Microsoft recently updated its Next Lock Screen app for Android devices with support for fingerprint readers. Now, people who own Android handsets that are equipped with fingerprint sensors can use the fingerprint scanner to unlock the phone and bypass the Next Lock Screen. The app also gains smart contacts, which learns and displays the names […]
Skype said it will discontinue its Qik video messaging service. Microsoft bought Qik and relaunched the mobile app as a way for people to send quick video clips to one another. Microsoft learned, however, that most people already do this within the main Skype application. Microsoft said it has ported some of Qik’s most-used features […]
Verizon Communications today said it has agreed to acquire XO Communications’ fiber business for $1.8 billion. The deal, says Verizon, will help it serve its enterprise and wholesale customers, as well as allow Verizon to further densify its cellular network. Verizon expects to realize some financial benefits from the deal, and will also lease some […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has reached out to Apple employees and consumers alike to further discuss the company’s stance on encryption and the government’s recent request to help it unlock an iPhone. In an email sent to employees and a Q&A published on Apple’s web site, Cook reiterated his beliefs that the issue is much […]
ABC has renewed “The View” for its 20th season to start in the fall of 2016. The network plans to make the announcement on Tuesday, along with naming Candi Carter as the show’s first African American executive producer effective immediately. Carter has served as the interim showrunner on “The View” since September, working with consultant […]
Google, the GSMA, and a collection of wireless network operators around the world today said they’ll work together to bring Rich Communication Services to Android devices around the globe. Google will create an Android RCS client that all the participating carriers will adopt. The GSMA said the universal RCS client will let mobile operators offer […]
In anticipation of London Has Fallen, the follow-up to the high-octane actioner Olympus Has Fallen, Waze is prepared to make you the President. Starting Monday, February 22, and for a limited time in the United States, Morgan Freeman (in character as Vice President Trumbull from London Has Fallen) will be the voice of Waze, helping […]
This Sunday is the 88th Academy Awards and the 50th time that composer John Williams has been nominated by The Academy. Ahead of his potential sixth victory, Lucasfilm has brought online a behind-the-scenes video detailing Williams’ process in developing and orchestrating the Star Wars: The Force Awakens score which you can check out below. Williams […]
If you’ve fallen in love with the EK-XLC Predator series all-in-one liquid coolers, but were disappointed that it did not come with brackets to fit on AMD sockets, cry no more. Now, EKWB announced the EK-XLC Predator AMD Upgrade Kit, which is exactly what you’re expecting it to be. Fortunately, this kit is very simple […]
Volvo owners may soon be able to open and start their car with a smartphone. The carmaker is testing an application that relies on proximity sensors similar to today’s key fobs. When the car senses the phone is near, it will unlock the doors and allow the engine to start. Volvo will test the digital […]
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