Korean electronics giant Samsung announced on Monday that engineers working with advanced LED technologies had made a significant breakthrough, allowing the company to produce large advanced display panels with normal glass panels, suggesting that within the next decade window panes could also double as lighting and display screens. The Korea Times reports that the Samsung Advanced Institute [...]

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Korean electronics giant Samsung announced on Monday that engineers working with advanced LED technologies had made a significant breakthrough, allowing the company to produce large advanced display panels with normal...

Read More: Samsung announces LED breakthrough that can turn windows into display screens

And here's the third phone from Japanese carrier SoftBank's fall/winter line-up that deserves a dedicated article: it's the so-called DELL STREAK PRO 101DL [JP], which the company will start offering to its subscribers in January 2012 (price tbd). And this isn't an Android tablet but a phone.

And judging by the specs, it's going to be quite a nice one.

Read More: DELL STREAK PRO 101DL (An Android PHONE) With Super AMOLED Display To Hit Japan 2012

Sharp has been producing quite a few nice Android phones for the Japanese market lately (with a 25% share, it's the leading manufacturer over here), and today, the company introduced [JP] another great-looking handset, the AQUOS PHONE 102SH.

Local carrier SoftBank will start distributing the phone in Japan in December as part of its fall/winter line-up. And there can be now doubt that subscribers can get a real monster with this model.

Read More: Sharp’s New Android Phone: Waterproof Body, 4.5-Inch 3D QHD Display, 12MP Cam, DLNA

Back in May, we reported that Facebook now accounts for one out of three ad impressions in the U.S., and that, really, no other web property in the U.S. comes close (Yahoo was second with 10 percent). That means that Facebook served approximately 340 billion ads in the first quarter. It's probably not a surprise, then, that advertising makes up for about 89 percent of the social network's total revenues, which are estimated at about $1.6 billion for the first six months of 2011.

Today, on Citi' [...]

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ShowYouLikeIt is a great way to keep up with the most popular music, books, movies and more according to the number of Facebook likes a particular item has received. Additionally, signing...

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Microsoft is betting not one but two farms on Windows 8. It was made available to the public in a preview release this week as part of activity for the Microsoft Build conference for hardware and software developers.Microsoft Reimagines Windows, Presents Windows 8 Developer PreviewIt is naturally expected that Microsoft update its Windows desktop and server platform every few years. But, with Windows 8, Microsoft is also betting on the touch screen tablet market that Apple dominates with its iPa [...]

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Rovio and Madhouse have teamed up to drive the development of mobile marketing in China. Rovio is famous for its wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds, and Madhouse is well known for being the largest mobile advertising network in China. As part of this partnership, Madhouse will enable and deliver ads to Rovio properties across China – including placement of in-application banners and rich media ads.


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NBC only provides streaming video clips which, while someone unsatisfying, provides a good way to sample programs like late night TV talk shows (Jimmy Fallon, for example) which fit well into the clip format. ABC Player provides streaming for full episodes. Both look and work well on the iPad. And then, there's the CW network's new free streaming video app. Like the ABC Player app, it provides streaming video for complete (recent) episodes of its shows. Unfortunately, the app goes d [...]

Read More: CW Network Full Episode Streaming Video App Designed Only for the Small iPhone Display