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Apparently there’s a burgeoning eye tracking peripheral market. Who knew? Yesterday Tobii announced its PC eye tracking sensor, now another contender has surfaced. The Eye Tribe sensor bar made a splash at CES today, hot on the heels of Tobii’s announcement. The Eye Tribe does something Tobii’s device currently doesn’t, however. It features full support…
If you haven’t heard of Vizio yet, you will surely be seeing the company’s name popping up in the future. The company which usually sticks to affordable TVs and speaker add ons is stepping into Android territory with their new smart audio products. No, they’re not just another run-of-the mill bluetooth enabled speaker set. The…
It’s not just Sprint which announced new Spark markets during CES — AT&T and T-Mobile also had a list of new “LTE places” to share. AT&T added 24 new areas around the continental US that should now have access to 4G LTE speeds, along with two more in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The…
Sprint announced that it will be bringing its Spark high-speed wireless service to 6 new markets. The service will now be available in 11 markets! Sprint is also bringing Spark to Virgin Mobile prepaid this quarter. The carrier launched Spark last year in New York, L.A. and other markets. It uses sprints multiple frequencies together…
There’s a new way to play and this time you’ll use your eyes! Swedish company Tobii Technology recently unveiled its new eye-tracking sensor. Demonstrated at CES, it’s an impressive technology and the company’s offering dev kit preorders for only $95! Tobii has partnered with peripheral company SteelSeries to manufacture the device. It looks very similar…
Squeamish about all the greasy swipe-marks on your smartphone? Anxious when allowing a friend to touch your device? Corning, makers of super strong Gorilla Glass, might just have what you’ve been looking for. The company announced its Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass today! Unveiled at CES, the new Gorilla Glass should calm your germaphobe fears. Corning Antimicrobial…
Connected appliances are all the rage at this year’s CES conference. All manner of household goods are sporting new connections to the internet of things, from the kitchen to the garage. Still, this one might have come out of left field. With a little help from Belkin, Crock-Pot unveiled the latest in its legendary line…
In a press release talking about its co-operation with G-Tech Optoelectronics Corp. (GTOC) to establish a “vertically integrated operation in Taiwan,” Corning announced the “manufacturing readiness” of a novel 3D glass-forming technology to shape Corning Gorilla Glass. The glass experts are targeting commercialization of finished 3D-shaped Gorilla Glass parts in 2014. Corning’s 3D-forming technology can…
BlackBerry Messenger has proven to be very popular on non-BlackBerry hardware, with Android and iOS users downloading it in droves. Now it looks like the company has made some of the latest and greatest features of the service available in the Android version of the messaging app. The latest BlackBerry Messenger Beta for Android features…
Google Glass has been out in the wild since March of last year but there’s still no news on a release date for the general public. Google employees and a select group of “Explorers” have been sporting Google’s headset, but so far Google’s remained mum about a release date or pricing. Robert Scoble, probably the…