Starting today, Facebook is testing a “faster and more reliable” Messenger app for Android users. For starters, the mobile software is getting a new look which boasts easier navigation of the chatting landscape.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Firefox plugin reveals how your internet browsing is being monitored
Mozilla has released Lightbeam, a Firefox plugin that visualizes which sites are tracking your browsing history and how those sites are connected.
How a Free OS Will Pay Off for Apple
For Apple, offering its new OS X Mavericks operating system to Mac users for free isn’t a new idea, but a return to an old one.
WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device
It’s pretty clear that wearables, whether they be made for the face or the wrist, are going to be the next big thing in hardware. According to The Wall Street Journal’s sources “familiar with the matter,” Microsoft doesn’t want to be late to the party, and is currently playing with prototypes of “web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass.”
Samsung’s Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display
Samsung has taken the wrapper off its rumored smartphone with a curved OLED display. The Galaxy Round, which will launch on SK Telecom in South Korea, has a 5.7-inch 1080p screen the same size as seen on the company’s Galaxy Note 3, but there’s a difference — it curves on the vertical axis in a similar fashion to some of Samsung’s OLED TVs.
Comcast chief software architect explains VIPER project
Comcast recently deployed a “home-grown video infrastructure” called VIPER which it is using to deliver “broadcast-grade” programming to subscribers using TVs, Web browsers, mobile devices and gaming consoles, SVP Sree Kotay wrote in a blog post Monday.
AT&T MVNO Pure Talk introduces rollover data plan
Low-cost AT&T Mobility MVNO Pure Talk USA is launching a rollover data component to some of its plans, similar to rollover voice minutes that have long been a hallmark of AT&T’s service.
Samsung Taps Dick Tracy and the Jetsons to Help Sell Its Galaxy Gear Watch
It’s not clear yet whether customers want the smartwatch that Samsung has built. But there’s no doubt that Americans have long been fascinated with wrist-worn tech.
Detours: Detroit-area firefighters battle a plague of burning buildings
Limited budgets and crumbling infrastructure have left Highland Park’s fire department stretched thin. Abandoned buildings are burning with families inside.
A city in flames: inside Detroit’s war on arson
Understaffed and with few resources, Detroit-area firefighters battle a plague of abandoned, burning buildings.