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Energous developing wireless Wattup technology, could allow for gadget charging across a room

We’ve all dreamed of charging our devices from across the room. This may soon be a reality. Per the MIT Technology Review, startup Energous is developing a technology called WattUp that will allow you to charge smartphones, tablets, and other small gadgets from across a room without wires. Energous hopes other companies will license this […]

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Rumor: Microsoft may be backing off from creating smaller Surface tablet

Apple may not have to compete with Microsoft in the mini tablet market. Per Bloomberg and The Loop, anonymous sources have stated that Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Stephen Elop decided that the product in development wasn’t different enough from rivals and probably wouldn’t be a hit. According to the […]

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Apple releases Safari 6.1.4 update

On Thursday, Apple released Safari 6.1.4, an update to its web browser for its OS X 10.7 and 10.8 operating systems. The new version, a 52.9 megabyte download (via MacUpdate), includes the following fixes and new features: – Addresses a significant memory corruption issue in the WebKit engine powering Apple’s browser. – Addresses an issue […]

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Apple comments on iMessage text bug issue, says fix is en route

There’s a fix en route for Apple’s current iMessage bug. That’s the good news. Per The Mac Observer and Re/code, a long-standing iMessage bug that failed to deliver some text messages to users who switched to Android or Windows smartphones from the iPhone will be fixed. The problem can crop up when someone who currently […]

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Apple releases Safari 7.0.4 update

Late Wednesday, Apple released Safari 7.0.4, an update to its web browser. The new version, a 53.7 megabyte download (via MacUpdate), includes the following fixes and new features: – Addresses a significant memory corruption issue in the WebKit engine powering Apple’s browser. – Addresses an issue with handling of unicode characters that could be exploited. […]