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Motorola, Google and the X Phone Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturer owned by Google, has sort of indirectly confirmed the existence of the rumored “Motorola X” smartphone via a job listing. This confirms a few rumors that have been going around for some time now that the Google subsidiary was preparing to launch a major…
Mobile phones are becoming extremely common today with 91.4 million smartphones in just the United States. While it’s easy to say that the majority of adults have a mobile phone, there are many other interesting statistics that can tell you more about what the average mobile user is like. Operating System The vast majority of…
Galaxy Note 8.0 Samsung is ready to unveil a new tablet but this time it is going to be one from the Galaxy Note family. According to reports, Samsung is set to reveal the upcoming Galaxy Note 8.0 at MWC next month in Barcelona. The Korean giant has been tight lipped regarding the details of…
With the advent of Windows 8 upon us and high-resolution screens mattering more than ever, nothing sucks more than paying $1,200 for an itty-bitty laptop and realizing it has a low-res display. Thankfully, Dell has finally decided to get with the program and upgrade their XPS 13 ultrabook to the high-res display that it really…
OUYA: The New Way To Game It has been a month since the first OUYA Dev consoles were shipped out and since then looks like the company has been taking the initial feedback and suggestions rather seriously. On the basis of received feedback, the company will be making some pre-production changes and adjustments to the…
Is This the End for PC’s? In 2010, John Herlihy, vice-president of Google‘s global ad operations, said smartphones would render PCs obsolete within 3 years. 2013 is here, but is the PC dead? Remember the early 2000s? A Desktop was the preferred choice for almost everyone’s computing needs, while the laptop was only the second…
Galaxy S4 Display vs Retina For the last couple of years, the quality of smartphones isn’t measured by the number of cores and the amount of storage on the device; but by the display resolution and the sharpness of the display play, which of course is an important role in determining the quality of a smartphone. According to…
New Wand-Style Infrascanner Saves Lives Using Speed and Accuracy Millions of people around the world seek treatment for head trauma every year. In fact, officials are predicting brain trauma and injury to be one of the worlds leading causes of death by 2020. Because of this prediction, tech developers have been working to establish a…
TSA Removes Full-Body X-Ray Scanners From Airports The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that it will be removing all of their full-body x-ray scanners from airports. Why would a semi-obnoxious administration like the TSA, do something that might potentially make the rest of us happy, you ask? Well, maybe they are just tired…
It seems that bionic ears are now the next on Secret Service’s list of pending technologies to ensure the President’s safety. Various reports and relevant documents have allegedly stated that the Secret Service is on the lookout for camouflaged sensors that can help determine gunfire details, even amid the busy hubbub of the city. Though,…
Google Will Make Nexus Stock Issues a Priority According to Larry Page Lately, Google has been pretty busy with their 2012 Q4 earnings report. We’ve learned that their Q4 details have resulted in more than $14.4 billion in revenues for the company. Today, we listened to Google’s Livestream and the company’s co-Founder Larry Page mentioned…
Field Trip: New Pop-Up Location Based Guide for Android Niantic Labs’ new Field Trip app, now available for Android, is a pop-up location-based guide to interesting things all round you. This augmented reality guide would allow you to walk down an unfamiliar street, and to immediately access and know what others already know about that…
Rumors Flying From hardware specs to the names of the consoles, rumours surrounding Sony and Microsoft’s next gen gaming machines have been flying thick and fast in recent weeks. When will they be released? By most accounts, we should expect the machines this year, and, if we have learned anything from history, we can…
Is big-brother facial recognition after you? Fear not! Facial recognition software has come a long way recently. So much so, that it had become what some people feel is a blatant invasion of privacy. From Google Images to Facebook and even mannequins with cameras hidden behind one of their eyes, the technology with a ‘big…
No Hulu Ads, a Google Chrome extension, promises an enhanced viewing experience in Hulu without the attacks of TV ads. A lot of users, including you, who frequently use the Internet are often swamped with the common problem over and over again – how are you supposed to go ahead and enjoy a marathon of your…