Category Archives: International News
ConnectMyFolks iPad app helps the elderly get tech-connected
Joe Devanesan
ConnectMyFolks is a social messaging app for iPads that, according to the description on its iTunes page in the App Store, “keeps people who are not comfortable with technology connected with those who are.” Creators of the app, In The Loop LLC, are actually referring to those among the older (some say Golden) generation who » read more…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 to hit 10 million in sales next week
Nigel Chew
According to its head honcho JK Shin, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 is going to be hiting the 10 million mark in sales, just shy of a month after its release. This means that sales for the S4 beats the Galaxy S III’s time to hit that mark by almost three weeks, making it now the » read more…
Moving to Silicon Valley stalls Facebook’s US$1B acquisition of Waze
Joe Devanesan
Rumours have been swirling on the internet like wildfire that Facebook intends to purchase social traffic/location-mapping app Waze for a reported US$1 billion over the past few weeks. But most reports coming out of Israel, where Waze has been developed and is based in, now indicate that the navigation app builder might be hesitant to » read more…
Google may be planning successor to the Nexus Q
Loh Ving Sung
If you don’t remember the quirky, spherical Nexus Q that came out last year, that might be because Google pulled the plug before it reached the hands of consumers. But according to a recent FCC filing, Google is giving the media streaming market another look. The filing provides a few details on a device called » read more…
This may be the world’s first liquid-cooled smartphone
Loh Ving Sung
Ever feel like your thighs are on fire after an intensive session on your smartphone, be it playing games or doing other processor draining activities. Well it appears NEC has the answer, with its Medias X 06E phone, which comes with a water-filled heatpipe designed to funnel heat away from the phone’s processor. While not » read more…
Samsung to free up more memory on the Galaxy S4
Loh Ving Sung
Samsung has pledged to squeeze the many features of its Galaxy S4 into a smaller space, freeing up more memory for apps via software optimisation. The smartphone recently appeared BBC’s consumers affairs show – Watchdog – which investigated claims of 16GB of storage, after users complained the phone only has half of that available. Speaking » read more…
Google to clamp down on Microsoft’s Youtube app for Windows Phone
Nigel Chew
Google has just sent Microsoft a cease-and-desist letter demanding Microsoft withdraw its redesigned YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 as it violates Google’s Terms of Service. The Verge first reported news of the letter, dated May 15, and included a copy on their site. The TOS which Microsoft’s YouTube app allegedly violates has to do » read more…
SMS and outgoing calls coming to Hangouts afterall
Loh Ving Sung
Google’s new Hangouts messaging platform will feature SMS integration and outgoing calls in the futures, confirms a Google employee. In what appears to be a jump-the-gun post, Dori Storbeck, Community Manager for Hangouts and Chat said in her Google+ account that SMS features are “coming soon”, adding that SMS integration is already a popularly requested » read more…
Android and iOS accounts for 92.3 percent of all smartphones in Q1
Loh Ving Sung
Android and iOS made up most of the smartphones shipped – that’s 92.3 percent – during the first quarter of 2013, according to new figures published by the International Data Corporation (IDC). Android devices jumped to 162.1 million in the first three months, up from 90.3 million during the same period last year. That represents » read more…
Google introduces Hangouts, merges Talk, Messenger, and video service
Loh Ving Sung
Google has finally unified its communication services together, in what the company terms as Hangout, it is available for Android, iOS and the web using the Chrome extension. The new app will be available today on all platforms. The new Hangouts is basically a messaging app similar to the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, » read more…
