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Monday, 10 March 2014 06:20

Spritz technology for faster text reading

A new technology called Spritz has the task to increase the speed of reading text on the screen of your mobile phone or smart watch. This system was developed by a company of the same name in Boston, and will be installed on the new series of Samsung devices coming this spring - Galaxy S5 and Gear 2. Unlike other methods of speed reading, this technology is unique and can be mastered in 5 minutes, according to its authors

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These days we can see more and more smartphones getting different certificates for being waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, etc. Since they are standardized under special labels like IP57 or IP54 it was just a matter of time when someone will mix them up, and that special moment came during the presentation of Archos smartphone by the company's CEO Loic Poirier.

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Wednesday, 26 February 2014 10:41

Microsoft cuts Windows 8.x prices by up to 70%

It seems that Windows 8.x is not selling as well as Microsoft would like it to. After boasting about how game changing the new OS would be for end users, the only game that seems to be changing is Microsoft’s revenue stream. Just before the new OS came out we talked about the impact of Windows 8 on OEMs especially with Microsoft entering into direct competition. Most OEMs were not happy about the licensing costs they would have to pay for Windows 8/RT and felt that Microsoft’s entry would make things even more unfair.

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The famous chip manufacturer, Nvidia has unveiled an upgraded version of their tablet device Tegra Note 7 which now has the ability to connect to 4G LTE mobile network and the latest version of the operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat. The new device will be almost identical to the one presented in November last year, but with the addition of HSPA + and LTE connectivity.

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The alleged specifications of three new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 models were revealed that belong to the middle price segment of the market. The first of them, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.0 4 should have an 8 inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels, a processor with four cores running at 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB or in a version that supports LTE mobile network), 16 GB of free space for data storage and a microSD card slot. There is also a 3 megapixel front camera, 6800 mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.

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Friday, 14 February 2014 19:54

Lenovo pulls in a record quarter

Lenovo has released the financial report for the last quarter of 2013. It says that it was a record one for the company during which they sold 32.6 million devices. The growth compared to the same period last year was 30%, and its main generator are units from the so called PC Plus category,which are mobile phones, televisions and tablets.

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Sunday, 09 February 2014 19:55

Apple stays with PowerVR GPUs

After Apple this year for the production of A8 processor (SoC) hired companies that have not participated in the development of processors for Apple, an open question remained who will make the graphics processor for the new iPhone 6 and the upcoming iDevices.

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Monday, 03 February 2014 21:45

New line of tablets from Archos

The French company Archos introduced a new Neon line of tablets with affordable price whose screen diagonals range from 9 to 10.1 inches.  Archos 90 Neon is the smallest of the series. It comes with 9 inch screen resolution of only 800×480 pixels, quad MTK processor clocked at 1.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of memory for data storage.

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Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:38

10.1 inch Lenovo Miix 2 has arrived

Miix 2 tablet has a 10.1 inch IPS screen with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels, touch-screen and supports up to ten simultaneous touch points. It is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740 processor with a clock speed of 1.33 GHz, 2 GB LPDD3 (1066 Hhz) of RAM and 128 MB of internal memory.

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Monday, 27 January 2014 12:27

Expected decline at Samsung

As expected, earnings of the Korean technology giant Samsung has dropped in the last quarter of 2013. Compared to the year before, the company's profit decreased by 6%, and stopped at 7.73 billion. The operating profit of the department who earns the most, one for mobile devices, has remained the same as a year ago, but fell by as much as 18 % compared to the previous quarter. It is believed that the reason for this is the release of new iPhone models which dragged away customers from Samsung, especially in the pre-Christmas period.

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