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GeekWire Deals: You can track your phone, but can you track your pet?

Posted on January 10, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

It’s super simple to track your phone now, thanks to programs like Find my iPhone and Android Device Manager. Your lost keys are also a thing of the past if you get one of these little dongles. Now, the non-human sentient beings in...

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Lenovo teams up with Google to bring 3D-sensing Project Tango phone to consumers

Posted on January 10, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Google and Lenovo are teaming up to bring powerful augmented reality to your next smartphone, using the search giant’s Project Tango framework to track motion precisely in 3D space, the companies announced at CES this week. Google’s Project Tango, which was introduced in 2014, uses sensors...

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Lenovo will launch first Project Tango phone this summer, but won’t show it yet

Posted on January 8, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

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AT&T getting rid of phone contracts and subsidies this week

Posted on January 4, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

(credit: AT&T)

AT&T will stop offering phone subsidies with two-year contracts this Friday, requiring customers to purchase phones at full price or on device installment plans.

AT&T has offered the option to buy devices under monthly installment plans since mid-2013. This newer model adopted by all major carriers lets customers trade in their devices for new ones every year or so...

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Microsoft marketing chief: Windows Phone needs a ‘spiritual equivalent’ to the Surface tablet

Posted on December 24, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Windows Weekly, with Microsoft watchers Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley and TWiT founder Leo Laporte, features a wide-ranging interview this week with Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer, a member of the company’s senior leadership team — and a regular Windows Weekly listener (on his dog walks). Midway through the...

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Microsoft delays Windows 10 Mobile update for Windows Phone 8.1 users

Posted on December 20, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Windows Phone 8.1 users who were looking forward to joining desktop users in using Microsoft’s latest operating system may be waiting a little longer than expected. The update that was supposed to roll out this month has been officially pushed back to 2016. The...

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Microsoft starts shipping Office Mobile with every Windows 10 phone

Posted on December 18, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Microsoft may be putting a lot of weight behind their Office apps for iOS and Android phones, it hasn’t forgotten about its own operating system. Today, the software giant announced a host of new features for Office...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Windows Phone apps: ‘Give us time’ for unified platform to work

Posted on December 4, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting. (GeekWire Photo.)

“That won’t work.” That’s what former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said while listening to current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describe the company’s strategy for getting more apps onto Windows Phone. Ballmer, who is still the company’s largest individual shareholder, made the comment to Bloomberg reporter Dina Bass in...

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GeekWire Deals: Keep track of your car and charge your phone with this multitasking auto gadget

Posted on December 4, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

For an item so big, it’s surprisingly easy to lose your car. Maybe you parked it on the street in an unfamiliar neighborhood and don’t quite remember how to get back there. Or your car is a black sedan that looks like about half the other cars on the road, and you lost it in a crowded mall...

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What mobile phone data can reveal about you, in Rwanda or right here at home

Posted on November 26, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Researchers have analyzed data about mobile phone use in Rwanda to figure out how wealthy a phone’s user is – and they say they might be able to do the same kind of analysis for any other country. The study, published today in the journal Science, applies big-data models to look at much more than income. The Rwandan data, for example,...

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