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Everyone knows music is the universal language for all cultures. Being able to hear your favorite tunes with the best quality equipment is necessary, if you can afford it. Unfortunately, high quality usually comes with a high price. However, in this case, id America’s TouchTone wireless portable speaker bucks that trend. Name brands like JBL…
Elliptic Labs is an interesting company with a novel idea that could easily change the way we use our devices. Their ultrasonic touchless gesturing technology promises to bring “science fiction closer to reality.” Using the company’s Android SDK for touchless gesturing, and a phone/tablet equipped with tiny microphones and transducers – users could interact with…
Auto manufacturer Volkswagen has embraced mobile technology in a major way. It recently unveiled a travelogue app for journeys in its cars. The company’s even gone so far as to partner with Apple on the upcoming iPhone ready iBeetle model of its Beetle. Now the company will be unveiling an iOS app that uses Augmented Reality to…
Google Glass is still only available to a select few “explorers” but Google announced today that a lot more people will get a chance to check out its wearable tech soon. Google’s taking the Glass show on the road, touring the country to pump people up about its headgear. The first date is Oct. 5th.…
You might not have heard of Braintree, but the company’s software powers the seamless payments built into a number of mobile apps. Now PayPal, a subsidiary of eBay has purchased Braintree in a clear bid to get a piece of the mobile payment pie. Mobile payments are only going to become more prevalent in the…
MediaTek will be launching the first “true” octa-core chip later this year, UnwiredView is reporting. The upcoming MediaTek will be called MT6592 and clocked at up to 2GHz. This solution will likely find a number of buyers among Chinese OEMs but we presume some devices will also find their way to the Western markets. It’s…
AT&T is moving at a rapid pace when it comes to deploying LTE in every corner of the country. The second largest wireless provider in the United States just hit the 400 mark for locations who’s received their high-speed data, thanks to these eight new markets announced today. Most places look to be small towns.…
At the end of August, we’ve talked about the super-thin Vivo X3 smartphone, which likely won’t be released anywhere in the West. The same company is now working on an even more impressive product, one that has a swivel camera a la some fairly old Nokia N-Series devices like the N90, N93 and N93i at…
New York state is taking texting and driving very seriously by introducing dedicated “texting zones” on New York highways. Here’s the interesting part though; New York will not be constructing new areas, just rebranding current rest stops and parking areas as safe places to text, check a Facebook status or put a new pic up…
Samsung is looking to improve its smartphone camera technology. In order to make better low-light photos, the Korean company unveiled ISOCELL, the technology that increases light sensitivity and controls the absorption of electrons, resulting in better low-light pictures. Samsung says that “quality of an image sensor is determined by the amount of light that is…