Technologies - Page 818

November 4, 2015

Streaming music services are experiencing a renaissance

Streaming music services are experiencing a renaissance not seen since the early, pirate-era Napster days. Only this time, it's legal.

November 4, 2015

Shipping firm first to use drones to navigate Arctic ice

If only the Titanic had a drone, would the iconic ship have sailed longer than it did?

November 4, 2015

Best smartphone yet? HTC unveils the new One

Around 400 tech journalists, including perhaps 100 who flew in from Asia, spent around 30 minutes standing in 30 degree weather to see a new 5-inch phone named the HTC One.

November 4, 2015

Why passenger cellphones can't help locate missing Malaysian air jet

Telecommunications experts say the odds that passengers' cellphone data can help locate the missing Malaysian jetliner are next to zero.

November 4, 2015

LeBron James tweets Samsung phone fail, then deletes it

Samsung had to wince at the message its highly paid spokesman tweeted out yesterday to his 12 million followers.

November 4, 2015

Windows XP: It's time to say good-bye

I've got to tell it to you straight. If you're still on an old computer running the Windows XP operating system, D-Day is at hand. And by "D" I mean "dump it."

November 4, 2015

Should a Chromebook be your next laptop?

Chromebooks are laptops that run Google's Chrome operating system.

November 4, 2015

WhatsApp winning in crowded market

Facebook is placing a $19 billion bet on reaching its next billion mobile users with the acquisition of WhatsApp, a popular messaging service that lets people send texts, photos and videos on their smartphones.

November 4, 2015

Man versus machine: Table tennis champ to take on ping-pong-playing robot

Robots may think they can take over the world, but a lousy performance against Ping-Pong pro Timo Boll in Shanghai next month by an industrial robot called Agilus could set their quest back years.

November 4, 2015

Pandora thinks it knows if you are a Republican

Next time you listen to a Bob Marley channel on Pandora, the Internet radio service may peg you as likely to vote for a Democrat.