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Pocket Avatars is a new messaging app from Intel that uses sophisticated face-tracking technology to turn users’ faces into goofy cartoons. Read more »
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Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). Android is the most popular mobile OS. As of 2013, Android devices sell more than Windows, iOS, and Mac OS devices combined.
MorePocket Avatars is a new messaging app from Intel that uses sophisticated face-tracking technology to turn users’ faces into goofy cartoons. Read more »
It’s too early to condemn or praise Amazon’s Fire Phone but my first impression is one of missed opportunities for disruption combined with the handset being just another play to get… Read more »
Amazon’s phone is here, and it’s called the Fire Phone. As expected, it integrates with a lot of Amazon services and packs an interface which uses four front-mounted cameras to produce… Read more »
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In a surprise move, Nike released a Android app for its (most likely) discontinued FuelBand wearable accessory. Read more »
After launching first on the Apple iPad, Parallels Access comes to the small screen so that you can remotely access a Windows PC or a Mac from your iPhone. Make that… Read more »
There’s a new homescreen app available for all current Android phones. It’s called Terrain and it’s made by Samsung. Read more »