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Japan’s Docomo wants this portable device to free your SIM card from your phone

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 6:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, docomo, japa, Japan

Japanese operator Docomo wants to free your SIM card from your phone to help manage your presence across multiple devices. Today, it announced a prototype Portable SIM device it hopes will one day do that. The Verge and Tech In Asia both demoed the device which uses a combination of Bluetooth and NFC to connect with smartphones, tablets and PCs to store and transfer IDs, passwords, and other information used for online shopping and more. The mini device loses its authentication when the connection drops, which provides some level of security — however, the thought of putting a substantial amount of personal information in yet…

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Xbox One will go on sale in Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Taiwan on September 23

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 6:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will go on sale in its first wave of countries in Asia — Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Taiwan — from September 23. Customers in these places will be able to buy the regular Xbox One system — complete with the Xbox One console — as well as the Kinect-powered version. Each customer will receive a free Xbox One Wireless Controller and a 14-day trial of the Xbox Live Gold subscription service, as is the case in Western markets. Both Korea and Japan are notable absentees from the list, and will likely get the console at the same…

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Roundup: Sony’s new PlayStation 4 games and announcements from E3 2014

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, E3, Insider, sony

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Sony was the latest company to hold a press event at E3 2014, showing fans a range of upcoming titles and a hardware bundle. All-in-all, it was an impressive set of announcements and demos from the company. Check out our overview of what you need to know and see. (Not all games have videos available publicly at this point, but we’ll add more as/when they are.) White PlayStation 4 Destiny bundle on September 9 The console will include a matching controller, a copy of the upcoming sci-fi shooter Destiny, and 30 days of PlayStation Plus, the subscription service that players need to access multiplayer features…

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Line teams up with Salesforce to help companies connect with users of its messaging service

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:18 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Insider, messaging, Product Updates

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Marketers are starting to realize the power of mobile messaging but currently, full integration for such a channel may not be that simple. Today, Salesforce announced that it has teamed up with Line, the chat app with 450 million registered users, a move that aims to make it easier for marketers to reach customers through the service. The partnership will see new mobile marketing ways created on Salesforce’s ExactTarget Marketing Cloud that are catered to Line. Line already has a service known as Line Business Connect, which provides a business-oriented API that includes features of Line’s official accounts, that companies can customize…

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