Two years after Italian design firm ADR Studio introduced its concept for one of the most adorable cameras ever, with numerous teases popping up since, the Socialmatic point-and-shooter has finally opened for pre-orders. A dead ringer for Instagram's app icon, the chubby, squarish device—which packs its own built-in printer—comes with...
Smartphones aren't like most other gifts, since they're quite possibly the single most personal gadgets in our possession. They're constantly in our hands. We entrust them with our private messages and photos. Increasingly, we're starting to talk to them and even to count on them knowing us well enough to suggest...
Pretty Geeky is an ongoing series that explores the role of style and design in wearable technology. After months of ramping up, Intel’s partnership with design house Opening Ceremony officially made its bid for women's wrists Monday, filling in a few more details of what its new MICA intelligent bracelet—on sale...
Pretty Geeky is an ongoing series that explores the role of style and design in wearable technology. Two new smartwatches debut this week hoping to make people forget about the bland wrist gizmos that first flew the Android Wear flag this summer.Arriving at Sprint on November 14, LG's circular $300 G...
Getting texts sent to your phone is not a right, nor is it a given. And if you think it is, well, Apple says it can’t be blamed for what you “subjectively believe,” reports Reuters.See also: Apple's Revenge: iMessage Might Eat Your Texts If You Switch To AndroidA U.S. district...
Samsung has been using TouchWiz on its Galaxy Smartphones and tablets from the early Android days (seems like decades now). It has reached it's success with using TouchWiz and incorporating its own features such as multi app display or screen mirroring (before it was native to the Google Androids...
By global standards, U.S. broadband speeds are slow—and getting slower. In Akamai's worldwide ranking of Internet speeds, the U.S. recently dropped from 12th place to 14th, lapped by Denmark, Norway ... and Romania.True, in absolute terms, U.S. speeds are still edging upward. In the second quarter, for instance, average broadband...
Apple’s message this week was loud and clear: Forget everything you thought you knew about the iPhone maker or its mobile products.The plan: Reboot the iPhone product line as a beautiful phablet line, give the larger flagship an even bigger premium sibling, introduce Apple’s first-ever smartwatch, and tackle brand-new categories—from...
In Cupertino, Calif. Tuesday, Apple announced its largest iPhone yet—the new iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5-inch display. Confirming longstanding giant iPhone rumors and leaks, the company pulled out the phablet-style version of its popular smartphone, which will go head to head with large smartphone-compact tablet mashups offered by the likes...
iPhone 6, AppleWhen the iPhone 6 debuts Tuesday, it will join a crowded field of brand new mobile devices. But Apple has more than new hardware up its sleeve.The New York Times, Recode, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets have published numerous—and occasionally contradictory—reports predicting giant new iPhones, Apple smartwatches,...
If the people want bigger screens on their iPhones, then bigger screens is what Apple CEO Tim Cook will give them, according to the latest report. Apple will unveil two iPhones with larger screens on Tuesday in Cupertino, the New York Times reports. Expanding the current sharp-edged 4-inch iPhone screen size...
At this point, Apple's iWatch—or whatever it decides to call its forthcoming smartwatch device—had better be utterly breathtaking. Whether it's Apple's intention or not, the level of hype is starting to get a just a little out of hand.See also: Why Smartwatches Could Stand Some Old-School WatchmakingOur latest example comes...
After months of campaigning for smartphone anti-theft legislation, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon got what he wanted Monday: Governor Jerry Brown signed Bill SB 962 into California law, making “kill switches" mandatory on all new smartphones. Starting next summer, all phones sold in the state must have a built-in feature...
Disruption is overrated. Just ask Roku. The device maker doesn’t want to change the game; it likes its game just fine, thank you very much. And that’s why the streaming device maker hasn’t gone back to the drawing board with its very first lineup of smart TVs, announced late Tuesday...
Never has a tweet been more true, or potentially more disastrous for a vendor. Years ago Google's Andy Rubin, stung by Steve Jobs' criticism that Android wasn't truly open, tweeted that anyone could fork - i.e., modify - Android, making it "open" in the truest sense of the word.Unfortunately for Google, many...
Lots of people jumped to the conclusion that Apple's hire of a prominent social-media marketer meant that the iPhone maker might be ready to relax its infamous reality distortion field and dive into the social-media age.Too bad that's not likely to happen, at least not on the scale Apple really...
High-pitched sound is making a comeback. Engineers have discovered that ultrasonics, which have been around almost as long as electronics of any sort, can give modern devices some cool, futuristic features.Ultreo ultrasound toothbrushMankind has been capable of making high-frequency ultrasounds for at least a century. Today, we use them to...
Demand, meet supply. The world is in dire need of millions of Internet of Things developers within the next few years. The good news? According to a new Evans Data survey, 17% the world's software developers are already working on IoT applications; those in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly active.See...
Battery life is like ice cream and cash—there’s just no such thing as too much. In fact, what’s there usually isn’t enough.See also: If The Future's Battery-Powered, We're ScrewedMobile technology is a way of life now, which brings us face to face with a bizarre truth: More of us are choosing...
I live in the future. My body, pockets and home are festooned with smart gadgets that can command nearly everything in my life with a phrase, gesture or tap. It’s a cool and exciting experience—or at least it would be, if it didn’t constantly shackle me to power cables.See also:...
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