The Tech Journal

Category: Industry News

Apple Files A Patent For Button-less Trackpads In MacBooks
Apple patents are usually a general hint at where the company’s current line-ups are headed in the future. When it comes to MacBooks, Apple has now filed a patent which envisions a button-less trackpad.
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January 23, 2014
Motorola May Offer $50 Smartphones In The Future
Motorola recently took the smartphone industry by a storm when it unveiled its $179 Moto G smartphone. The company’s CEO Dennis Woodside says that Motorola may soon push for ever cheaper smartphones in the future.
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January 23, 2014
Amazon May Start Shipping Packages Before You Purchase Them!
The title of this post may sound almost impossible but this is a rather popular strategy among retailers. Amazon will essentially mass-ship items to local distributions centers, based on demand statistics and then ship them to users as soon as they click ‘Buy.’
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January 21, 2014
Wikipedia Founder Joins The People’s Operator, Hopes To Raise Money For Charity
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Whales is known for taking part in and encouraging a number of non-profit projects. Whales has now joined The People’s Operator, a wireless carrier in UK which gives away a significant portion of its income to charity.
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January 21, 2014
Microsoft Media Executive Blair Westlake Resigns From His Post
Microsoft‘s vice president for media and entertainment, Blair Westlake, has resigned from his post. According to him, the company is moving in a direction that doesn’t fit his expertise and so, he is moving on.
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January 17, 2014
Winamp Gets Acquired By Radionomy, Continues To Live On
Remember how we told you that AOL had decided to shut down Winamp by Dec 20, 2013? Well, that didn’t happen and now Radionomy has acquired the veteran media player which, apparently, will continue to exist.
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January 16, 2014
Google Acquires Connected Device Company Nest For A $3.2 Billion Deal
Google is in the process of acquiring the connected device company Nest. The deal will rake in $3.2 billion in cash and Google gets to acquire the technology behind Nest and employ its founders, Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers.
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January 15, 2014
Vuzix To Bring Nuance’s Voice Recognition In M100 Smart Glasses
Voice recognition has already grabbed huge attention of people. This feature is now gradually being attached into many devices. And lately, Vuzix has announced that its M100 smartglasses will incorporate voice recognition powered by Nuance Communications.
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January 15, 2014
NYC May Get Its First Ever Bitcoin ATM Soon
Bitcoin has been gaining momentum, despite a few setbacks, and the crypto-currency is apparently here to stay. After the first ever Bitcoin ATM in Vancouver, another is now due to open up in NYC soon.
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January 14, 2014
Microsoft Partners With GoDaddy To Bring Office 365 To Small Businesses
Microsoft sees Office 365 as the future of its Office software suite. In an attempt to bring it to a greater audience, Microsoft has now partnered with GoDaddy, offering Office 365 to small businesses.
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January 14, 2014