Samsung delays mobile payment service, expands it to China and Europe
Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday it will be including China and Europe for the Samsung Pay service. But the company's initial decision to launch Samsung Pay in South Korea and the United States has been put off till September.
Jun 04, 2015 9:36 AM EDT
NASA supersonic saucer on second test stage in prep for human missions to Mars, take off was postponed twice due to Harsh Ocean Conditions
NASA will be testing of their Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) by lifting it 120,000 feet above the ground at Hawaii. The NASA flying saucer-like spacecraft will splash on the waters of the Pacific, which is why the flight was postponed twice die to bad ocean condition. This exercise is done for future human missions to Mars.
6.1 billion smartphone users worldwide by 2020: report
In 5 years time, the total number of smartphone users will rise to 6.1 billion. At present there are 2.6 billion smartphone users. And by 2020, total mobile users will touch 9.2 billion.
Amazon's Fire TV Powers Up With GameFly Streaming
Amazon launches GameFly along with its Fire TV app. This new feature will bring game streaming to the tech giant's cheap set-top box. This is something that its competitors don't offer. It will be at $6.99 a month with 6 games, and $9.99 for 16 games.
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Urbanspoon finally ends its service as Zomato rises in the market
Zomato is an Indian startup business that provides restaurant directories from different places. For the first time in U.S, an Indian company invested a big amount by purchasing Urbanspoon owned by IAC.
Jun 04, 2015 8:19 AM EDT
South Korea Counters North Korean Missile Test Last Month With Sanctioned Missile Launched
South Korea succesfully launched their own ballistic missile test last Wednesday as a show of arms to it neighboring bully, North Korea.
Jun 04, 2015 8:16 AM EDT
Nintendo's Next Console Nintendo NX Will Not Run On Android
Nintendo has denied the report that they will be running Nintendo NX on Android. Iwata says more detail will be released next year.
Jun 04, 2015 8:09 AM EDT
Gumgum Inc.’s Business Expansion and Growth Funded by Morgan Stanley
Gumgum has raised money for business expansion and growth. Different investors lile Morgan Stanley has already seen the company's potential in the upcoming years.
Jun 04, 2015 7:46 AM EDT
Prospect: Internet of Things Market To Grow Up To $1.7 Trillion
IDC Research predicts a $1.7 trillion growth of IoT by 2020. Huawei is the newest company to join the IoT market while Intel's Altera acquisition builds high expectations to its IoT bid.
Jun 04, 2015 5:04 AM EDT
CA hires Xbox cofounder as new tech chief in a bid to revive growth
CA Inc has announced Xbox cofounder Otto Berkes as its new chief technology officer. Berkes starts his new job at CA Inc on June 15. He will be reporting directly to CEO Mike Gregoire.
Jun 04, 2015 4:40 AM EDT
Samsung, Philips and Panasonic reach $528 million settlement deal for cathode ray tube class action
Electronics manufacturers agreed to settle a CRT class action for a total of $528 million. More companies and several other lawsuits are involved.
Jun 04, 2015 4:34 AM EDT
Americans cannot save Ramadi; US troops hold back to protect civilians
Recently, Isil took over Ramadi, resulting to thousands of innocent civilians being killed while survivors and Iraqi military troops pleaded for U.S. military help.
Jun 04, 2015 4:28 AM EDT
Obama Signs USA Freedom Act, Protecting the Individual American's Privacy, Civil Liberties and National Security
US President Barack Obama signs the USA Freedom Act immediately after the Senate passed the bill. The law transfers the responsibility of collecting and keeping phone call data from the NSA to the phone companies themselves.
Jun 04, 2015 4:11 AM EDT
MERS Virus Claims Two Lives In South Korea
Health officials have confirmed that two people in South Korea died from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). They are the first death from an outbreak in the country. Around 700 people who are now under quarantine.
Jun 04, 2015 3:11 AM EDT
Lego Worlds Enters Constructive Digital Play, Competes with Minecraft
Lego Worlds is finally here. Minecraft will finally have a competitor, and it is the original building toy Lego.
Jun 04, 2015 2:52 AM EDT
Lawmakers grill Amtrak officials over deadly train crash
Lawmakers on Tuesday questioned Amtrak officials as to why they failed to implement the automatic train control technology. The train crash killed eight people and injured more than 200 people.
Jun 03, 2015 11:16 PM EDT