
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Massive, Microsoft is offering customers the option to advertise their brands and products in a new territory, video games. Furthermore, the Redmond company indicates that in-game advertising is on par with alternative forms of digital marketing when it comes down to effectiveness. This is the conclusion of a test performed [...]
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The Meizu M8, which is also known as MiniOne or M8 MiniOne is a cell phone from Mp3 player’s manufacturing chinese company Meizu. It has been called as a clone of the iPhone (iClone). because its design is very similar to that of Apple’s iPhone. Although it is slightly smaller as compared to that of iPhone, and are available in 4GB, 8GB [...]
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A major step toward being able to regulate nerve cells externally with the help of electronics has been taken by researchers at Linköping University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The breakthrough is based on an ion transistor of plastic that can transport ions and charged biomolecules and thereby address and regulate cells.
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To enable elderly people to live at home as long as possible, a group of European researchers, coordinated from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), will link robots and ‘smart homes’. The robot, a ‘sensible family friend’, will ensure that home is a nice place to stay. And that patients do the right things.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. believes it has come up with the technology to unite Web surfing with channel surfing on televisions. To reach the long-elusive goal, Google has joined forces with Sony Corp., Intel Corp. and Logitech International. The companies unveiled their much-anticipated plan for a “smart” TV on Thursday.
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Now that it owns the touchscreen WebOS, HP has all kinds of plans for Palm’s impressive mobile platform, including new WebOS-based smartphones, tablet PCs — and, oddly enough, printers. Sounds crazy, but it just might work. HP chief executive Mark Hurd brought up the somewhat random idea during the company’s quarterly earnings call Tuesday, during which the CEO noted that HP (among other [...]
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Microsoft this week offered a preview of the next release of its Windows Live Hotmail service and client as the company prepares to refresh several of its Windows Live consumer and small business products. The move comes only three weeks after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer showed off an upcoming update to the Windows Live [...]
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BERLIN – German prosecutors are investigating Google Inc. on suspicion of violating privacy laws by recording fragments of people’s online activities through unsecured Wi-Fi networks. Hamburg prosecutor Wilhelm Moellers told the news agency DAPD that his office launched the investigation after a complaint was filed against undisclosed Google employees over the incident last Friday.
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