You probably thought you'd already seen the geekiest moments from the International Space Station (ISS). But astronaut Scott Kelly just upped the ante by pulling off what we think is a first: augmented reality in spaceSee also: Microsoft leaks new HoloLens detailsWe've had astron … | Continue reading
Apple's lead attorney has fired back at critics who say the company should comply with a court ruling ordering Apple to assist the FBI in helping hack into the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino gunman.In an appearance on ABC's "This week," Ted Olson, the Cupertino company's … | Continue reading
It’s changed days for Nokia as the former mobile phone giant used Mobile World Congress (MWC) to announce not a sexy new range of smartphones, but a trio of tidbits centering on 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), and security. Nokia had teased “something big” in the build up to MW … | Continue reading
You probably haven't heard of the W train. It was a local line that was part of New York City's subway system and ran between Queens and Manhattan (and initially down to Coney Island) from 2001 to 2010, when it was axed due to budget constraints. (The Z train was also scaled back … | Continue reading
With the U.S government declaring all hoverboards unsafe and tensions mounting between the FBI and Apple, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: U.S. government declares hoverboards unsafeEach weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated app … | Continue reading
GUEST: Facebook’s recent quarterly earnings showed just how important mobile has become to the company, with mobile advertising making up a significant chunk of the company’s 52 percent jump in revenue. Facebook is clearly investing in improving the mobile ad experience, and Canv … | Continue reading
Facebook’s continued fascination with VR reached new heights today, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke of the company’s new initiatives in VR onstage at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Specifically, he talked about the increased effort towa … | Continue reading
Every time I log into Facebook lately I check the Trending tab on the right side of the screen, not because what’s displayed there is particularly interesting or timely — my feed is generally a mix of politics, celebrity microdrama, and incidents of local mayhem — but because the … | Continue reading
The splash-proof Samsung Gear 360 is a tiny, ball-shaped camera that fits in the palm of your hand to record 360-degree VR video. It's similar to the 360Fly, but instead of just one lens, it has twoRead more: http://on.mash.to/1mRdT2P Read more...More about Samsung, Tech, Gadgets … | Continue reading
On the newest iteration of Samsung's flagship phones, they've brought back the microSD card slot that allows for expanded storage and a water-resistant design. Plus Samsung has improved everything else at the same timeRead more: http://on.mash.to/1Vxvc4N Read more...More about Sa … | Continue reading
Samsung hat heute Abend nicht nur die neuen Galaxy-Smartphones vorgestellt, sondern auch die Gear 360, eine 360°-Videokamera. Mit zwei 15-Megapixel-Sensoren hinter Fischaugen-Objektiven, einem klitzekleinen Display und Fernbedienbarkeit ü... | Continue reading
Zuck shocked everyone by appearing on stage for the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event for MWC 2016. He wasn’t there to push Samsung’s new phones or talk about Messenger, his time onstage was all about virtual reality. Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook (which, in case if you’ve forgot … | Continue reading
GUEST: Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen a major shift as enterprises embrace cloud-based SaaS. It’s now customary for large enterprises to rely daily on dozens of outside services to function. While some of these services are provided by large behemoths like Salesforce and Orac … | Continue reading
For years, many of the key components of wearables have been drafting off the strengths of the smartphone supply chain. During the last two years, the application processors and sensors for wrist and head-worn wearable products have more or less been taken off the parts bin of lo … | Continue reading
February 21 marks the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s adventure classic, ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ Since the earnest boy Link first put on his green tunic and sought out to save the princess Zelda from the evil Gannon, the series has made an indelible mark on the adventure game world … | Continue reading
So, how much will the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge cost you? Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint have all announced the availability information for the new flagships. Pre-orders start on Tuesday, February 23rd, and the devices will be in stores (or on your doorstep) on March 11 … | Continue reading
After exiting the smartphone market dramatically by selling its mobile making division to Microsoft for $7.2 billion back in 2013, Nokia has hinted it is looking to return to the smartphone business by a different route — taking advantage of a clause in its sale agreement that al … | Continue reading
BARCELONA, Spain — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered a much-needed shot of adrenaline to Samsung’s Unpacked press conference by making an unannounced appearance on stage to talk virtual reality and to praise his South Korean partner. “VR is the next platform, where anyone ca … | Continue reading
You wouldn’t think that an iPad in an airplane is a big deal, but when it’s used as part of flight control, it’s not only big, it’s verboten.Three months ago, Cobalt aircraft made a big splash when it introduced the Valkyrie Co50, a Canard-style five seater, with sexy looks and r … | Continue reading
The name Cat is usually associated with machinery, so it’s rather fitting that it has the world’s first smartphone with a built-in thermal camera. Announced earlier in the week, it’s on show at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, and it offers the first glimpse at this type … | Continue reading
Dzień dobry, Powoli kończy się luty i zaczyna przednówek (przedwiośnie). Na spacerze znalazłam nawet pierwsze bazie! Przypominam tutaj, że bazie rosną na wierzbie, gdyby... | Continue reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance onstage during Samsung's keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona SundayDuring his remarks, Facebook's chief executive spoke about the company's vision for virtual reality and praised Samsung for its Gear VR headset, ca … | Continue reading
If I had to choose between Garmin's pair of new fitness trackers — the Vivofit 3 and the Vivoactive HR — I'd definitely go for the former. Not just because I'm a persistent slouch, and the heart-rate tracking features on the Vivoactive HR would be wasted on me, but because the Vi … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that will build on the achievements of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Of course, the new team will collaborate with the Facebook … | Continue reading
Facebook has formed an internal team to work on virtual reality, and it's pushing its own 360-degree video technology onto the Gear VR. The company announced today that the new group will research "social VR," including "how people can connect and share using today's VR technolog … | Continue reading
Approximate Bitcoin Mining process devised by University of Illinois researchers is slated to improve the mining process by about 30 percent. Read more... | Continue reading
Die neuen Samsung Galaxys sind deutlich eine Verfeinerung des bisherigen Konzeptes, aber keine so große Überraschung wie letztes Jahr. Mit Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (2,15GHz Quad-Core und 1,6GHz Quad-Core), je nach Ort auch Exynos-Chips un... | Continue reading
With Mobile World Congress unofficially kicking off already, seeing new smartphones announced isn’t much of a surprise. Seeing a Windows smartphone from HP with a ridiculously impressive spec list was, however. Called the Elite x3, the device offers up a 6-inch Quad HD (2,560 x 1 … | Continue reading
What do you finance if you’re in the network business and need to encourage your customers to upgrade faster to the next generation of cellular tech (aka 5G)? Why the Internet of Things of course… Read More | Continue reading
BARCELONA — You no longer have to shell out a ton of money for a smartphone with great audioLenovo's Vibe K5 Plus, announced at Mobile World Congress, is a budget phone that comes with Dolby Atmos, a mobile surround sound experience normally reserved for high-end devices like the … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — Sandwiched between major smartphone announcements from LG and Samsung, Lenovo is coming out guns blazing at the Mobile World Congress this year, updating a big part of its Yoga lineup, and launching a new ideapad tablet for good measure. There are four new Yoga device … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — Samsung wants to own the entire consumer VR ecosystem. The company already sells the Gear VR headset and the smartphones that power it; now it's going to sell a camera to help regular people like you and I record video for VR.Looking a little like something out of a P … | Continue reading
The future will be filmed in 360 degrees. Samsung joins LG and others in announcing at MWC 2016 a new and compact camera that’s capable of filming everything thanks to two lenses. Called the Gear 360, the little sphere is designed to sit on a table or tripod or even hung from a d … | Continue reading
Lenovo is best known for its computers and smartphones like dozens of other OEMs. But the company is launching a new service that should differentiate its devices from the competition. With Lenovo Connect, you can connect around the world with a low-priced global roaming plan. Re … | Continue reading
Samsung showed off the new S7 and S7 edge at its Galaxy Unpacked event today at MWC 2016 in Barcelona. They’re retro. The new Galaxy phones are a tad thicker than the Galaxy S6 line, but that’s because they rock huge batteries. Samsung also went back to its roots and made the S7 … | Continue reading
Samsung is back with two more additions to its Galaxy smartphone lineup. As expected, the phone manufacturer has introduced its Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The devices, while not exactly the most closely guarded secret, have been touted by the comp … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — The successors to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge phones are here and they're called, predictably, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.Samsung and Android fans will really love the new smartphones. As excellent as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were, the switch to a premium metal … | Continue reading
Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship devices and while a short hands-on leaves me excited to spend more time with the device, I can’t help but worry about long-term durability. The new devices very much follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, keeping the larger screen … | Continue reading
In the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI that surrounds the slippery slope of manually unlocking a single iPhone, both the company and the government had a skirmish over one particular detail: who reset the phone’s iCloud back-up. Late this week, Apple had indicated that h … | Continue reading
Samsung says it’s in the business of finding the next big thing by asking: “How do you affect the lives of people and make [them] better?” As part of its focus on the creative process, Samsung today introduced the Samsung Gear 360 camera. With this standalone device, you’re able … | Continue reading
At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona today, Lenovo unveiled a slew of new products. The Chinese company announced two Windows 10 laptops, a Windows 10 tablet, three Android tablets, two Android smartphones, and a global wireless roaming service called Lenovo Connect. Lenovo … | Continue reading
Lenovo has three new budget Yoga notebooks at Mobile World Congress this year. After aiming for the premium crowd with the Yoga 900S at CES last month, the trio of refreshed Yogas today are designed to bring Windows 10 to the more budget conscious. Lenovo is catering for everyone … | Continue reading
Samsung is entering the nascent 360-degree imaging market with a new camera called the Gear 360. The camera was announced alongside the reveal of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge this evening at the company's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, and it will be available in the seco … | Continue reading
The feeling of silk is what HTC promises with its latest metal smartphone, the HTC One X9. And although no one is going to mistake the device’s body for fabric, its brushed metal back is soft and glossy, making the 5.5-inch 1080p screen feel manageable in the hand. The One X9 was … | Continue reading
Samsung had something to prove with last year’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. It wanted to show the world that it too could make high-end smartphones with great design and premium materials, just like Apple and HTC have done for years. And it succeeded: the S6 models were by far the nic … | Continue reading
Samsung has officially lifted the lid on its newest flagship smartphones – the much-leaked Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Following the design cues of their predecessors, the two handsets keep a similar appearance to last generation, but with a few tweaks to the overall styling- such as … | Continue reading
Samsung has announced a new dual sensor-equipped circular camera at Mobile World Congress that allows users to capture still images or videos in full 360-degrees. It achieves this by pairing dual 15-megapixel sensors (front and back) with a mobile app that automatically stitches … | Continue reading
BARCELONA, Spain — In a few minutes, Samsung will be huffing and puffing about its new Galaxy smartphones at its annual Unpacked press conference on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2016. But upon entering this city’s convention center (which apparently is largely unknown to most … | Continue reading