Nokia has teased its next camera-centric Lumia, running a promo campaign on UK television this weekend for the new Windows Phone 8 handset it is expected to officially unveil on Tuesday, May 14. The commercial, which focused on the dual-LED flash of the new smartphone, as well as what looks to be its slightly protruding lens, gives away little in the way of technical detail, but did drop the hint that it would be "more than your eyes can see," leading to speculation it will be the device so-far known as "EOS".
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Nokia teases new Lumia PureView phone ahead of Tuesday reveal
Google Play Games revealed: Android gaming gets serious
Details of Google Play Games, the Android alternative to Apple’s Game Center, have leaked, with suggestions that the cloud-syncing, leaderboard-scoring, and multiplayer-matchmaking system will debut officially at Google I/O this coming week. Evidence of the refreshed gaming component was unearthed from a prerelease version (v3.1.36) of the Google Play Services APK, with Android Police sifting through the shared files to discover a new “Play Games” feature intended for managing gaming on the Android platform.
Google Babel to rebrand as Google Hangouts, could launch at Google I/O
We've heard rumblings of Google's new unified chat service in the past, called Babel, but it seems the company is expected to announce the new service at Google I/O next week. However, before they do that, it's been reported that Babel is being rebranded as Google Hangouts, and will merge with the company's current Google+ Hangouts video chat feature.
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Google Wallet physical card plans reportedly axed last-minute by CEO Page
Google has scrapped plans to launch a physical Google Wallet credit card at Google IO next week, it's reported, focusing instead on the digital wallet and NFC functionality baked into Android smartphones. The company had intended to reveal the credit card - which was to be black with a rainbow "W", so AllThingsD reports - at its annual developer event, but wonky run-throughs and concerns from management that the scheme was insufficiently futuristic saw it knocked from the schedule.
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Facebook and Waze: blending your worlds together one data point at a time
Word has it Facebook is looking to acquire crowdsource navigation app Waze for a hefty $1 billion. Such a move would provide the social network with an array of location-based data far more substantial than any it has had thus far, adding the information on top of what it already knows about consumers' likes, check-ins, and social circles. There's been a lot of talk about what Waze could do for Facebook, but the end result of that is more personal: what a Waze acquisition could mean for mobile users. Location data presents the ability to uniquely blend our real-world and digital worlds, mixing them together in such a way that one is always fueling the other.
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Microsoft reportedly developing set-top box
Microsoft is in the process of developing a set-top box, according to sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal. The device is said to be "simple" and made to stream video and similar other functions, perhaps similar to the Roku set-top box. While there are said to be prototypes already in creation, there's no info on whether the set-top box will ever hit shelves.
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ASUS Transformer tablet teased for Computex 2013
ASUS posted up a video on YouTube that gives us a tease at what to expect from the company at Computex 2013 this year. The video mostly highlights what the company is all about, and they show off some of their products in the video as well, with a few interesting glances at mysterious products that we haven't seen before.
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Amazon smartphone duo with glasses-free 3D eye tracking tipped
Amazon is reading a pair of smartphones and an audio-streaming device, new leaks claim, with one of the phones using eye-tracking and a glasses-free 3D display for hands-off navigation. The unannounced gadgets are the handiwork of Amazon’s Lab126 hardware division, the WSJ‘s sources reveal, with the high-end smartphone relying upon retina-tracking to allow users to dig through a floating hologram-like interface.
Nokia Lumia 928 demos audio skills (and there’s that Xenon flash)
Nokia keeps dripping out details about the Lumia 928, the new Windows Phone expected to officially launch next week, and latest is a confirmation on the rumored Xenon flash and a demo of the smartphone’s audio prowess. The new image, shared by Nokia itself, shows the rear of the Lumia 928 for the first official time, complete with PureView branding and what looks like a combined Xenon and LED flash assembly.
Facebook buying Waze in $1bn social map deal tip insiders
Facebook could splash up to $1bn on social mapping app specialist Waze, new leaks suggest, potentially ramping up the social site's mobile functionality. The imminent deal, tipped in Calcalist, Ynet, and The Market, comes after a claimed six months of negotiations between the firms, and would echo Facebook's billion-dollar Instagram acquisition by falling somewhere in the $800m-$1bn range, sources claim.
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Sony Windows 8 13″ hybrid-slider leaks: Is this the VAIO Duo 13?
A larger version of Sony's VAIO Duo 11 convertible hybrid notebook has been spotted, apparently boasting a 13-inch Full HD touchscreen and the same sliding hinge design turning the slate into a laptop. The unannounced notebook, spotted in a YouTube video (which you can see after the cut), reportedly has a Triluminos touchscreen that works with both finger and stylus contact.
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Microsoft reportedly considering Nook Media purchase
Word has it Microsoft is considering a $1 billion purchase of Nook Media LLC's digital assets, which encompass its preferred units and leaves the rest - ebook and ereaders and such, that is. The information comes from the folks over at Tech Crunch, which says it has received an internal document on the matter. Also in the documentation is news that the Nook slate business will be discontinued by the end of next year.
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