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iPhone user? Samsung’s offering you a free 30-day trial of a Galaxy S6 Edge or Note 5

If you’re an iPhone user who is curious about the other side, Samsung has a deal for you. Pay $1 and get a cutting-edge device of your choice — complete with a functional SIM card for your network provider.

Amazon Echo adding voice controls for SmartThings devices

Amazon is further expanding the reach of its Echo connected speaker by letting users control SmartThings devices by voice. SmartThings is a connected home platform that Samsung acquired last year. Its goal is to be an “open” platform that connects … Continue reading

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There is no asteroid coming to kill us all: NASA

Such is the world we live in these days that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration feels the need to issue an official statement on how we’re all not going to die in an Earth-shattering collision with a giant asteroid … Continue reading

Spotify CEO: Sorry about our super creepy new privacy policy

Spotify is in full damage-control mode after the streaming music service’s new privacy policy spurred a wave of Internet outrage. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek apologized for the kerfuffle on Friday, and promised that the company is revising its privacy policy … Continue reading

Amazon reportedly beats Apple TV in 2014 as streaming video gets serious

Amazon’s decision to enter the media streamer business has paid off, according to a study from Parks Associates. The research firm found that Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick took third place in U.S. device shipments last year, overtaking Apple … Continue reading

Spotify CEO hints why the music service’s privacy policy gets all up in your business

Like nearly every other company on the Internet, Spotify recently changed its privacy policy to gather all kinds of data about you—with your permission. The new privacy policy says Spotify may ask for your contacts, photos, or other media files … Continue reading

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Nintendo will slash price of 2DS to $99 on August 30

Nintendo will cut the price of the 2DS from $130 to $100 on August 30, but the free copy of Mario Kart 7 isn’t going anywhere.

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Supermassive black hole observation made possible by helium hard drives

Black hole research and helium-filled hard drives may not seem to have much in common, but storage advances are critical to astrometric observations.

Sideclick is shaping up to be a killer remote control for streaming video

Some of the best ideas are the ones that only seem glaringly obvious after they’ve been invented. That may be the case with Sideclick, a $30 device that adds more TV controls to the remotes that come with Roku, Apple … Continue reading

Comment les marques peuvent-elles faire face à "l’ubérisation" ?

Ubériser ou se faire ubériser : telle est la question. Pour s’adapter et participer à l’économie de partage, les marques doivent repenser leur rapport au marché et aux consommateurs.