These app developers snubbed Windows Phone this yearVentureBeat - Harrison Weber2014 was a big year for the Windows Phone platform. This year, Nokia’s Devices and Services business officially joined Microsoft, Microsoft entered the personal assistant race with Cortana, and the company
Amazon’s Echo is a good listener but a wretched assistantgigaom.com - Stacey Higginbotham Never has the gap between a flawless technology experience and a closed ecosystem loomed as large as the gap between the Amazon Echo and the Ubi …
How fitness apps and wearables can impact your performance at workTNW - Brian HonigmanAs important as regular exercise is for boosting productivity, all of your gains can be offset if you are not paying equal attention to getting enough sleep. A study conducted by Boston’s Brigham and Hospital
Google Fit gains offline Android Wear support, 100 activitiesgigaom.com - Kevin C. Tofel Android fans will find a Google Fit software update waiting for them, and those who have an Android Wear watch will get a little something extra with …
Google Now is almost ready to control your Nest thermostatEngadget - Jon FingasRemember how Nest promised that you'd one day use Google Now to control your thermostat? That day is very nearly here. Droid-Life has discovered that the search tool is responding to temperature requests,
Microsoft to launch its wearable fitness band in coming weeksThe Verge - Tom WarrenMicrosoft is planning to launch its own wearable fitness band in the coming weeks. Forbes reports that the announcement is due "within the next few weeks," and The Verge can confirm this is accurate. familiar
Google beefs up 2-step verification with physical USB Security Key option in ChromeVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiGoogle today announced it is beefing up its two-step verification feature with Security Key, a physical USB second factor that only works after verifying the login site is truly a Google website. The is
NASCAR Turns To Microsoft And Windows 8 To Streamline Race OperationsForbes - Tony Bradleyapp developed with the help of Microsoft, NASCAR officials and pit crews have greatly simplified things. Until recently, the pre-race inspections were executed using a paper form. The form consisted of
Windows Phone features make their way into Windows 10The Verge - Tom WarrenMicrosoft is starting to bring some of its useful Windows Phone features directly into Windows 10. The software maker released an update to its Windows 10 Technical Preview earlier today, and the latest
Microsoft Changing 'Nokia' Brand to 'Microsoft Lumia'TNW - Paul SawersIt’s been a gradual process since Microsoft finalized the deal to acquire Nokia’s Devices & Services division back in April, but we finally have some clarity on what will happen to the Nokia brand in hardware
Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight review: $100 is cheap if it saves your house from burning downpcworld.com - Michael BrownOkay, so maybe my headline is bit over the top. The Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight isn’t a robotic fire extinguisher (although Leeo CEO and co-founder Adam Gettings’ background includes designing robots SWAT
Microsoft’s FlexSense Project Is A Thin Sensor Layer To Make Your Tablet AwesomeTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmThe merry band of scientists over at Microsoft Research — who apparently get paid to have fun and speak with fixed tones over videos — have put together something called FlexSense, a flat piece of bendable
Microsoft adds noise reduction to its Blink photo app for Windows Phone in pursuit of clearer GIFsTNW - Ben WoodsMicrosoft’s Blink burst mode camera app for Windows Phone devices has been updated today with a feature specifically designed to make your GIFs look better. While we took a look at Blink’s redesign and
Play button Least useful hack ever puts Windows 95 on your smartwatchThe Verge - Dante D'OrazioWhat happens when you give an Android Wear smartwatch to a 16-year-old with a bit too much time on his hands? You get Windows 95 on your wrist. Now, we frankly have no idea why you'd load a desktop operating
Lenovo's fitness-minded Smartband shows up unannounced at the FCCEngadget - Jon FingasLenovo doesn't want to miss out on the wearable device trend, it seems. A couple of months after filings hinted that a Smartband was in the works, the unannounced activity tracker has surfaced at the Between
Alex Gumpel on Twittertwitter.com - @Anelf3 Just found this shirt in a bag I haven't used in like a year. Forgot I had it.
HP's $199 Windows laptop arrives alongside a pair of tabletsEngadget - Edgar AlvarezContrary to earlier rumors, HP's Chromebook-like Stream 14 turned out to be more expensive than people had hoped for when it was announced a few weeks ago. Having said that, today HP is finally introducing
New devices want to sense and command your Home-as-a-PlatformVentureBeat - Barry LevineWhere you live is not simply your home. It’s a sensing, universally controllable system for your life. Two new sets of products — from startup Notion and veteran peripheral maker Logitech — point to new
