets shoppers at the entrance of Tokyo’s Mitsukoshi department store. Developed by Toshiba last year, the robot made its debut at the store on Monday in a new role interacting with customers. “It would be good if we can have her provide guidance, or recommend various things in Chinese,” said Hitoshi Tokuda, Toshiba’s new business development division group manager. The robot is
Introduction and design When you think of cheap tablets, the undeniable truth is that you’re probably thinking of a plastic Google Android tablet to keep your kids happy. If I had suggested just a few short years ago that buying a fully-fledged Windows tablet (not those awful Windows RT models) for less than £100 was even possible, I’d probably have been pointed and laughed at by all and sundry. How
Its name is Dunk. It’s the NSA’s mascot for Earth Day. It’s more terrifying than any threat to our personal privacy. It will find you.
The OnePlus One came out of nowhere as the first product of a new company, but it didn’t disappoint, thanks to high end specs and a surprisingly low price tag. One of the biggest complaints we could level at it was how hard it was to get hold of at launch and when that’s the biggest problem a phone is facing you know you’ve got a winner on your hands.
Update: The leak on Friday didn’t inspire the reaction out of Warner Bros. that we thought it would. Instead of being hush-hush about the leak, the film company went ahead and released the full trailer in all of its HD glory. We won. Check it out below. As far as superheroes are concerned, the only two iconic beefcakes I’d love to see punch each other in the face on the
Sony has announced a dizzying new array of TVs, many of which have Android TV for apps like Netflix and other catch-up services. It also has new 4K screens, including two with HDR support. Sony’s largest new screens are 75-inches. The X940C is at the top of the pile and costs a magnificent £7499 (the list price is $8000 in the US). This screen, along with the X930C, will support
Sony Corp on Monday unveiled a new high-end Xperia handset featuring an aluminium frame and a 5.2-inch screen, showing it is still in the smartphone race even as it scales down its struggling mobile operations. The launch of the new flagship model comes amid a painful restructuring at the Japanese consumer electronics giant which has thrown the future of its smartphone division into doubt, with top executives saying an exit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday rejected the fugitive Paul Ceglia’s efforts to revive his civil lawsuit against Facebook Inc and founder Mark Zuckerberg seeking a big stake in the social media company, and to halt a related criminal prosecution for fraud. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said “overwhelming forensic evidence” demonstrated that a 2003 “Work for Hire”
India’s central bank is working on improving the integration between e-commerce firms and the country’s banking systems, a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Monday. “One area which we will now be looking at very closely, which is emerging, is how to provide integration between e-commerce platforms and banks,” Deputy Governor H.R. Khan said at a banking industry event. India’s fast growing e-commerce market is
