All eyes are on South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG which one will win the race to produce a smartphone with flexible screens. However, a Canadian laboratory has actually made a prototype that bends and twists when it received a call or short messaging. The model is called MorePhone, made by researchers at the Human Media Lab of Queen's University.
Unlike the HTC which has been classified by iFixit as a weak phone in terms of repairability, the newly released Samsung Galaxy S4 got good scores from the same repair site.
Amid concerns over privacy breaches caused by wearing the latest gizmo, the Google Glass, techies have come up with a list of 10 places not to wear the device.
The month is almost over, but some people are still going back to the first day of April by creating April Fools' Day pranks. A recent joke, similar to YouTube's announcement on March 31 that it will close the popular video sharing site, is a post in Facebook that founder Mark Zuckerberg decided to shutter the most popular social networking site with 1 billion members.
Who will win tech firms' battle to create and issue the first smartphone with flexible screen? From all indications, it appears it won't be an American, Chinese or Japanese company, but a South Korean tech giant.
If Microsoft's Surface Pro is the expert's choice of best Windows tablet, what is the device's counterpart among laptops? Techies unanimously picked Apple's MacBook Pro as the best performing Windows laptop.
Touch your lover over a distance with new innovation over electronic lingerie and underpants called Fundawear. Using tiny vibrating devices similar to smartphones, let it make you feel your partner anywhere in the planet.
Foxconn could suffer up to $259 million due to substandard or dysfunctional issues of iPhone devices which was returned for repair.
Verizon confirmed pre-order of beginning on April 25, 2013 with release date of the device on May 30th. Verizon finally answered all the questions regarding product specifications and price.
HTC released the latest update for their flagship smartphone, HTC One featuring camera, audio, and HDR improvements. Despite the competition with Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z, HTC continues to devote innovation to their devices.
Network carriers in the United States are having issues with the supply of Samsung Galaxy S4 and concerned with the possible disruption of selling in the country. Samsung reacts to the unexpected high demands and now making efforts on replenishing stocks soon.
Several details revealed that Final Fantasy Versus XIII becomes exclusive to Sony PlayStation 4 and will not be released on Xbox. A report details the financial help from Sony to Square Enix for Final Fantasy XIII development.
Because of their portability and lower prices compared to laptops, the tablet market bloomed in the past two years, causing sales of PCs and laptops to decline further. With so many tablet computers available on the market as tech companies cash in on the tablet trend, experts recommend that potential buyers of the device answer first the following seven questions before making a decision what unit to purchase.
The new Android OS version 5.0 or Key Lime Pie is expected to appear in the upcoming Google I/O in May, but something might delay this appearance by two or four months. Another news revolves around the absence of both Nexus 5 and Motorola X Phone in the same event. Are these all true?
Last week, an apparently Photoshopped image of Apple CEO Tim Cook ranting at the tombstone of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did the rounds of social media sites. Was the image prophetic of what Mr Cook will do these coming days given the second quarter results of the iPhone and iPad maker? Or would he instead gloat because while the numbers spell slower growth, earnings and number of devices shipped beat analysts' expectations?
ASUS continues to update their devices with Android 4.2 firmware and includes the Memo Pad Smart ME301T in the list. This update brings new features such as lock screen widgets, improved keyboard experience and bug fixes.
Sony announced before that the Xperia Tablet S will receive an update of Android Jelly Bean OS but without any certainty. Now, the update that owners have waited for is finally rolling out, bringing 4.1 Jelly Bean goodness.
Toyota Motor Corp. does not stop in its attempts to expand. It is widely rumored that the Japan's automaker is to reveal its plans to start production of Lexus cars in the United States. Interestingly, it seems that Toyota Motor Corp. is striving for the title of the No.1 in the US luxury ranking which the company lost back in 2011.
As the world grows more dependent on technology, people who use laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices also develop bad habits on their usage along the way.
Smart sensor technology, specifically the ability to control a smartphone interface, is a not a monopoly of Google-Motorola, a U.S. court said, thereby ensuring that the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6, Nexus 5 and the X-Phone will continue to display such capability.
After tech experts from CNET picked in March the Surface Pro table as the best high-end Windows 8 tablets in the market, a month after, another tech Web site pointed to the same tablet as best Windows 8 machines you can buy.
Instagram's 100 million users could soon earn money from the images they post on the Web site using its popular photo sharing app.
U.S. cellular carriers are already accepting pre-orders online, including AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, but the Verizon network is still not offering any Galaxy S4 in the meantime. It remains a mystery why Verizon hasn't announced any pre-orders for Galaxy S4. What happened and why is it still a bum?
Samsung will go telepathic and telekinetic features as their next big thing on upcoming devices. Some of these are already present to their current devices, including Galaxy S4 with eye-tracking and hovering sensors. What are the possible mentally manipulated features that Samsung has on its sleeves?
A new strain of Android malware was discovered by LookOut Security. It infected millions of Android running devices globally. The manifestation is a Russian-looking clone apps now spreading fast online.
It was a big week for apps last week as big tech companies and developers released new ones. Here are the top 7 picked by Web site Mashable, which called these as not-to-be missed apps.
United States network carriers selling Samsung Galaxy S4 released the latest details of pricing and release dates for new customers who wished to own the device. Most of the known network carriers such AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile allowed pre-orders on their Web sites with competing prices.
Reports said that Google next-edition Nexus device would be the Nexus 4 made by LG with a newly enlarged standard 32GB internal storage, 4G LTE and possibly be the first smartphone to run on the new Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS.
At $12 off-contract price tag, the Gongkai Phone may appear a steal for consumers. The device features 260 MHz processor, 8MB of RAM and a two-colored OLED screen in a snap-together plastic case.
One of the major reasons behind the popularity of tablet computers is that they are smaller and more portable than laptops. But what if there is one that weighs just 1.9 lb and measures 10.77 millimetres? Would you still go for the less powerful tablet or instead buy the Blade 13 Carbon laptop being introduced by Inhon, a Taiwanese tech firm?
