1. Apple forced to remove many health features from
Apple Watch
When Apple first
envisioned the Apple Watch, it wanted the wearable to offer features like the
ability to measure blood pressure, heart activity and stress levels, among
others. However, the Cupertino giant was not able to integrate these due to
various reasons ranging from technical difficulties to regulatory hurdles.
2. Why Amazon is willing to spend billions on Prime
Instant Video
When Amazon.com reported its fourth quarter
earnings last month, the announcement came with an interesting note from CEO
Jeff Bezos. He wrote in the earnings release that Amazon "paid billions of
dollars for Prime shipping and invested $1.3 billion in Prime Instant
Video."
3. Shoeshiner gives away prized Twitter accounts
Authorities in
Brazil have got hold of a valuable Twitter account to publicise next year's Rio
Olympics, after a humble Spanish shoeshine man surrendered the rights to it for
free.
4. Apple is redesigning its stores for Apple
Watch
Apple design chief Jony Ive has worked with
executive Angela Ahrendts to make Apple Stores feel like a more
"natural" environment for the forthcoming Apple Watch, according to
an extensive profile of Ive by Ian Parker in the New Yorker.
5. Why Steve Jobs was such a jerk to employees
Apple founder Steve
Jobs could be a real jerk when criticizing employees. He said exactly what he
meant, often using profanity to get his point across. He once fired the
head of the team who created MobileMe, Apple's first attempt at a cloud service,
in a public meeting in front of his team. There are many examples of him almost
bringing employees to tears.
6. Xiaomi dethrones Samsung in China
Upstart Xiaomi was
the top smartphone company in China last year with a 12.5% market share,
narrowly outpacing South Korea's Samsung, market intelligence firm
International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Tuesday.
7. Micromax announces Android Lollipop update for
Canvas phones
Domestic devices
maker Micromax has announced that the company will be rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop
update for its popular Canvas series of smartphones. Lollipop is the latest
version of Google's mobile operating system.
8. Kaspersky exposes spyware on world's most popular
hard drives
The US National Security Agency has figured out how
to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital,
Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to
eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber
researchers and former operatives.
9. China shuts down over 60 dating websites
China's internet regulator has shut 65 dating and
other match-making websites after accusing them of spreading obscene content
and allowing registration with false names, Xinhua state news agency said on
Tuesday.
10. HTC working on budget version of One (M8)
HTC is rumoured to
be readying two different handsets, the HTC One M9 and the One M9 Plus, for a
release in a couple of weeks at MWC 2015, but it looks like that's not all to
come from the company soon.
11. Pebble now features Android Wear compatibility
There's a lot to like about Pebble, not least its
long battery life and low price, but users would be forgiven for being a bit
jealous of the flashy new Android Wear.
Gopinath TB,
CEO, Meteora Gaming
www.meteoragaming.com
No comments:
Post a Comment