Thursday, March 06, 2014

drag2share: Samsung's wearable blitz may not be over: here comes the 'S-Circle'

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/06/samsung-s-circle-fitness-wearable-leak/

Samsung S Band

Compared to the glitz surrounding its latest Gear smartwatches, Samsung's more basic fitness bands have so far failed to garner much attention. The electronics giant doesn't seem to be giving up on this cheaper sort of wearable, however, because an unannounced model called the "S-Circle" has just cropped up at the FCC, having already appeared at the Bluetooth SIG a while back. The FCC paperwork confirms the device's model number (EI-AN900A) and description as an "activity tracker," as well as its inclusion of Bluetooth Low-Energy, and all of this points to it being a member of the same family as the S Band (shown above) and Heart Rate Monitor Band that launched with the Galaxy S4 last year. There's at least some chance that the S-Circle will combine these functions into a single low-cost device, transmitting both movement and heart rate data to Samsung's S-Health app, but that's just optimistic speculation on our part. Either way, it looks like Galaxy S5 owners who care more about muscle tone than Moschino may have the option of another accessory pretty soon.

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drag2share: Opera's Android browser catches up to rivals with support for webpage video chats

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/06/opera-android-browser-version-20/

Given Google's Chrome dominance, it's easy to forget that there are other Android browsers. Opera is one of the also-rans, and it's just brought a new version with a nice round number, 20, for your consideration. It's touting WebRTC as the main hook, which lets you do video calls straight from Opera to any recipient with another WebRTC browser. That includes Opera, Chrome or Firefox, since the latter two apps have actually supported WebRTC on Android for quite awhile. Other additions include a new UI layout that you can customize for tablets or phones, an update to the Chromium 33 core (yes, Opera now uses WebKit), search improvements and a new download manager. It still claims to use less data than other browsers thanks to its off-road function, so if you're pushing that hard carrier limit, check the source.

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Article: Flipboard Acquires Social Magazine Zite From CNN

Flipbooard today announced that it is acquiring social reading mobile magazine Zite from CNN. In addition, Flipboard has entered into a strategic partnership with the cable news giant, one of the largest TV and news publishers in the world owned by Time Warner. All of CNN's worldwide coverage wil...

http://readwrite.com/2014/03/05/flipboard-acquires-social-magazine-zite-from-cnn

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Article: F-Secure report shows once again why you should stick to the Play Store for app downloads

Finnish security company F-Secure published its Threat Report for the second half of 2013, which includes a section dedicated to mobile security issues. According to the company, threats in the mobile space are almost entirely surfacing within the Android ecosystem, with 97 percent of malware ide...

http://www.androidauthority.com/f-secure-malware-report-353918/

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Article: Kirabook 13-i7s-touch Ultrabook Review

The first generation of Toshiba's Kirabook was an ambitious shot at creating a high-end product with MacBook-like buzz. That slim 13-inch magnesium-alloy laptop was even the first post-Retina PC we'd seen with a better-than-HD screen resolution -- a feature now becoming increasingly common in the...

http://www.cnet.com/laptops/kirabook-13-i7s-touch/4505-3121_7-35835199.html?subj=cnet&tag=title

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