Apple Overtakes Samsung as Top U.S. Mobile-Phone Vendor

Apple has become the leading U.S. mobile-phone vendor for the first time last quarter, securing a record 34% of market share, and knocking rival Samsung off the top spot. The Cupertino, Calif., company shipped 17.7 million phones during the fourth quarter, growing 4% annually, according to a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics. For comparison; that number jumped from 12.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, when Apple captured 25% of the market. "Apple's success has been driven by its popular ecosystem of iPhones and App Store, generous carrier subsidies, and extensive marketing around the new iPhone 5 model," the report said. Samsung took second place in the last quarter of 2012, shipping...

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Pebble Smart Watch

As promised at CES 2013, the Pebble smart watch starts shipping Wednesday. Pebble is the most successful Kickstarter project of all time, raising more than $10 million from nearly 70,000 backers. The watch works in conjunction with your smartphone, making it easy to see who is calling, control your music and receive notifications. Even better, app developers can build Pebble support into their apps, extending the watch's capabilities even more.  the Pebble team shared the latest status on shipping and mass production. Pebble says that while it is working on adding shipment tracking to its account fulfillment page, it isn't there yet. Therefore, the company implores users not to start...

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Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows 8

Office 2013 Review Office for Windows 8 The first version of Microsoft Office for Windows 8 -- Office 365 Home Premium -- is finally available. Priced at $99.95 for an annual subscription, in integrates cloud connectivity, touch and social networks into the Office experience. The apps run in the desktop environment in Windows 8 It's been a long wait, but the first version of Microsoft Office designed for Windows 8 is here. Office 365 Home Premium (a.k.a. Office 2013) — the real thing, not the preview — is now available for download. And it brings the software suite into the world of touch, the cloud and collaboration via social networks. It's a needed upgrade, though it still isn't as convenient to use as...

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Free iPad App Helps Train Future Neurosurgeons

The neurosurgeons of tomorrow can hone some of the necessary skills on the iPad, thanks to a new training app called VCath. Developed by Bangor University in the U.K, the free iPad app helps neurosurgeons-in-training master an appreciation of the ventricular system in the brain. The VCath app is designed to take a neurosurgical trainee through the steps of positioning and inserting a catheter into the brain of a virtual 3D patient. These steps are part of a procedure called “Ventricular Catheterisation,” which is used to drain fluid that has become obstructed within the ventricles of the brain. Inserting a catheter at the correct orientation and depth so that it punctures the ventricles is critical to a successful outcome for...

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SMART PHONE BOOK

Ilshat Garipov by Russian designer to visualize the future, smart phones (smart phones booklet) Folding type mobile phone book brought inspiration from the book.the same function alone as an independent player in a separate page, the page can be. Music, video, photos, etc. All information is stored in the cloud server, so help is only a carrier, if you wear the phone book, easy transfer of information and set up a new blank phone book amount of wear from recycled and biodegradable be. Is so powerful, so attractive the face of mobile phones, said that even if we imagine it, where to buy many of my friends I'm afraid to ask? Designers responded: So, you can buy anything. But the concept does not mean impossible, it is envisaged in the phone...

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EMPEROR 200 LUXURY COMPUTER WORKSTATION

This over-the-top looking setup gives you a comfy ergonomic leather seating unit with touch-screen controls, and a view to kill with three computer displays positioned just right for you to lean back and enjoy.The whole thing is motorized too, so you can adjust the angle of your environment without getting up out of your chair. It’s also got a work surface for a keyboard and mouse, and the monitors can be positioned at a flat eye-level if you want to get some work done. IN 2020 WE CAN WEAR SONY COMPUTERS ON OUR WRIST FTC OFFERING $50,000 TO ANYONE WHO CAN STOP ROBOCALLS IPOD SAVES SOLDIERS LIFE HOW TO REPLACE YOUR IPHONE 3G/3GS GLASS, DIGITIZER AND/OR LCD FAKE INTEL CORE I7 CPU BUILT TO LAST: COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT SIMPLY CANNOT FAIL SOFTBANK...

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