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'King' smartphone charges its 10,000mAh battery in three hours

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Chinese phonemaker Oukitel is releasing a new Android phone June, according to The Verge and Android Headlines, and its slogan is apparently "To be the king." You'll be hard-pressed to recognize the device as "the king" when you see its… Go To Full Article

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 660 & 630 Mobile Platforms

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Qualcomm is bringing some premium experiences to its mid-tier lineup with the addition of the Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platforms. Improved connectivity, enhanced imaging, faster charging, and even machine learning features, in addition to the usual CPU and… Go To Full Article

Sangean WFT-3 Digital Receiver Review

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Thanks to its ability to receive Internet / DAB / DAB+ and FM-RDS radio and also function as a Network and USB audio media player the WFT-3 digital receiver by Sangean packs quite a punch especially when compared to similar… Go To Full Article

Facebook preparing its own original TV shows

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Cable and satellite get another alternative The world’s largest social networking company appears set to unveil its own catalogue of original TV shows and short films for debut in mid-June, according to a recent report from Business… Go To Full Article

Narrate your own commute with Waze Voice Recorder

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You think you're better at giving directions than John Cleese and Arnold Schwarzenegger? Well now's your chance to prove it with the "Waze Voice Recorder". Waze debuted the new feature on Monday, though it's currently only available on Android and… Go To Full Article

MIT's mechanical actuators bend and 'breathe' as they heat up

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Researchers from MIT and other institutions have developed a new type of actuator -- a mechanical component relying on movement -- that works in extremely hot environments. Their newly-developed material could be used in, say, maintenance robots work... Go To Full Article

Microsoft teams with Harmon Kardon to create Invoke

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Cortana-powered rival to Amazon, Google and Apple home speakers Redmond, the fourth major pillar of the information technology software sector, has just revealed a first glimpse at its upcoming smart home speaker that will go head-to-head with… Go To Full Article

Parrot makes first play for commercial drone market

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The French dronemaker Parrot is following up on its plans to shift away from consumer drones with a new Pro line rebranding a couple of its existing UAVs for commercial use. The company has refreshed its fixed-wing Disco model for… Go To Full Article

NVIDIA's AI may keep watch over smart cities of the future

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Artificial intelligence is pushing into every area of our life with deep inroads to our mobile devices, our video games, and even our own brains. Video surveillance could the next step if NVIDIA's new video analytics platform, Metropolis, is successf... Go To Full Article

T-Mobile quietly retires its 'Free Data for Life' iPad promotion

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With all the carrier pricing battles going on these days, T-Mobile has quietly scuttled its "Free Data For Life" promotion, which offered a decent (by 2013 standards) 200MB of cellular data per month for new iPad owners who activated their… Go To Full Article

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