According to bigwig US carrier Verizon Wireless, two new handsets that it started selling this month are capable of taking advantage of the carrier's next network upgrade - Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) - which can increase Internet speeds by around two times.
The two handsets - which will be the first smartphone to work on Verizon's next network - are: the Nokia Lumia 928, which went on sale earlier this month; and the Samsung Galaxy S4, which hit the markets last week.
With industrial designer Yves Béhar having teamed up with entrepreneur Jason Johnson to work on a new hardware start-up called August, the duo unveiled their first product - a high-tech smart lock system - at the All Things D conference in Southern California on Wednesday.
At the All Things D conference on Wednesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg addressed gender issues in business; and said that it is time women step up and take charge in their workplace, even though people may feel that they are "bossy" and "aggressive."
According to Sandberg, it is actually a reflection of early gender norms that men are hardly ever called "too aggressive" at work, while women who are professionally competent are often called so; just like girls are called "bossy" if they have a take-charge attitude.
According to a Financial Times report, a number of companies have pulled their advertising campaigns from the Facebook social network after they found that their ads were appearing alongside offensive photos and posts.
Among the firms - nearly 15 in number - that have removed their ads from Facebook are Nissan UK, Specialty Natural Medicine, eReader Utopia, and UK-based Nationwide. The reason behind the removal of ads by these companies was that their ads appeared next to misogynistic content.
According to a recent report by Windows SuperSite's Paul Thurrott, Microsoft's Windows 8.1 OS version - which is widely referred to as `Windows Blue' - will bring back the `Start' button, which will be positioned on the taskbar of the updated Windows 8 software.
The Start button in Windows 8.1 will be an angled, stylized window, similar to the Start button of the Charms menu in Windows 8.
It has been reported that the Vienna archaeologist is safe and sound after he lost his way in the woods. After the 82-year old man was lost in the enigmatic forests, a search party was deployed to find him.
Game Warden Dan Christianson said that Mark Hedden was moving on the Anderson Road for about three hours before he found his way for home.
NHS 111 helpline, which has received a lot of criticism from patients as well as from experts, is going to get introduced in Wales.
The Welsh Government said that they have been thinking to replace NHS Direct Wales with the 111 helpline service. Health Minister Mark Drakeford has been discussing the option with experts.
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