Intel is finally opening its wings and spreading its mobile influence to Africa, as Kenya’s Safaricom has officially introduced the Yolo phone. The device, which will be the very first Intel-powered smartphone on the continent, will be priced at Kshs…
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Tumblr web update lets us write posts as we’d see them
Tumblr has no shortage of fans, but its desktop posting interface hasn’t exactly embraced the immediacy of the social networking world. A composer redesign pushing out today puts the service squarely in 2013. Its new web interface drops the blog-styl…
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Cambridge University opening Graphene Centre to take material ‘to the next level’
As a quick glimpse of research in recent years will show you, there’s seemingly no limit to what graphene can do. The carbon-based substance has largely remained the realm of the laboratory, but Cambridge is amongst those universities looking to help…
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Ultimate Ears intros Vocal Reference Monitors to save singers from strain
Believe it or not, few musicians’ in-ear reference monitors are tuned to emphasize voice; singers might have to compete for attention with wailing guitars and drums inside their own heads. Rather than risk artists shouting themselves hoarse, Ultimate…
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Universities to offer free online courses with credit, let us try before we learn
It’s not really practical to give universities a meaningful test drive. Not without ample amounts of money and time to throw at a practice semester, at least. It’s about to become comparatively trivial. Arizona State, the University of Cincinnati and…
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Canonical outs project to help Ubuntu smartphones launch with over 10 core apps
Canonical’s Ubuntu handsets are expected to be upon us very, very soon, and given that some say a phone is only as good as its apps, the firm wants to make sure the experience is indeed a great one right out of the box. To help accomplish that, Canon…
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Microsoft adds Live Tile support to SkyDrive on Windows 8 and RT
This is likely not the biggest change SkyDrive will ever see, but Microsoft’s still confident that Windows 8 and RT users of its cloud service are going to benefit from the latest tweak. And why wouldn’t they, right? Earlier today, the Redmond-based …
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Nokia Drive+ beta now available for all WP8 users in US, Canada and UK
Nokia Drive+ is still in beta but, starting today, more people can take part in the navigational fun. The app has been freed from its Lumia exclusive bonds and is now available in the US, Canada and the UK on any Windows Phone 8 device. The download …
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Yamaha’s CD-N500 network CD player comes to the States, priced at $800
It was unveiled back at IFA, and now Yamaha’s networked CD player is ready to make its way to our neck of the woods. The CD-N500 lets users play music streamed from their smartphones, tablets, PC, NAS drives, et al, via the company’s Network Player C…
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Windows Phone 7.8 SDK released, includes emulator images, no new APIs
Microsoft just announced today’s release of the Windows Phone 7.8 SDK, which should be a wee bit helpful for developers wanting to test their apps and Live Tiles with the revised OS. The new SDK includes two software images (build 8858), one that sim…
