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comScore: Apple takes 41.3% share as top US smartphone maker, Samsung hits 27%; Android outgains iOS

Apr04

by Sindy Cator on April 4, 2014 at 4:31 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, Insider, Mobile

Apple’s dominance as the top smartphone OEM in the US seems to have peaked at just above 41 percent. Samsung is taking advantage by gaining share faster than its main competitor, and hitting a new high at 27 percent. Rounding out the top five were LG, Motorola, and HTC. In the platform wars, Google remains at the top with Android, and Apple has taken second with iOS. While Google’s mobile platform has slipped multiple times last year, and started off losing share at the start of 2014, it has managed to outgain Apple’s platform. Rounding out the top five were…

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The science of memory (and 4 uncommon ways to enhance it)

Apr04

by Sindy Cator on April 4, 2014 at 3:17 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Investigations, LifeHacks

This post originally appeared on the ooomf blog. I have a pretty bad memory, it seems. I know people say that all the time, but here’s why I think it actually applies to me: In pretty much all of my childhood memories, I’m around 10 years old, as if nothing ever happened before that. My poor co-founder, Josh, has to replay almost entire conversations before I recall having had them. On a regular basis. Unless my high school was running way off the curriculum, I just don’t remember anything I learned there. Everytime someone asks me about a high-school level concept…

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Front helps companies collaborate with shared email inboxes

Apr04

by Sindy Cator on April 4, 2014 at 2:37 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Email may or may not have a long and prosperous future lying in wait, but for now it’s showing no real signs of weakening its grip on the enterprise. With that in mind, Front has been building a new desktop application geared towards making it easier to collaborate around emails with shared inboxes. Now, the concept of a shared inbox is, of course, nothing new. But Front is bringing a heap of productivity features into the mix too, that kind of make this more of an email-client/social network crossbreed. Front remains in invite-only, private beta mode for now, but we…

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Sol Republic Tracks Air review: Wireless headphones with punch and longevity

Apr04

by Sindy Cator on April 4, 2014 at 2:10 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Reviews

When Sol Republic announced the Tracks Air towards the end of 2013, I was pretty excited to try them out. Alas, as a UK-dweller, the US-only release was beyond my reach. Now, however, with a UK release on the horizon, I met up with Seth Coombs, co-founder of Sol Republic for a chat about his headphone addiction, ‘smart’ headphones and the impending UK launch. He also gave me a pair of the company’s new Tracks Air wireless headphones to try out. Having tested the slightly boomy Calvin Harris-tuned Mater Tracks XCs, I had high expectations. If they could deliver anything like…