The company also teased, in the briefest of fashions, that a curved phone with a slider keyboard might be “coming later this year.”
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Machine Learning: In Chase of Apple, Smartphone Makers Shift Strategies
With its vast share of the industry’s profits, Apple was the target at the Mobile World Congress, where Samsung and Microsoft are trying to position their products as business tools.
Bits Special Section: With Fraud Afoot, Shield Your Wallet
Credit cards have more legal protection than debit cards, but a quick response is the key to keeping intruders from your accounts and identity.
Bits Blog: WhatsApp Adds Improved Encryption on Android Phones
The popular messaging platform is getting more secure with technology from Open Whisper Systems.
Bits Blog: Microsoft Band Is a Welcome Surprise in the Wearable Market
The company’s new wearable device may be the most flexible of its kind on the market right now.
Machine Learning: Bluetooth Smart Improvements Appear in More Devices
An update made in 2010, also called Bluetooth 4.0, uses less power and has better pairing capability.
Machine Learning: Businesses Are Turning to Beacons, and It’s Going to Be O.K.
Beacons, tiny radio transmitters that send signals to phones close by, have quickly become a new front in the chase to find you whenever and wherever you are.