GigaomIs browsing on your wrist a worthwhile experience? Opera will help Samsung Gear S users find out
Opera Mini has been used on 2-inch screens before, but not on smartwatches — until now. Read more »
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Opera Mini has been used on 2-inch screens before, but not on smartwatches — until now. Read more »
Samsung may be a winner in the mobile space, but it has clearly not been having a good time in the European PC market. Read more »
HTC, Lenovo and Acer are among the manufacturers that will make cheap phones for Google’s anti-fragmentation drive in emerging markets. Read more »
CSR said Microchip’s bid — rumored to be as much as $3 billion — was too low. Microchip now has four weeks to either make a firm bid or walk away. Read more »
The Gear S is Samsung’s first smartwatch to include a SIM slot, meaning it can operate autonomously. Samsung also unveiled a notification-friendly set of wireless headphones called the Gear Circle. Read more »
Run by a German charitable organization called dotHIV, the new domain will see 0.1 U.S. cents donated to an HIV or AIDS charity each time someone clicks on a relevant address. Read more »
The Android Security Modules (ASM) framework, proposed by U.S. and German researchers, would make it easier to install security modules on Android devices without the need for rooting or firmware updates… Read more »
Samsung has suspended business with a supplier called Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, after China Labor Watch (CLW) exposed the apparent use of child labor in Shinyang’s factory (along with other labor violations… Read more »
The device’s release will be a test case both for bundling privacy-centric tools in a user-friendly way, and for carving out a niche in the modern mobile platform wars. Read more »
Regulators have put an end to certain Motorola and Samsung shenanigans in the companies’ long running anti-Apple campaigns, in decisions that spell good news for both consumers and patent lawyers. Read more »