In December 2014, Asetek won a case against Cooler Master Incorporated that awarded Asetek $404,941 in damage, which represented a 14.5 percent royalty fee on all sales of Cooler Master-branded closed-loop water cooling units that use a cold plate mounted pump from 2012 until the date of the judgement. Cooler Master appealed that decision, but […]
Following Sprint’s decision to skip next year’s 600MHz incentive auction, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai had harsh words for the FCC’s plans. “Sprint’s decision highlights the folly of the FCC’s attempt to pick winners and losers before the auction begins,” said Pai, in reference to the rules being assigned to the auction. “It also intensifies doubts […]
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Google has made its Keep note-taking application available to the iPhone and iPad. With Keep, iOS users can add notes, lists, photos, or audio files to Keep and organize or share them however they see fit. Keep lets people use colors and labels, “set it and forget it” reminders for tasks, and transcribe voice memos […]
Google has updated the technology behind its voice-powered Google Now tool to boost performance. The company said it “built better neural network acoustic models using Connectionist Temporal Classification and sequence discriminative training techniques” that are more accurate and better able to discern individual voices in noisy environments. The updated tools require less computational power are […]
BlackBerry said it will make a handset based on Google’s Android operating system that also offers business users enterprise-class security features. “We are focused on making faster progress to achieve profitability in our handset business,” said CEO John S. Chen. “I am confirming our plans to launch Priv, an Android device named after BlackBerry’s heritage […]
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Apple’s new iPhone Upgrade program includes a $129 surprise in the form of AppleCare+. Consumers who chose to enroll in Apple’s finance plan are forced to also purchase AppleCare+, even though Apple implies the insurance program is included in the deal. Apple’s web site reads, “The iPhone Upgrade Program gives you an easier way to […]
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Barclays Center, NYC & Company and WWE have agreed to a multi-year deal to bring SummerSlam, Monday Night Raw and NXT back to Barclays Center in Brooklyn in August 2016 and August 2017. This announcement comes on the heels of an extraordinary SummerSlam Week last month which saw WWE sell out Barclays Center for an […]
Sprint on Saturday said it will not participate in the 600MHz reverse auction planned for next year. The company believes its spectrum position is “sufficient to provide its current and future customers great network coverage.” Sprint owns significant amounts of spectrum, but much of it is concentrated in the 2.5GHz range. Such spectrum is good […]
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Silent Circle today said its Blackphone 2 smartphone is now available for sale in the U.S. The handset, announced earlier this year, is a privacy-minded smartphone that offers security for business users. The phone features a 5.5-inch full HD screen; 64-bit octa-core processor with 3GB of RAM; 3,060mAh battery; microSDXC memory card support; QuickCharge 2.0; […]
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T-Mobile said the Coolpad Rogue will soon join its lineup of inexpensive Android smartphones. The Rogue features a 4-inch WVGA screen, 1.1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage. It supports memory cards up to 32GB. The main camera captures 2-megapixel images, while the user-facing camera is good for VGA selfies. The phone […]
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