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The FyreTV Porn Streamer Maker Is Suing Amazon For Trademark Infringement
Remember the FyreTV? Probably not, but it was a media streamer, much like Amazon's new FireTV streamer, that was released in 2008. Unlike Amazon's FireTV, however, the FyreTV streams porn and only porn. And now the company behind the device is suing Amazon. Read More -
You Know You Want A Galaxy S5 With Swarovski Crystals On The Back
Samsung and Swarovski are back at it again with another unholy mash-up that puts crystals on the back of Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Because why not? Read More -
Apple Working On New Environmental Sensors For Mobile Devices
Apple potentially wants your next iPhone (or maybe an iWatch) to be able to detect humidity, atmospheric pressure and temperature data according to a couple of new patents spotted by AppleInsider today. One of the patents describes a sensor package that could detect temperature, pressure, humidity and sound and that features a partial opening for sound input, or that could use existing microphone… Read More -
Adyen Global Payments Index Shows Transactions Creeping Up On Android Tablets
Payments company Adyen has published its latest quarterly mobile payments index, and it shows mobile web payments accounted for a fifth (20.1%) of all payments transactions on its network globally in March -- with smartphones accounting for around half (10.9%) of total transactions vs 9.3% being generated by tablets. Read More -
Apple Patents A 3D Hologram Display System With Gesture Input
Apple has patented a 3D display system (via AppleInsider) that uses a familiar mirror box-type design, but that works with digital images instead of physical objects like those you might find in novelty stores, and that also incorporates 3D gesture-based input from a user for control. The 3D display would project a sort of hologram image above a light source using a UFO-shaped combination of two… Read More -
Rumoured Microsoft Surface Mini Tablet Crops Up In Amazon Listings
Here's the latest heavy hint that Microsoft is getting ready to launch a smaller Surface tablet: an over-eager consumer electronics vendor has posted two listings on Amazon which suggest an 8-inch Surface Mini is arriving in the not too distant future. Read More -
Apple Sold 20 Million Apple TVs, Which Are Now Far From A Hobby
The Apple TV continues to gain traction despite little effort from Apple. On today's financial earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has sold 20 million Apple TV boxes. By the end of 2013, the company had sold approximately 10 million Apple TV units. The product is clearly on-pace for a killer year even with new offerings from Amazon and Roku. Read More -
Apple’s Greater China Revenue Grew Sequentially In Q2 As iPhone Growth Impresses
Apple’s earnings are out, and the iPhone’s 17 percent growth was likely the most noteworthy number in its hardware results. That’s a big increase for a device that analysts expected to perform pretty much on par in terms of Q2 last year. One probable reason: growth in Greater China, where Apple saw 5 percent increase in revenue sequentially between Q1 and Q2, versus a pretty… Read More -
Apple Sold 44M iPhones, 16M iPads And 4M Macs In Q2 2014
Apple shared its quarterly earnings results today, and for fiscal Q2 2014, the company moved 43.7 million iPhones, 16.3 million iPads and 4.1 million Macs. That compares to 51 million iPhones sold during the first fiscal quarter, along with 26 million iPads and 4.8 million Macs, but that was a holiday quarter, so a dip is to be expected. Last year during the same quarter, Apple sold 37.4 million… Read More -
Etsy Acquires Gadget Marketplace Grand St.
Grand St., a service once described as an Etsy for electronics, is now actually a part of Etsy, the companies confirm. The deal was announced today on Grand St.'s official blog and on Etsy's site (via Fortune) where Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson explained the two companies' overlapping vision. He says both were focused on the way "making was changing," in a time when shoppers are more interested in… Read More
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