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IBM Watson to Power Smartphone Apps
We were all impressed by Watson’s trouncing of Jeopardy grandmaster Ken Jennings, a couple of years ago. While the system was designed specifically to compete on the game show, its real world implications are great. Recently IBM announced plans to adapt Watson for healthcare purposes, harnessing its searching and indexing power to keep health care providers abreast of the latest medical information. Now IBM is leasing out Watson to handle customer service for companies such as Nielsen, IHS, Royal Bank of Canada, and ANZ Bank. Apps designed by these partners will use … Read more
Wade Keye
NVIDIA Shield Pricing, Pre-Order, and Availability Announced – Coming in June for $349
One of the most anticipated Android devices of the year has to be the NVIDIA Project Shield. Not only is it mobile gaming device, but one of the most powerful Android devices in all of king’s landing the land. NVIDIA has now dropped the “project”, left the Shield, and announced most of the details that we’ve been wanting to hear from the get go. The NVIDIA Shield will be available for $349 and start shipping in June. If you decided to sign up for the news letter at Shield.NVIDIA.com, you can … Read more
Blake Stimac
Photos of Sony Xperia A (Dogo) spotted at FCC
As if we needed any other proof that Sony is prepping a handful of new devices for the 2nd half of the year, we finally have a glimpse at the Xperia A (Dogo) to confirm at least one of the upcoming devices. The handset falls in line with the existing Xperia Z’s design language, featuring the large, centralized power/lock button. From the photos, you’ll also see that the device isn’t nearly as svelte as the Xperia Z. You won’t find a glass back on the Xperia A, but you will … Read more
Blake Stimac
Hipstamatic Releases Oggl, New Photo Sharing App
The creaters behind the well-known photo sharing app, Hipstamatic has announced the release of a new app called Oggl. Oggl is basically the same app as Hipstamatic, but with a bevy of new photo editing options. Oggl is free to use, with the free version coming pre-loaded with five “favorites” for shooting, including nightlife, food, portraits landscapes and sunsets. Users who would like to access more lens and film options will have to pay however, with a subscription service that costs $.99 a month or $9.99 a year. Oggl will be … Read more
Ian Kersey
T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 521 To Debut on HSN on April 27th
Ahh, HSN, previously known as the Home Shopping Network. The name brings back childhood memories of chain-smoking grandmas sitting around, painstakingly waiting for another John Wayne collector plate to grace the screen. Well, it seems times have changed, and HSN is now selling modern electronics. So why am I so surprised that Nokia’s new Lumia phone, the Nokia Lumia 521 is making its debut on HSN, HSN.com and via HSN mobile? HSN audiences will get a chance to purchase the smartphone during HSN’s bi-annual Innovation Weekend, which will showcase the … Read more
Ian Kersey
Motorola Working on “Goldilocks Phone,” Stock Android, Comfortable Screen Size
With manufacturers like Samsung releasing a plentiful bounty of smartphones and phablets in different screen sizes, Motorola is planning on finding just the right balance of screen size and functionality. Motorola is developing a “Goldilocks phone” which will be easily operated with one hand, and as close to stock Android as possible. The theory here is to provide a quality handset and unify Motorola’s different features that are spread across multiple lines into one device, unifying Motorola’s brand. Since Motorola’s acquisition by Google last year, rumors of Google and Motorola … Read more
Ian Kersey
Samsung Galaxy S4 Makes Its Way To Canada
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is now making its way to Canada, with pre-orders for the 16GB version of the device going live today for customers on Rogers, Telus and Bell. The Galaxy S4 is available for $199 CAD with the signing of a new three-year plan. The smartphone is expected to ship on the 27th of this month, and appearing in Telus stores on May 3rd. The Galaxy S4 will be available unsubsidized as well, for a cool $700 CAD. Check out the Telus press release below for more details, … Read more
Ian Kersey
Upcoming Amazon Smartphone to rock 4.7 inch display
According to a report from DigiTimes, Amazon’s oft-rumored smartphone will ship with a 4.7 inch display to keep up with the current smartphone market. It looks as though Amazon was initially planning to make its upcoming smartphone with a 4.3 inch display, ” but later scrapped the idea after witnessing increased demand for larger size screens among consumers,” according to DigiTimes’ source. The market has certainly changed since the HTC EVO launched. When the handset debuted on Sprint in late 2010, many claimed that the device was far too large … Read more
Blake Stimac
NVIDIA Updates Tegra Roadmap – Logan and Parker on the way
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage today at the GTC conference’s keynote and touched on many things, including some items of interest to mobile users. Of course, we’re mostly interested in the mobile space, so we were pretty excited to see Huang introduce an updated Tegra roadmap. While we’ve still yet to see a Tegra 4 or Tegra 4i device available in stores, we now have two more code names for upcoming NVIDIA prodcuts to look forward to: Logan and Parker. Logan is going to kick some serious … Read more
Blake Stimac
Google Glass Apps Make Appearance at SXSW
Everyone seems to be talking about Google Glass these days, and Google showed off some apps it has for the unit at SXSW today. Google showed off news app that has been built with the help of The New York Times, which displays news and information on Glass when prompted via voice by the user. Glass delivers a headline, accompanying image. Users can also tap the side of the Glass unit to read the story aloud. Also being tested are notification features, whereby stories will appear as they are published. By utilizing … Read more
Ian Kersey
Riptide GP 2 shown off on NVIDIA Project SHIELD
NVIDIA’s latest blog post continues to show off the Project Shield, effectively making us swoon as it tends to do. The latest game showcased on the powerful portable gaming console is Riptide GP 2, the follow-up to one of the most fun and addicting games we’ve ever played. The Tegra-optimized version of Riptide GP was already rather stunning when it came to graphics, but you can bet your ass that the game looks ridiculous (in an awesome way) on the Tegra 4-toting Project SHIELD. While you’ll eventually find Riptide GP … Read more