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Tired of being limited to just two mobile OS’s when it comes apps? Well, this may be a thing of the past. OpenMobile today announced its Application Compatibility Layer (ACL) technology that allows Android apps to run on any platform. This software ports more than 300,000 apps available for Android to devices running on other OS’s…
If you’re a child of the 80’s like me, chances are the ‘Back to the Future’ Trilogy brings back fond memories. Doc Brown, Marty McFly, Biff, and all of the other characters in this wacky and wildly successful sci-fi time travel trilogy are timeless… and if you recall, these characters are all about to go…
A leaked Rogers document has revealed that dummies for Dell’s 5″ Android smartphone are landing at Rogers near the end of the month, with devices proper becoming available in early November – a bit behind AT&T, but better late than never. You can take the write-up of the Streak in Rogers’ official magazine as something…
Mobile technology these days is developing at ever faster speeds that usually (but not always) leave the visually impaired behind, so it’s good to see this new “Loop” concept handset aimed at making it intuitive to use your mobile phone without having to see it with your eyes. Birthed out of a competition held by…
LookTel has cooked up some fine text and object recognition software designed specifically for the blind. By using a smartphone’s camera, LookTel can analyze a full magazine article and read it out loud, read out which boxes are in a blind person’s pantry, or even which stores they’re facing when out on the street. Navigating…
If you’re flying Alaska Airlines, you’ll have something to look forward to, once you finish getting through security. Sure, you can have your full-body scan, you can take off my shoes, you can even frisk me and put me in that little room where you look at me with a grin as you snap on…
As expected, the FCC today posted their proposed draft rules for net neutrality regulations that would apply to wired and wireless broadband data providers. Despite opposition from wireless carriers worried that the FCC would make it harder to manage network traffic and congestion on their wireless networks, the FCC is moving forward with far-reaching net…
Rogers has just announced a new version of the E71 that is loaded with software specifically for helping out people with vision loss. The talks software by Nuace translates the whole operating system into speech, so even those who can’t make out what’s on the screen can get around. Voice calling, document editing, book reading,…
By translating characters into Morse-code style vibrations on a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, researchers at the Finnish University of Tampere were able to allow the blind to read Braille on a touchscreen. Sharp pulses would indicate a full indentation, while low, long ones would indicate blanks. “It took some time for them to start reading,…
CES was full of celebrities (I hear Randy Couture was around), but they all had a little something to say about the products coming out, including Stevie Wonder, who was pleading for more blind-friendly gadgets. “If you can take those few steps further, you can give us the excitement, the pleasure and the freedom of…