Download rates dropped 32 percent in the United States, according to data from 6 million people using OpenSignal's network-monitoring app. 4G looks better in South Korea, Japan, Sweden. The download speeds of 4G LTE networks dropped in the US over the last year, according to measurements from net...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619251-78/report-lte-speeds-drop-in-us-over-the-last-year/
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Tired of not being able to hear everyone, or even knowing who is trying to speak, on a conference call? So are the folks who make Voxeet, a cross-platform group conferencing platform for Windows, iOS and Android. Voxeet 2.0 launched on Wednesday, bringing a number of improvements — including a We...
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/voxeet-goes-webrtc-with-major-sound-improvements-for-conference-calls/
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You can shop for a phone carrier by cost if you want, but I always recommend the real estate rule of “location, location, location”. What good is a cheap mobile broadband or voice plan if you can’t get service where you use your phone the most? That’s why Glove for Android jumped out at me: The f...
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/glove-android-find-best-carrier/
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Web development can be a complicated process which can go on too long because so much of the time is spent on really poor communication and mis-understandings. Project managers, designers and developers have to approve lots of detail while also incorporating feedback. TrackDuck is a visual feedba...
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The successor to the well-regarded HTC One will make its debut in events in New York and London. HTC will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the successor to its HTC One, on March 25. Invitations are being sent out, and a company representative confirmed the event to CNET. As with last year's e...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57619018-94/htcs-next-flagship-will-launch-on-march-25/
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Combining NFC, gesture recognition, and a wireless link could give people access to computing operations in areas where keyboards and touch screens aren't practical. Touch screens were just the start. User interface experimentation is blossoming as new sensors liberate computing devices from keyb...
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Following the recent release of a Chromebox, Asus is planning to offer a pair of Chromebooks, the company’s first such devices. The plans are shown on a reported Asus strategic document found by VR-Zone and spotted by Liliputing. No details about the Chromebooks are available in the document exce...
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/14/asus-chromebook-c200-c300-tablet/
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A new Apple patent application published today (via AppleInsider) details a system for heading off email spam and tracking its source. The tech automates a process many people now use manually, setting up temporary email addresses to be used for web service signups, which can then be thrown away ...
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If you own or manage a website, you probably refer to analytics to track performance, and help you strategize. It may surprise you, however, that 61.5% of all web traffic around the world comes from bots — both good and bad. According to a recent report from Incapsula, a cloud-based application d...
http://mashable.com/2014/02/12/human-bot-web-traffic/
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What you look for on the Internet reveals a lot about you, which is why a growing number of people are turning to services that do not track their searches and offer greater privacy protections than Google. “The consciousness is only slowly building on the dangers,” says Robert Beens, CEO of Dutc...
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So, your bosses have replaced most of the office computers with Chromebooks, but you need those old Windows apps to keep you sane. If the IT folks aren't on top of it already, you may want to tell them about a remote access solution developed by Google and VMware called Horizon Desktop as a Servi...
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/13/google-vmware-chromebooks-windows-remote/?ncid=rss_truncated
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The good: The LG Tone Ultra HBS-800 is a Bluetooth stereo headset that improves on the design of the previous Tone models and is comfortable to wear. It also offers better sound (more bass, better clarity) and decent battery life, particularly when you turn the noise-canceling off. The bad: Expen...
http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/lg-tone-ultra-hbs/4505-7877_7-35834976.html?subj=cnet&tag=title
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/12/sandisk-u3-sdxc-card/
With affordable 4K cameras from Panasonic and Sony set to ship soon, it's time for flash memory manufacturers to begin readying stockpiles of high-speed SD cards. Today, SanDisk is announcing its latest flagship, the Extreme Pro SDHC/SDXC UHS-II. It exceeds the new UHS Speed Class (U3) spec, supporting continuous write speeds of up to 250MB/s. While the card is most appropriate for folks shooting 4K video, it'll also come in handy when you're snapping continuous RAW stills at high frame rates, letting you unload the camera's buffer just as quickly as you can fill it. The new cards will ship in April in 16GB to 64GB capacities, with prices ranging from $120 to $300. There's also a new U3 card reader that's designed to let you take full advantage of the SDXC card's 280MB/s transfer speeds. That device will also be available in April, with a $50 MSRP.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/11/htc-m8-leak-flagship/
We hope you're ready for a rather interesting month for smartphones. Judging from the teasers, announcements and leaks, nearly all the major mobile players have something big to show in Barcelona next week. What you're looking at above is HTC's own next big thing, a new flagship smartphone that's doing the rumor rounds under the codename of M8. Looks familiar, right? However, there's already some notable changes, including an increase to three Android buttons, which are all now part of the screen. Having said that, according to mob.hr's leak, a bar with HTC branding means the screen will still takes up the same proportion of the phone's surface. Thankfully, the M8 appears to be made of metal just like last year's One, with the same micro-drilled holes for the speakers. According to this leak, expect a flip-top cover to go along with it too -- presumably with peep-holes for both of those rear-facing cameras.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, HTC
Source: Mob.hr
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/11/canon-powershot-sx700-hs/
In the market for a compact superzoom? Canon's new PowerShot SX700 HS is definitely worth a look. This SX280 HS replacement includes a 16.1-megapixel CMOS sensor paired with a DIGIC 6 processor, an f3.2-6.9 25-750mm (30x) zoom lens and a 3-inch 922k-dot LCD. The camera's small enough to tuck away in a jacket pocket, but it still includes a new extended hand grip on the front, making it comfortable to hold with the lens extended. It also supports 1080/60p video capture, and has WiFi and NFC on board, for remote app controls and wireless uploads to the web. Expect the SX700 to hit stores next month in black and red for $350.
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