Tag Archives: Tech Firms

Samsung Galaxy S4 will Get Android 4.4 Update in January

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Samsung has not yet announced about the official roll out of Google's latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS update for its flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4. Although the Google Play Edition of the...
    






Apple’s 64-Bit A7 Chip Surprised Everyone

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A senior member of Qualcomm scoffed at the 64-bit A7 microprocessor that Apple came out with a few months ago. He said that it was a trick and a gimmick that wouldn’t work in real life. But now the...
    






Google Acquires Boston Dynamics, Maker of Advanced Research Robots

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Boston Dynamics is an organization that manufactures some very frightening robots for DARPA and the Pentagon. It has just undergone a merger with Google. The duo happens to be a potent and heady...
    






Twitter is the Best Tech Firm to Work For in 2014

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Glassdoor released its annual Emplyees’ Choice Awards which ranked the 50 top companies which offered the best job satisfaction. Twitter wound up on top among the tech firms, after Facebook had...
    






Microsoft to Begin Internet Traffic Encryption Against NSA Snooping

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After Google, Facebook and Yahoo started encrypting their internet traffic, so as to escape the clutches of the NSA, Microsoft is following suit. The wake-up call may have come too late but as they...

US Army to Develop Talos, an Iron Man-style Armour for Soldiers

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The US Army is already the top tech equipped army in the world. But it wants more now. US Army is now planning to give its soldiers the "superhuman strength" that is owned by super heroes of movies...

Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal and AllThingsD are Not Renewing Agreement

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The news is hot off the press. Dow Jones won’t be renewing its contract with AllThingsD. AllThingsD began as an idea in the minds of Wall Street Journal technology writer, Walt Mossberg and columnist...

Tech Giants Demand More NSA Transparency

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It is a group of over 63 companies and they have signed a petition. They have beseeched the government to make its surveillance activities more transparent. Among these companies are included such...

Microsoft Refreshing Surface RT Tablets With Qualcomm Processors

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Microsoft is planning to refresh its Surface RT tablets with faster Snapdragon 800 processor from San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. It may be because that these tablets are sold less than expected by the...
    


Sprint to Sale LG Optimus F3 for $30 Starting June 14

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By sharing their technological expertise, LG and Sprint have produced a smartphone with TalkBack facility, a Google app which allows the blind and otherwise handicapped to use the phone with ease....