Amazon has launched its first mobile handset, dubbed the Fire Phone, with 3D effects, gesture controls, and a feature that detects objects and digital media purchasable (preferably) from Amazon’s online stores.
Amazon has been teasing a new product for weeks, and today Amazon is holding a launch event to show off the fruit of their labours. Through leaks and Amazon’s own teasers the device looks to be a smartphone running a forked version of Android that re-introduces 3D to the arena and likely brings Amazon’s services … [Read more…]
Amazon has boasted that it tripled the number of applications on its Android app store in the last year alone, but the online retailer still siginificanly trails Google Play and the Apple App store in terms of overall downloads.
Amazon is launching a Prime Music, a streaming service available at no additional cost for Prime members, offering one million tracks to stream… compared to Spotify’s 20 million.
Ecommerce giant Alibaba has bought UCWeb, one of Chinas top mobile browser companies, in a deal that will give the firm 500,000 new smartphone users.
Apple has introduced new apps for iPhones and iPads that will help users monitor their health and control devices in their homes, as the firm looks to rival the likes of Google’s smart thermostats and Samsung’s SAMI fitness software.
Samsung is to launch its first smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system in Russia this summer.
Samsung is working on its own virtual reality headset, flowing in the footsteps of Facebook’s Oculus Rify and Sony’s Project Morpheus, according to a news report.
Facebook is proving a strong platform for app monetization, delivering 50% more purchasing users than other sources, according to new research.
Facebook has updated mobile apps with a new ‘Shazam-style’ tool that can identify songs and television shows.