[ad_1] Xiaomi’s good run has continued after a research firm found that the Chinese firm has ranked top for sales of wearable devices worldwide for the first. Sales of Fitbit devices, meanwhile, plunged by 40 percent Coming off the back of Xiaomi’s reentry into the world’s top five smartphone sellers, a ...
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[ad_1] OnePlus might act big, but, in truth, it’s a small fish swimming with whales and shark, a startup playing in giants’ court. Rather than be a mark against it, it actually speaks to the company’s ambition and capabilities that it is actually able to compete with the likes of ...
Read More »BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black is better and you can’t have it
[ad_1] As the leaks fortetold, the BlackBerry KEYone has indeed arrived in an all black paint job, no silver in sight. What the leaks didn’t foresee that this new edition would actually be more than just a pretty face. The BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black has at least two things ...
Read More »You need a cloud exit plan, even for AWS, Google, Microsoft, or IBM
[ad_1] The cloud computing infrastructure market—IaaS, PaaS, and private hosting—continues to consolidate around the four major providers, as they maintain or even grow market share at the expense of smaller providers. AWS has continued to grow its revenues more rapidly than the overall market. In other words, AWS is the ...
Read More »Android Nearby Connections 2.0 makes proximity actually useful
[ad_1] Proximity-based functionality isn’t exactly new. From beacons to Apple AirDrop, most of the current implementations have been used for simply sharing or, worse, ads. It’s a bit worse on Android where its own proximity framework, Nearby Connections, hasn’t exactly been widely used anyway. With version 2.0, however, Google might ...
Read More »Best iOS app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time
[ad_1] Everyone likes Apple apps, but sometimes the best ones are a bit expensive. Now and then, developers put paid apps on sale for free for a limited time, but you have to snatch them up while you have the chance. Here are the latest and greatest iOS app deals ...
Read More »Using smart sensors to monitor a hive reveals when bee colonies are in trouble
[ad_1] Why it matters to you A smart beehive-monitoring system lets beekeepers check on their hives without disturbing the insects inside. “What is this? A center for ants?” rages Derek Zoolander in one of the funniest and most quotable scenes of the original 2001 comedy Zoolander. Over at Canada’s Simon Fraser ...
Read More »What's next for Microsoft's Skype for Business unified communications products
[ad_1] Microsoft has been noticeably mum about its roadmap for Skype for Business. (Image: Microsoft) But that silence may soon end, based on a list of sessions on Skype for Business that are slated for Microsoft’s Ignite conference for IT professionals in late September. According to those sessions, there is, ...
Read More »UFO 50 is a 50-game love letter to the 8-bit era
[ad_1] Nostalgia may be a hot property right now, what with Nintendo’s classic consoles selling like hotcakes and retro pixel graphics in vogue, but God help me, I can’t get enough of it. Perhaps this 50-game collection from a host of talented and proven developers will sate my retro thirst. ...
Read More »LG's V30 flagship leaks in hands-on footage
[ad_1] User RandyAzarga’s library of uploaded content is empty now, but it reportedly had a video featuring the phone, as did a now-absent video from user Mcgannfamily. The phone in question looks a lot like a marriage of the V20 and LG’s G6 phone, especially the latter’s glossy back (RIP ...
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