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A tour of the Jolla phone with company co-founder Marc Dillon (video)
Author: Janet Odell
Say hello to the Jolla Phone. Preorders for the world’s first Sailfish OS device started today and we’ve called into Helsinki to get the whole story from Jolla’s co-founder and software head Marc Dillon. While we know there’s a 4.5-inch “high definition” screen (resolution TBC), dual-core processor and 8-megapixel camera, we were kept at arms length during our meeting with an early prototype of final hardware. So, unfortunately, our full hands-on treatment will have to wait until later today. For now, Marc takes us through the thinking behind the hardware — and what the notion of the “other half” really means — right after the break.
Gallery: Jolla launch event
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
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Former Google UK exec alleges company misrepresented sales to avoid paying taxes
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Google and other tech companies have come under fire for exploiting a common tax loophole to book revenues through their Irish subsidiaries, but today The Sunday Times is reporting that a former Google UK executive has evidence of further tax avoidance by his one-time employer. Barney Jones worked for Google between 2002 and 2006 and says that during his time at the company, Google relied almost exclusively on its UK sales staff to secure advertising deals in London and elsewhere while the company closed the deals at its Dublin office. Google VP Matt Brittin had previously testified to the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that “nobody” at Google’s UK office was selling Google advertising, revising his statement last week to…
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Kindle finally getting a color screen? Amazon buys Liquavista display company
Author: Jenny Zhao
Samsung’s been teasing its flexible, full-color display technology since 2011 when it acquired Liquavista, but it never actually shipped in a consumer product. One of the few companies that still has a viable e-reader business, Amazon today confirmed to CNET that it had purchased the company from Samsung, following early reports from The Digital Reader. With tablets, e-readers, and rumored plans to get into the phone game, Amazon should be able to take advantage of Liquavista’s electrowetting displays (EWD) that enable flexible, full-color, low-powered touchscreens.
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Amazon purchases Liquavista display company from Samsung
Author: Markus Smith
Proving rumors correct, Amazon just purchased Liquavista, the touchscreen company previously owned by Samsung. This news comes from The Digital Reader, which discovered the acquisition via new filings from the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (Amazon also confirmed the news). That’s about it as far as details go, but it’s safe to assume that Amazon will employ Liquavista’s low-power color e-paper technology for its Kindle lineup.
Via: Business Insider
Source: The Digital Reader
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T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger finalized, company to begin trading as ‘T-Mobile US’
Author: Angela Stephens
T-Mobile and MetroPCS have successfully closed the merger both wireless carriers set out on last year. Confirmed in the newly-merged company’s fact sheet and investor page, the deal pairs T-Mobile USA’s 34 million subscribers with the near 9 million tallied by MetroPCS. The Associated Press first reported that the merger was likely to close today, and both company’s investor pages confirm the new company will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TMUS.
The joined entity will operate under the T-Mobile brand, with plans for MetroPCS customers to be migrated over to T-Mobile’s network by 2015. Once that’s done, the spectrum previously devoted to MetroPCS’ CDMA network will be repurposed to help build out T-Mobile’s…
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Vermont telephone company offering $35-per-month gigabit internet service
Author: Matthew Wilson
Google Fiber has certainly raised awareness — and interest in — gigabit internet access, and several companies beyond the search provider are working on spreading the high-speed networks across the US. Vermont Telephone Co. (known as VTel) is one of those: it’s now offering a gigabit internet service for $ 35. The telephone company has been working on building out a fiber network direct to its customers’ homes since it won a $ 81 million grant from the USDA as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2010. The company plans to replace all of its current customers’ DSL connections with fiber service by the end of the year for no extra cost — hence the $ 35-per-month price tag.
The company serves 17,500 Vermont homes, a…
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No Comments »Amazon In Your Living Room: Company Is Reportedly Launching Its Own TV Set-Top Box This Fall
Author: Antonio Pierce
According to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek, e-commerce behemoth Amazon is preparing to launch a set-top box this fall, in hopes that you’ll consume all of your content through its spin on the now-common device. The company is already working hard to push its Kindle line to consumers, and this box would be for people who don’t want to deal with the fanciness of Apple products, the gaming nature of Microsoft’s XBox, the half-baked Google TV or the little engine that could, Roku.
Yes, this is a crowded market, but Amazon has something that these other companies don’t have, which is warehouses full of things to sell to people while they watch TV. I imagine that you’ll be able to shop as you would online or on your mobile device, right on your TV set. That means that the temptation to pick up that new TV, while you’re watching your old crappy one, could overcome you during a show. One button click and a new TV could be on the way.
Think of it as Home Shopping 2.0. With some interesting programming to watch, of course.
Instead of acquiring a smaller company that already has its own product in the wild, Amazon has decided to build this in-house, under its Lab126 umbrella in Cupertino.
Amazon has been building up its content viewers by bundling it with Amazon Prime shipping for free, trying to entice anyone who is already spending regular money with them to try other things out. What shipping has to do with free movies and TV, I don’t know, but customers seem to be happy with it thus far.
Reasons for doing a set-top box are obvious, with its original content being the most popular on the platform since it launched. As Amazon finds its way to more niche shows that it can present exclusively, the reasons to grab an Amazon-branded device for your TV makes more sense. In the same way that Apple leverages each of its devices to sell new ones, Amazon is learning how it’s done. It also doesn’t help that it has millions of shoppers visiting its site daily looking for new things.
Some could say that Amazon is late to the game, but I see Jeff Bezos and company taking smart, calculated steps to capitalize on mistakes made by others, much like it did with the Kindle, staying close to a purer paperback-esque reading experience.
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The First Truly Honest Cable Company
Author: Tyler Evans
“Fuck you, you'll take what we give you.”
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Some Pebble smartwatches bricking after shutdown, company replacing faulty units
Author: Dave Adams
It appears that Pebble’s smartwatch is officially feeling its largest growing pain since debuting just two months ago. A five-page long (and growing) thread on the company’s forum has some owners describing a bug that’s leaving their Pebbles pebbled bricked after shutdown. Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky let us know that the company is actively replacing affected units, while examining those being sent in to find out the root cause:
We’ve had reports of this issue, and we understand of course that it’s annoying for users. We’re replacing any Pebbles for users who report this issue. We’re reviewing the Pebbles that get returned, working to get to the bottom of the issue. We have our support team ready to follow up to any user that reports this issue.
As it stands, there’s no word on whether firmware update 1.9 has any role in keeping the devices from turning on after being shut down. Owners have further reported that no amount of charging their Pebble will help it to actually come back to life. We’ve reached out to the company for more info on the matter (including nailing down how many units the company has replaced so far), and we’ll be sure to keep you updated. For now, let us know whether your experience with Pebble has been rocky at all so far.
Update: That was fast — apparently Pebble has received about 30 reports of this issue since Friday. Here’s the official word from Migicovsky:
We’re tracking a few reports of this issue. Up to Friday, we’ve had 20-30 reports (out of 30,000+ pebbles in the field). We’ve gotten several back to the office, and we’re getting to the bottom of it.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals, Wearables, Mobile
Source: Pebble (forum)
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