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Box unveils Box Workflow for business users coming in 2015

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider

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At Boxworks 2014, Box CEO Aaron Levie announced that the company is building a suite of features to better serve its business customers. The new Box Workflow adds a workflow process on top of the Box platform using rules-based tasks and machine learning. Using open APIs, the Box Workflow employs automation and metadata features to create workflows. For the rules-based features, the metadata can be mined to create IFTTT-type triggers. For example: if your business needs to separate credit card charges from cash charges, it can create a rule that automatically finds those different types of charges and send the cash charges to…

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Amazon Fire TV available for pre-order in the UK and Germany for £79

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates, UK

Amazon has confirmed that customers in the UK and Germany will soon be able to get their hands on its Fire TV streaming device. First launched in the US in April, it’s the first time the device has been made available outside the US. It arrives first in Germany on September 25 and in the UK on October 23. In Germany it costs €99 and in the UK it’s available to pre-order for £79 from today. For Prime subscribers, that price is cut to £49/€49, but only for the next five days. While the device is designed for TV and film…

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Amazon Fire TV available for pre-order in the UK and Germany for £79

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates, UK

Amazon has confirmed that customers in the UK and Germany will soon be able to get their hands on its Fire TV streaming device. First launched in the US in April, it’s the first time the device has been made available outside the US. It arrives first in Germany on September 25 and in the UK on October 23. In Germany it costs €99 and in the UK it’s available to pre-order for £79 from today. For Prime subscribers, that price is cut to £49/€49, but only for the next five days. While the device is designed for TV and film…

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IDC: Phablet shipments will hit 175 million to pass portable PCs in 2014, 318 million to pass tablets in 2015

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Mobile

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Forget wearables for a second, it looks like phablets are already the next big thing, pun not intended. The larger smartphones (defined as having a screen size of at least 5.5 inches but less than 7 inches) are expected to surpass portable PCs this year, and then tablets next year. The latest prediction comes from IDC, which projects that phablet shipments will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014 and 318 million units in 2015. Since the firm expects 170 million portable PCs to ship this year, and 233 million tablets next year, phablets will thus beat both. Phablets first…

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IDC: Phablet shipments will hit 175 million to pass portable PCs in 2014, 318 million to pass tablets in 2015

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Mobile

2013 Consumer Electronics Show Highlights Newest Technology

Forget wearables for a second, it looks like phablets are already the next big thing, pun not intended. The larger smartphones (defined as having a screen size of at least 5.5 inches but less than 7 inches) are expected to surpass portable PCs this year, and then tablets next year. The latest prediction comes from IDC, which projects that phablet shipments will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014 and 318 million units in 2015. Since the firm expects 170 million portable PCs to ship this year, and 233 million tablets next year, phablets will thus beat both. Phablets first…

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