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Today’s announcement that the iPhone is (finally) coming to Verizon Wireless kicks off the “real” battle between Android and iOS.
Why now? Why not earlier?
Part of the difficulty in establishing Android’s increasing marketshare stems from the fact that Android is available on all networks, on hundreds of...
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Yesterday Google took the wraps off its new network-only OS, “Chrome”, designed as a fast, lightweight, and super-simple way to get online. Initially targeted at netbooks and other “web-browser” laptops, Chrome is built entirely from Web technologies. In other words, there’s no proprietary...
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A new patent filing from Microsoft (of all places) hints at a “textured touchscreen”: a tactile surface that could change shape at will. Is this the beginning of the end of physical keyboards?
Here’s how it works. The screen, coated with a “shape-memory polymer”– think memory foam– can...
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You’d think you would have stopped buying apps by now.
You got your smartphone months–or even years ago. You loaded it with stuff. You’re pretty sure you haven’t even used all of it–or if you have, you’ve probably taken some of those purchases off your phone.
So why is it that we all still keep...
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