The absolute worst Apple vs. Google analysis you’ll read all week

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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My least favorite kind of tech punditry involves saying that some company is “losing” or even better “doomed” because it’s not behaving exactly as one of its competitors is behaving. We hear all the time that both Apple and Microsoft are “doomed” even though they are enormously profitable companies that account for two of the three largest market caps in the tech world. One shining example of this sort of punditry comes to us courtesy of FinancesOnline, which declares that Apple is falling far behind Google because the products that it’s releasing don’t seem as exciting as Google Glass. I am not making this up.

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Here’s one major new Yosemite and iOS 8 feature that got overlooked

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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Apple on Monday took the wraps off OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, two major updates for its computers and mobile devices, that have plenty of interesting features to lure in customers. There’s one new Yosemite and iOS 8 feature that got easily overlooked and will be taken for granted each day once these operating systems are released. This new feature deserves to be acknowledged, as it’s a major update for Apple, especially considering the current state of this particular business: Apple’s completely new Spotlight search feature available on both OSes.

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Microsoft finally has some good news for Windows 8.1

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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When Tim Cook took the stage yesterday, he was out for blood. One of his most vicious attacks came in the form of an OS market share comparison, in which he noted that while Mavericks had already been installed on more than half of OS X computers, Windows 8 was still struggling to top 15%. There’s no doubt that Microsoft is struggling to convince users to migrate, but the latest data from Net Applications has a silver lining: Windows 8.1 has finally attained a higher market share than Windows 8.

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Has the 2015 Ford Mustang gained hundreds of pounds?

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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Automakers face competing interests when it comes to developing a new generation of vehicle. On the one hand, companies want to build their cars to be safer and better handling, with more equipment and maybe even larger dimensions over the model it’s replacing. On the other hand, they strive to keep weight down to the benefit of both performance and fuel consumption. Usually something has to give, and in the case of the new 2015 Ford Mustang, those efforts may have resulted in a weight penalty of two or three hundred pounds.

This according to Blue Oval modifier Steeda Autosports, which states that “the 2015 Mustang ended up gaining 200-300 pounds (90-140 kilos) in this remake”. Despite the Mustang not being on the market yet, it would appear the leading Ford aftermarketer has been given early access to the 2015 model to help jumpstart its tuning efforts (a rather common development among trusted tuners). If Steeda’s assertion is accurate, that would make the challenge of getting the new pony car up to speed for both Ford and aftermarket customizers like Steeda that much greater.

We’re waiting for official word from Ford on the veracity of Steeda’s claim, but if true, it’s bound to be a bit of disappointing news for legions of Blue Oval performance enthusiasts. Watch this space for more.

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This secret iOS 8 feature will make your lock screen more useful than ever

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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As much as Apple shared with us about iOS 8 on Monday during its WWDC keynote, there are still plenty of features we haven’t yet seen in action. We put together a list of all the features Apple didn’t have time to cover during the event, but now that the first beta build of the new software is out in the wild, users are beginning to find even more hidden updates. MacRumors readers are the latest to discover an interesting addition to iOS 8: location-based app notifications on the lock screen.

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That old Nokia phone in your attic might be worth $1,400

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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There is now organized resistance against the modern smartphone. And it appears to be quite lucrative.

A website called Vintage Mobile offers a wide array of defiantly dumb phones from the era when Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson ruled the global handset market and there was a wide range of different designs and form factors.

Refurbished models on Vintage Mobile sell typically for between $100 and 200, but there are some gems that command four figures. Among European connoisseurs of the art of mobile handset, the Nokia 8800 Arte Carbon has achieved legendary status — and the price of a refurbished model in 2014 is nearly $1,400.

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Why Samsung will keep killing other Android vendors unless Google intervenes

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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It isn’t hard to feel for HTC. For two straight years, it’s released hugely acclaimed Android phones that have been praised in the tech media as some of the best in the world. And for two straight years it’s posted big year-over-year sales declines in May, just when sales from its newest flagship devices ought to be the strongest.

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Not even the world’s best Android phone could save HTC in May

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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HTC has faced many setbacks, disasters and bitter disappointments since its handset unit performance started missing projections around Christmas 2011. But May 2014 might have been the most devastating blow yet. That is because HTC had supposedly reacted to miserable sales declines in 2012 and 2013 by revamping its handset design and marketing strategies. Both the product and how it is sold were changed to finally staunch the bleeding by spring of 2014.

Yet despite the new product and branding initiatives, May 2014 turns out to be a chilling omen of a summer of horror for the besieged Taiwanese vendor.

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Here’s the wildest Google Maps Easter Egg yet

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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Google is hides all sorts of neat tricks in its products, aptly referred to as Easter Eggs, and the company has included one such software trick in its popular Google Maps product. Users looking for directions from Snowdon to Brecon Beacons (in the U.K.) will be happy to hear they’ll be able to choose between more means of transportation than usual. In addition to driving, transit, biking and cycling directions, users will also get the option to get directions they can follow while riding a dragon — likely a Welsh one.

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Apple just basically confirmed to developers that bigger iPhones are coming

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Authcom

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Apple’s Xcode 6 app development platform for OS X and iOS will let developers work on apps for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, and the company has already made a new Xcode 6 beta version available to them for testing. In it, 9to5Mac has discovered what seems to be proof that Apple plans to release bigger iOS devices including iPhones and iPads.

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