The free update is now available in the Android Market (click to enlarge). (Credit: Rdio) Rdio, the subscription music service, just put out an update to its Android app, and it’s a big one.
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February 6, 2012 By
Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales, in exchange for patent license
February 6, 2012 By
New details have emerged about the ongoing Apple-Motorola drama in Germany, courtesy of a court document uncovered by FOSS Patents . The two companies have been engaged in a patent battle of swelling proportion these past few months, with the most recent wrinkle unfolding on Friday, when Apple promptly removed (and returned) its 3G / UMTS-enabled iPads and iPhone 4s from its online German store, in response to a court ruling. At issue in this particular case is a Motorola patent that Apple wants to use under FRAND obligations, but Moto apparently isn’t willing to license its technology for free.
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Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales, in exchange for patent license
Tamron’s 24-70mm lens takes image-stabilization lead
February 6, 2012 By
Tamron’s SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD lens (Credit: Tamron) Lensmaker Tamron announced a new 24-70mm F2.8 zoom lens today, beating Nikon and Canon with a model that brings image stabilization to this premium lens category. The SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD lens includes Tamron’s vibration compensation technology, which can counteract camera shake to stabilize photos. It’s a feature that Canon and Nikon haven’t added to their 24-70mm F2.8 lenses
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HTC’s 2011 Q4: good summer, bad winter
February 6, 2012 By
HTC’s big 2011 was limited to those warm summer months, when everyone wanted a smartphone for the beach. Now the accountants have confirmed HTC’s initial statement : fourth quarter revenues were down 2.49 percent (year on year). It made 101.42 billion Taiwanese dollars (just under $3.5 billion) in the last three months of the year, which looks worse than it is because of the blockbuster 135.8 Taiwanese dollar takings in Q3
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Corning’s mind-blowing concept of a glass future
February 5, 2012 By
One day we could have high-tech walls made of touch-sensitive architectural display glass. (Credit: Corning) “Gorilla Glass” could one day become a household phrase, but Corning has even larger ideas. “A Day Made of Glass 2″ is a montage of “how highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world,” according to Corning.
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VW adds a driver’s car to the Jetta model range
February 5, 2012 By
(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) With the 2011 Jetta update, Volkswagen made some compromises to get the price low, but the GLI restores handling and power to this otherwise humble model. Significant additions to the Jetta GLI are a multi-link rear suspension and rear disc brakes
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VW adds a driver’s car to the Jetta model range
Romo the smartphone robot raises $1.5M, seeks world domination
February 4, 2012 By
Romo, a quirky smartphone robot with big ambitions Here’s a novel way to pitch potential investors: “Do you realize how young we are? Do you realize that we’re going to f**k up big time?!” And yet, that’s exactly how Keller Rinaudo, the 24-year-old co-founder and CEO of robot maker Romotive , began his meetings with investors last fall. The upshot: Success way beyond what he had ever imagined.
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Pair of unknown LG Androids found ahead of Mobile World Congress
February 3, 2012 By
The LG P-880 might be the quad-core LG X3 expected at Mobile World Congress. (Credit: Pocketnow) A pair of unannounced LG smartphones are appearing online just four weeks before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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Beat the traffic with these GPS devices (roundup)
February 3, 2012 By
Getting from points alpha to bravo is cool.
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Crab dinner inspires cancer-removing robot
February 3, 2012 By
They say you can find inspiration anywhere, so why not a crab dinner? Inspired by our crustacean friends, researchers in Singapore have created a mini robot that can be used to remove early-stage stomach cancer in a far less invasive way than other procedures. The robot has the ability to crawl down a patient’s throat and features a pincer and hook that can remove cancerous tissue.
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