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Apple's watch will run iOS and arrive later this year, say sources

Anurag : Mar 6, 2013 12:00:00 AM

Technical News

1. More details are emerging about Apple's forthcoming watch, which is targeted for release this year. Read "Apple's watch will run iOS and arrive later this year, say sources"

2. Samsung’s next big smartphone, to be introduced this month, will have a strong focus on software. A person who has tried the phone, called the Galaxy S IV, described one feature as particularly new and exciting: Eye scrolling. Read "Samsung’s New Smartphone Will Track Eyes to Scroll Pages"

3. The concept of viral internet content or memes has been played out for a number of years, but Microsoft thinks it has mastered the solution to tracking exactly how web content gets popular. At the company's annual TechFest event this week, Microsoft is unveiling a research project, ViralSearch, that has examined nearly a billion information cascades across Twitter. ViralSearch tracks the diffusion of news, videos, and photos to determine exactly how they were shared on Twitter and to rate their virality. Read "Microsoft ViralSearch: tracking and identifying popular web content on Twitter"

4. Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called “Google Shopping Express.” According to one source the service will be $10 or $15 cheaper than Amazon Prime, so $69 or $64 a year and offer same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar stores like Target, Walmart, Walgreens and Safeway (though no specifics were mentioned by our sources). Read "Google Is Building A Same-Day Amazon Prime Competitor, “Google Shopping Express”