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Nokia Music for Windows Phone 8 adds new releases and gig notifications for your favorite artists 27 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
The Nokia Music app has been updated today for Windows Phone 8 handsets with notifications and favorite artists, keeping users updated whenever a musician releases a new record or announces a concert ...
Airbnb, Codecademy and Nest Labs feature in the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers for 2014 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm
Airbnb, Codecademy and Nest Labs feature among the 36 firms recognized this year as Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum. The new “champions” were nominated by the public, Forum members, c...
Hex is a tiny hackable, smartphone-controlled copter available for under $40 on Kickstarter 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
There’s lots of discussion about the potential of drones and Hex is a new Kickstarter project that aims to bring the technology and opportunities that drones afford to anyone. The Hex is essentially ...
Confirmed: Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and Galaxy Note III on September 4 27 Aug 2013 | 03:04 pm
Samsung has confirmed that it will reveal the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and Galaxy Note III smartphone in Berlin on September 4, prior to the IFA trade show and the same day Sony wants to launch to launc...
Crowdsourced designs site 99designs launches in Brazil through acquisition of LogoChef 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Design competition service 99designs has launched in Brazil through the acquisition of local design site LogoChef. 99designs, which has now paid out over $60 million to designers, has expanded abroad...
Sony teaser video shows off ‘Honami’ smartphone with G-series lens ahead of September 4 reveal 27 Aug 2013 | 02:43 pm
Sony has given us the clearest glimpse yet of its next high-end smartphone, rumored to be in development under the codename ‘Honami’, with a new teaser video posted to YouTube today. It’s still shrou...
Google is working to add Somali, Zulu, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo to Google Translate 27 Aug 2013 | 02:24 pm
Google is working to add Somali, Zulu, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo to its existing language options in Google Translate at the moment. A post published to the Google Africa page on Google+ is asking for v...
99designs ran a contest to find the best alternative Yahoo logo – here’s the winner 27 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
Yahoo announced earlier this month that it will introduce a new corporate logo on September 5, and that prompted the folks at crowdsourced design site 99designs to challenge its users to come up with ...
Payment provider Stripe continues its European expansion with a private beta launch in Germany 27 Aug 2013 | 01:40 pm
Stripe is launching its online payment processing service in Germany as a private beta today, expanding the number of developers that can use the platform to accept card transactions on the Web. The ...
Samsung video ads tease imminent launch of BBM for Galaxy smartphones 27 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
BlackBerry and Samsung began jointly promoting the release of BBM on Android earlier this month, and things have kicked up a gear with the first wave of ads teasing the imminent launch of the messagin...