In the age of smartphones and social media, one question surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysian airliner is why none of the passengers tried to contact relatives, as they did during the 9/11 attacks. Even the absence of phone calls or emails…
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Google announced Tuesday it was bringing Android, the dominant platform for smartphones, to wearable devices. The move allows developers to create apps for smartwatches, the first phase of the Android Wear platform. “We’ve barely scratched the surface…
Japan Display, the world’s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablets and a key supplier to Apple, is to make its debut on the Tokyo stock exchange Wednesday after a $3.2 billion initial public offering. The shares will start trading on Japan…
A report from Time this morning indicates that a new brand of modular smartphones from Google, as part of Project Ara, could arrive in early 2015 for as low as $50 at retail. Though you might not be getting the type of phone you’re after for a price…
Poor BlackBerry. After seeing just about no success with the flagship BlackBerry Z10, an absolutely disastrous launch of the QWERTY BlackBerry Q10, and no further luck with the BlackBerry Z30, to say the company’s portfolio of BlackBerry 10 powered…
If you’ve got one of HTC’s last generation flagship smartphones, the HTC One X, then you’ve probably been pretty bummed sitting on the sidelines of HTC’s Android 4.4 KitKat lovefest. While its current One lineup – the One, One Mini, and the…
For months, the tech world has been teased with endless rumors regarding Samsung’s next potential smartphone release, the Samsung Galaxy S5. If it’s in development, which it probably is, it’s a follow-up to one of the most popular smartphones…
Staples joined several other retailers by today announcing a technology trade-in program, which will allow customers to bring in gadgets like smartphones and tablets and exchange them for eCash cards. These eCash cards are basically Staples store credit…
Giant “ultra HD” TVs, watches that monitor your health, smartphones that communicate via light rays and a toothbrush that tells your phone how well you are brushing are just some of what the electronics industry gurus predict we will all be looking…
BlackBerry said that Skype will finally be available to its BlackBerry 10 smartphones beginning in May. Each week, BlackBerry announces a slew of new applications that have been added to the BlackBerry World app store. The intent is to at once inform…