When Samsung debuted its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone last week, there was little buzz and hype over the gadget’s fingerprint scanning technology. The feature, however, made headlines a few days later, not for its cutting-edge quality in terms of security, but for the exact opposite to that: the system is not secured.
Encrypted websites might soon get a high Google Pagerank
In a move to buoy the adoption of encryption among websites worldwide, Google is hinting at a possible tweak to its page ranking algorithm to pitch secure sites to higher echelons of its search results.
Shazam Song Detection to be integrated in Apple iOS
Apple is working on a new feature in the upcoming iOS update that will allow its iPad and iPhone users to identify a song and its artist. For this feature, Apple is partnering with Shazam Entertainment Ltd, whose technology can quickly identify which song is playing by gathering sound from the phone’s microphone and then […]
Samsung opting for both Android Wear and Tizen for its next smart watch
Samsung is testing its own operating system Tizen that will run on mobile devices including smart watches. In fact, the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch also uses a Tizen-based operating system, instead of Android that was used in its previous iteration. The current roadmap of Samsung mobile products includes Android and Windows smartphones […]
Google Play Leads Mobile Phone Market, Sees Increasing Revenue
The fast growing mobile phone market has become the home for innovation in technology, and developers from around the world are struggling to get a piece of this massive, delicious pie.
Google’s Titan Aerospace Acquisition Threatens Facebook’s Planned Drone Empire
The time to bring the Internet war, thus the drone battle, to the skies looks all set to take shape as Google acquires Titan Aerospace, maker of solar-powered unmanned aerial systems that reports say was wooed by Facebook recently for its plan to beam connectivity from up above.
