Tag Archives: asia

iMakr 3D printing store opens in London, carries Solidoodle and more

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The notion of a physical store dedicated to 3D printing is still new to us, and Solidoodle’s Asia-focused plans didn’t give much reassurance that we’d see more shops in English-speaking countries all that soon. iMakr may have just come to our resc…


Skinny Huawei smartphone shows off 6.2mm profile in Chinese certification

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The FCC isn’t the only agency playing with devices we don’t even know exist: its Chinese equivalent has recently had some hands-on time with an unknown Huawei smartphone, codenamed the P6-U06. Luckily, there are a few pics and specs to accompany t…


Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface RT now shipping in more countries

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro and RT are striking out to more far flung corners of the globe. Redmond just announced this morning that its two Windows 8 tablets will be made available to even more markets, with the Surface RT being the first to branch o…


Huawei G510 heads to Vodafone UK, puts Jelly Bean on a budget

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Huawei’s G510 isn’t what you’d call a screamer. In fact, the handset’s more of what the Chinese market refers to as a “1,000 yuan” phone, or as we so benignly call it: a budget device. Formerly available in Asia-only, the G510′s now making the trek t…


After service disruption, Egypt arrests three divers severing undersea internet cable

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Recent internet service disruption in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia may have been the result of sabotage. Egypt’s coastguard has caught three divers in the act of cutting an underwater internet cable off the port of Alexa…


Interactive graph visualizes the human cost of every known US drone strike in Pakistan

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Even with countless news reports and a leaked government memo, it’s still difficult for many to fathom the scope of the United States’ ongoing covert drone wars in Asia and the Middle East. “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” a visceral and …


HTC One to arrive in the US by late April, just as the Galaxy S4 launches

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The HTC One will finally begin rolling out next week, at least in the UK, Germany and Taiwan. Buyers in Europe, North America and “most of” the Asia-Pacific can expect to see the device launch before the end of April, according to an …


Eric Schmidt challenges India to invest in an open internet

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Following a visit to North Korea, Eric Schmidt has continued his impromptu pan-Asia internet freedom tour with a focus on India. In an op-ed written for The Times of India, Schmidt lays out the opportunity facing the world’s largest d…


Microsoft is now selling its Surface tablets direct to businesses

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Microsoft has started to sell its Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets direct to businesses. ZDNet has spotted a new volume ordering service that allows businesses to order in bulk. The site doesn’t appear to require premier, enterprise…


Sony unveils mid-range Xperia SP and L, due in Europe and Asia this spring

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Sony has announced a pair of new mid-range Android smartphones, the Xperia SP and L. The SP is the more interesting of the pair: it matches last year’s flagship handsets almost spec-for-spec, with a 4.6-inch 720p display, 1.7GHz dual-…