Many tech companies are starting to introduce blue light inhibiting mode in their smartphones, tablets and e-Readers. It looks like Microsoft is going to be introducing a new blue light reduction in an upcoming patch to Windows 10. This new feature will automatically reduce the color temperature in the evenings as the sun sets and increase it in the mornings when the sun … [Read more...] about Microsoft is developing blue light reduction mode for Windows 10
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Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ is a new display for your smartwatfch
Corning has just unveiled new scratch resistant and super tough glass based screen for smartwatches. The first commercial product to use this new tech is the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, which was unveiled Wednesday.Gorilla Glass is a cornerstone for the smartphone market and is basically on every flagship model. Gorilla Glass SR+, short for "scratch resistant," represents … [Read more...] about Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ is a new display for your smartwatfch
Amazon Wants Developers to Make Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Alexa
Amazon really wants developers to start making choose your own adventure style games for their Alexa device. There is a new framework available called Alexa Skills Kit that allows authors and developers to create decision trees to program audio mysteries and adventures.Choose your own Adventure started to become very popular in the 1980's and 1990's and they sold 250 … [Read more...] about Amazon Wants Developers to Make Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Alexa
Blackberry Announces the DTEK50 Android Smartphone
Blackberry has just officially announced their second phone running Google Android. This new device is available to pre-order right now for $299 and will be sold on BestBuy, Amazon and Blackberries own website. For residents in Canada all of the major phone carriers will be offering it.The DTEK50 has a a 5.2-inch 1920 x 1080 scratch-resistant display, a 64-bit octa-core … [Read more...] about Blackberry Announces the DTEK50 Android Smartphone
Amazon Prime Launches in India
Amazon has been operating in India for three years and the company has finally unveiled their Prime loyalty program. It will offer free two day shipping with no limit on order size.Amazon has been investing billions of dollars in India, one of the worlds most populous countries. Their Kindle e-book store has been a staggering success and resulted in their arch-nemesis … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Launches in India
Cyanogen might shift from OS development to Apps
Three years ago the developers of Cyanogen formed their own corporation to focus on their own operating system and license it out to other phone manufactures. They signed a deal with OnePlus to have their OS on all of their smartphones, but that deal fell through. They also got an influx for cash from Microsoft to preload all of their office apps. The phones that employ the … [Read more...] about Cyanogen might shift from OS development to Apps
Amazon Flex Drivers Will Deliver a Secret Release on July 31
Amazon has just sent an email to their Flex Drivers that let them know that there is a special midnight to 2 AM secret release on July 31st. Amazon was cagey and did not tell the drivers what the product was, which is leading to speculation that this is not the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Screenplay.Amazon Flex drivers are contracted drivers who deliver Amazon … [Read more...] about Amazon Flex Drivers Will Deliver a Secret Release on July 31
Blackberry will release 3 new Android Phones
Blackberry is going to be releasing three new Android phones in 2016. The Waterloo company intends on issuing one new phone a quarter, for the next three quarters. The phones are code named Neon, Argon, and Mercury.Neon The Neon will be an entry level device and will hit the market in July or August. It will feature a 5.2-inch touchscreen with no physical keyboard. … [Read more...] about Blackberry will release 3 new Android Phones
Apple will let you uninstall native apps, including iBooks
Apple has announced at their Worldwide Developers Conference that they are going to let users uninstall native apps, in a future firmware update. You will finally be able to get rid of the Stocks, Mail, Maps, Notes, Voice Memos, Watch, Music, FaceTime, Weather, iTunes Store, Calendar, Contacts or iBooks. Apple will also be including all of their native apps on the App Store so … [Read more...] about Apple will let you uninstall native apps, including iBooks
People Are Loyal to Amazon Prime
Amazon never releases official figures for Prime, so we have to get our information from surveys and analytics companies. Speaking of which, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners has surveyed over 2,000 consumers and found that 91% of one-year subscribers elect to renew for a second Prime year, while 73% of the service's free-trial users decide to pay for Prime.It is … [Read more...] about People Are Loyal to Amazon Prime
You can now use Amazon Alexa in your Web Browser
If you are on the fence about buying an Amazon Echo or Amazon Tap you are in luck. Amazon has launched Echosim.io, a website where you can interact with with a virtual Amazon Echo and all you need to get started is a microphone.I think developers will dig the fact that this plugin has Alexa Voice Service integration and it allows you to integrate Alexa's built-in voice … [Read more...] about You can now use Amazon Alexa in your Web Browser
Is there a future for Android Tablets?
Google announced that touchscreen enabled Chrome tablets will be getting Android app support in the next few months. Sometime soon thereafter Chrome OS desktops and other devices will be getting access to Google Play and all of the core services.Users will have access to the Chrome Internet browser, along with Firefox and millions of apps. Android apps. There is also going … [Read more...] about Is there a future for Android Tablets?
Google Play is coming to Chromebooks
If you have a modern Chromebook you will soon be getting Google Play and the ability to install Android apps. Google has posted a comprehensive list of the first Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and other Chrome OS computers that will support the the new initiative.The best experience you will have with Chromebooks getting apps is if your particular model has a touchscreen. … [Read more...] about Google Play is coming to Chromebooks