May the Force be with you for this week's Vine Challenge. We're calling all Star Wars fans to create Vine videos to be featured on Mashable. However, for this challenge, you must combine something from Star Wars (characters, settings or dialog) with a subject from another series or universe. Find a way to cleverly pair [...]
In line with global trends, smartphones are outshipping feature phones for the first time in the APAC region (although excluding Japan), representing 53 per cent of the market in Q2 2013. But Apple is no longer among the top five manufacturers in the region, according to IDC, pushed out by Chinese brands like Lenovo, Coolpad, [...]
Yummi Media has just signed a deal with Shaw Theatres to bring Phonix, its second-screen platform, to cinemas in Singapore. The Phonix technology can recognise a number of factors – time, location, image and two types of sound recognition – Shazam-style audio fingerprinting as well as watermarking – to work out what content to serve [...]
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. As Amazon continues to increase its offerings, it may be looking to add another important service to its list: wireless Internet [...]
Does Amazon want to be a wireless provider? According to Bloomberg, the company is at least toying with the idea. Amazon recently tested a network in Cupertino, Calif., using broadband spectrum provided by Globalstar, according to the report, which cites unnamed sources. Reps from Amazon declined to comment. The trial was in the vicinity of [...]