Wednesday, March 19, 2014

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 20/03/2014

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iOS 8 might get you to take your health seriously
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Health and fitness tracking could be one of the biggest features of the next major iOS update. Time and again it has been rumored that Apple is going to jump on this bandwagon. There are already quite a few devices and services out there that offer similar functionality, but Apple could simply use the scalability [...]
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Xbox One launching in 26 new countries in September
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Will availability in more markets increase the sales numbers of the struggling Xbox One? The Xbox One is currently available in thirteen markets worldwide, which is a paltry number when you consider that Sony is selling the PlayStation 4 in 53 countries. Microsoft is looking to fix that and has announced that the Xbox One [...]
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Google’s announces Android OS for wearable devices
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Instead of launching a single smartwatch, Google has announced a new platform for wearable devices called Android Wear. In an official blog post, Google announced Android Wear, a modified version of the Android OS that is designed for wearable devices. One of the many features Google has included in the Android Wear platform is always-on [...]
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Boot Camp for new Mac Pro only supports Windows 8 or later
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Apple has dropped Windows 7 Boot Camp support for the late 2013 Mac Pro. Released late last year, the Mac Pro is geared towards professionals and power users. If these users prefer Windows 7 over Windows 8, they’re out of luck as far as dual booting the OS on new Mac Pro goes. For the [...]
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Microsoft leverages ‘cute’ to sell Windows 8 tablets in Japan
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Current global market shares for Windows tablets may not look too good, but in Japan Windows tablet sales are on the rise, thanks perhaps to the power of cuteness. The year 2013 did not particularly end well for Microsoft’s tablet market share. On total, the company had only accumulated a total of 2.1 percent, equivalent [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Gear discounted to $100 in Canada ahead of Gear 2 launch
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Canada’s third biggest mobile network operator, Bell, has put the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch on “clearance”, charging a measly $99.99 for the struggling wearable device. The controversy surrounding Galaxy Gear’s real sales numbers has never been fully settled, but it’s obvious Samsung didn’t get the box-office slam-dunk it expected when taking the wraps off the [...]
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Official: All New HTC One landing in select UK stores on March 25
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With a full week still to go until HTC One’s sequel, nicknamed M8, will break cover in London and New York, UK merchant Carphone Warehouse has gone on record to confirm a “retail first”. And just like that, the final piece of the puzzle falls into place. The All New HTC One puzzle, that is, [...]
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‘Thief’ gets Mantle and TrueAudio support
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Mantle provides some gains, but it’s not the revolution as advertised. AMD and Eidos pushed out an update for Thief Tuesday morning that gives the game support for AMD’s new Mantle API as well as its TrueAudio platform. In order to use Mantle and True Audio, gamers will have to have a graphics card that [...]
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Microsoft Office for iPad to be unveiled on March 27
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Microsoft Office for iPad will feature similar functionality as Office for the iPhone, with users requiring an Office 365 account for document creation. Satya Nadella is holding an event for the press on March 27 in San Francisco in which he is slated to discuss the details of Microsoft’s “mobile first, cloud first” strategy. According to [...]
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Apple launches 8GB iPhone 5c, replaces iPad 2 with 16GB iPad 4
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Apple is changing things around in its product lineup with the launch of an 8GB iPhone 5c and the reintroduction of the iPad 4 as the entry-level iPad model. Following a leak that revealed Apple’s plans to launch a cheaper iPhone 5c model, the Cupertino giant has launched the 8GB iPhone 5c in Europe. The [...]
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HSA’s next big moves
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VR-Zone sits down with MediaTek executives to talk about the state of HSA and upcoming developments. While Heterogeneous Software Alliance (HSA) Foundation and AMD are often said in the same breath, it’s important to remember that one of the most important power brokers on the foundation’s board is not an AMD person nor even someone [...]
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Xbox Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten leaves Microsoft
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Long-time VP of Xbox Marc Whitten has left Microsoft for Sonos, where he’ll be serving as chief product officer. Marc Whitten, Xbox Chief Product Officer and Corporate Vice President, announced that he would be leaving Microsoft after a 17-year tenure at the organization. Originally in the Windows 2000 team, Whitten joined the Xbox division in 2000 [...]
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