Technology

  Relaxnews At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, USA, the microprocessor maker demo-ed Project Alloy, a standalone virtual reality headset allowing wearers to explore and interact with a virtual world while keeping one foot firmly in reality. The headset was presented by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, who claimed that Project Alloy completely redefines what’s possible from a VR ...

  Relaxnews Pinterest introduced video ads as it moved to cash in on a growing appetite for videos at the popular online bulletin board. Marketing messages in the form of Promoted Videos paired with posts “pinned” at the social network will be served up in the United States and Britain, according to product manager Mike Bidgoli. Pinterest has seen a ...

  Paris / AFP Pokemon Go has sent millions of people onto the streets in a worldwide hunt for virtual monsters — and from neighbourhood restaurants to multi-national corporations, businesses smell a profit. “It’s going really well — this is the fourth time we’ve had to restock our Pokemon cuddly toys in two weeks,” said salesman Corentin Flamand, surveying a ...

  Relaxnews Fall 2016 promises another great lineup of smartphone releases with the IFA tech show, Apple’s keynote and various manufacturer launch events all in store to kickstart the season. Here’s a look at some of the mobile devices expected to land this year. A TOP-END PHABLET Unveiled early in August, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is up for release ...

  Bloomberg Dropbox Inc., the popular file-storage company, has met with advisers to discuss the possibility of an initial public offering as soon as 2017, according to people familiar with the matter. Management wanted to talk about the feasibility of a listing and get a sense of the valuation the company could fetch from public market investors, the people said. ...

  Relaxnews According to figures from Gartner, 344.3 million Android smartphones were sold worldwide in Q2 2016. This makes for a 4.3% increase in sales year on year. Samsung is still the undisputed market leader, selling no less than 76.7 million handsets in Q2 with a 22.3% market share. This puts the South Korean tech giant way ahead of Apple ...

  Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp., the once-hot Chinese smartphone maker, saw shipments tumble 38 percent in China in the second quarter as Huawei Technologies Co. took over the top spot in the world’s largest market. Xiaomi shipped 10.5 million smartphones in the quarter, down from 17.1 million in the same period a year earlier, according to research from International Data Corp. ...

  Bloomberg Consumers think smartphone makers are releasing too many new models each year, a survey showed. The survey conducted in six countries, commissioned by the environmental group Greenpeace, showed that more than half of those who responded would prefer to change their phones less frequently. Handset devices are one of the most frequently replaced electronics products. The top cellphone ...

  AFP Facebook took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows teens to watch clips about the lives of their classmates. The app, called Lifestage, was released with no fanfare, and is available for anyone to download on iPhone, although seeing profiles of other users is reserved for those 21 ...

  AP Casey Cooper is one of the most famous drummers on the planet right now. He has a million followers on YouTube, and his flaming-sticks drumming cover of Ellie Goulding’s “Burn” is insane. But he’d just prefer you skip his recorded performances and instead catch him live — on streaming video, that is — because he can make more ...