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Qualcomm has been working on the next generation of wireless technology for the last seven years. They’re calling it LTE Direct and as the name suggests, it’s built on top of the LTE protocol and will allow devices to communicate directly without the assistance of a cell tower. As Technolog Review p

There are a variety of reasons as to why people hack. It could be because there is a thrill in obtaining information that you’re not supposed to, or it is the thrill of bypassing security, or it could simply be for the money. Well whatever the case, when you’re caught you tend to go down […]

The so-called “front page of the Internet” has just secured around $50 million in its latest funding round. That’s all well and good, but the most interesting part is that the investors in this particular round look set to give 10 percent of their shares to the Reddit community, a neat g

Pebble is today announcing an upgrade to its fitness tracking features initially launched earlier this year. The Pebble and Pebble Steel will now be able to track a wearer’s steps and sleep activity in the background, letting users count their steps and use any watch face they please. Prior to

eBay is arguably the biggest online auction powerhouse and has been for quite a few years now. Back in 2002 it acquired internet payments giant PayPal for $1.5 billion. This move was seen as a way for eBay to increase the number of transactions being processed by PayPal through diversion of its user

The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously voted to eliminate its sports blackout rules, challenging the National Football League to end its own policies that sometimes prevent fans from watching home games on TV. “Today’s FCC action makes clear: if leagues want to mistreat fans,

Netflix, the hugely popular video streaming site, is all set to roll out its very first feature length film some time later next year, and this particular bit of news came about after Netflix came to an understanding with the Weinstein Company, at least according to reports on the ground. As to what

Not having free Wi-Fi at a resort or hotel can be considered to be a First World Problem, and in a public experiment which was conducted in London not too long ago, you might be surprised at the lengths of what some people would go to in order to obtain free Wi-Fi. Basically, there was […]

A federal judge in New York said late Monday that free music streaming service Grooveshark has infringed on thousands of major label copyrights. The record labels have for years sought ways of taking the groove out of Grooveshark, and they may have finally managed it. Gainesville, Florida-based Groo

Nature is truly an inspiration for budding scientists everywhere – otherwise, how else would ordinary man get the inspiration to actually take to the skies in the past, so much so that we have been living in the jet age for quite the longest time already? Well, we have reported on how dogs are able

Not too long after April Fool’s day this year, Samsung was really serious about the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style – a decent handset that targeted the entry level market, so do not expect all the bells and whistles that would accompany a flagship device. It looks like Samsung was not quite done with the

The BlackBerry Passport definitely isn’t a run-of-the-mill smartphone. The Canadian company took some big chances with its new handset, and it looks like that may have already paid off. Now BlackBerry says it plans to release at least one new “unconventional device” per year. Speaking to Reuters, Bl

There weren’t many smartphones that received even a fraction of the buzz that the iPhone 6 did this year, but the OnePlus One somehow managed to find its way on to that list. With an aggressive marketing campaign and an air of mystery surrounding it, the CyanogenMod handset piqued the interest of th

Curved TVs were all the rage at CES last January. Now Samsung is hoping to entice PC gamers to pay a hefty premium for a 27-inch curved computer monitor. Where conventional consumer-oriented 27-inch displays with native resolution of 1920×1080 sell for as little as $220, Samsung thinks it can f

When Tesco launched Clubcard TV early last year, everything we saw suggested that the ad-supported streaming service would be nothing more than an experiment. That hunch has proved accurate, because the company has said it will shutter the free service on October 28th. According to a Clubcard TV sup

Makers, students and those beginners that would like to learn how to code and learn how to build a connected electronics world with ease, are sure to be interested in this new wireless connected electronics kit called SAM. The SAM connected electronics kit project is currently over on the Kickstarte

The Oppo N3 is an upcoming smartphone that is said to arrive in some form of lithium aluminum alloy for its chassis, although those who happen to have a more limited budget will also be pleased to hear that this particular device ought to also arrive with a more regularstainless steel model. Having

Humans have exoskeletons to help us carry some really heavy stuff around, as well as perhaps help the paralyzed to walk again. How about animals? Well, this is one animal testing procedure that we hope will succeed to so that similar technology can be ported over to help humans walk again, without h

It looks as though the Huawei Honor tablet has just hit the market, although that would be in Malaysia as reported by SoyaCincau. I would not want to make use of the Huawei Honor tablet as my primary telecommunications device though, as the 8” slate is going to be far too large and awkward looking [

Most invisibility cloaks require fairly exotic technology to work, such as fiber optics or light-altering metamaterials. That’s not very practical, especially since the illusion still tends to break when you move. The University of Rochester may have a far more realistic solution, however &#82

We’re sure you guys have probably come across sci-fi movies or TV shows where a character has a tiny drone that can take off from their wrist. Well if you thought that would be pretty cool to own, you could very well own such a drone in the future. This is thanks to Intel’s wearables […]

DreamWorks Animation, the tiny Hollywood studio behind films such as Shrek, Madagascar, and more recently, How to Train Your Dragon, could provide a unique way for SoftBank to bolster its wireless offerings. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company, and its outspoken billionaire CEO Masayosh

LG hit its flagship stride with the G3 that was released a few months ago, but the company has been building solidly to the point of having arguably the best handset available for about two years. The company’s streak started to take shape with the original G Pro back in 2013 and was followed

Vending machines are great for selling your product in places where one can’t really set up a store. They’re easy to use and not too expensive to maintain. Internet access is increasingly being seen as a need for a community that wishes to prosper, and Coca-Cola is doing something about that in Sout

Notifications on your phone usually bring with them some sort of dread — your weather app is telling you it’s about to rain, or maybe there’s some important email that needs answering. Worst of all, someone might have tagged you in another embarrassing Facebook photo. But Ping, a new mys

Of all the carriers you could possibly get your iPhone 6 through, AT&T is one of the worst. But starting on Sunday, signing a new two-year contract with AT&T is going to get a little more attractive, especially if you use a lot of data: for a limited time, Ma Bell is offering double the [&he

If the latest reports are to be believed, GoPro is preparing to launch its latest waterproof sports adventure camera, Hero 4, sometime in mid-October 2014. According to Jim Duffy, an analyst with Stifel, the launch of the GoPro Hero 4 will be the biggest action camera event to date. A report by Valu

LG’s apparently gearing up to release a new smartwatch in the US other than the G Watch R, one that’s 3G-capable, just like Samsung’s Gear S. A document that’s just passed through the FCC points to an oval/rectangular LG smartwatch lightly smaller than the Gear S which comes

You know that PlayStation Home feature on your PlayStation 3 that you never used? After years of little traction, Sony has announced that it’s closing the virtual world in the USA and Europe on March 31, 2015. This follows last month’s announcement of Home’s planned closure in Asia. Sony blames “a s

Foxconn is well known for manufacturing Apple iPhones–and for controversy over its labor practices–but now the company is expanding to a new area. The electronics manufacturer announced in June that it would build an electric car, and that it would sell for less than $15,000. It’s

New York City residents will soon have a chance to start ordering groceries from Amazon Fresh, Re/code reported today. According to a pair of unnamed sources briefed on Amazon’s plans, the company plans to roll out its grocery delivery service to the Big Apple as early as next month. The Amazon Fres

As part of Yahoo’s ongoing mid-life crisis, the company very quietly announced today that it’s killing off the original internet directory that gave the company its name. Back in 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Stanford Grad students, launched “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious O

The robot was originally designed to detect fissures in nuclear reactor tanks, but the research has found a new purpose as an anti-smuggling device, using ultrasound to scan for false hulls and propeller shafts which smugglers use to conceal their contraband. The anti-smuggling robots are around the

We have seen our fair share of unboxing videos in the past. Heck, we’ve even made a couple of them ourselves, but here’s a rather interesting take – an unboxing video of a smartphone that takes place underwater! Now the smartphone that is being unboxed is the Sony Xperia Z3 which has an IP65/68 rati

Samsung’s flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 4, has begun shipping in South Korea and will soon make its way to the United States. When it comes to enticing a Western audience in 2014, the Note 4 might be the company’s last chance to fight back against the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but Samsung looks [&hel

Judging from the first wave of reviews of the BlackBerry Passport, it is safe to say that many are quite smitten with BlackBerry’s latest smartphone efforts. In fact last we heard, the handset was so popular that BlackBerry actually ran out of stock on its official website. Now the question is, how

As drones are becoming cheaper, their usefulness has expanded as well. Now drones can be used by hobbyists, videographers, and let’s not forget law enforcement as well. As it turns out and according to a report from The Telegraph, South American countries such as Argentina have started using drones

As it stands, iOS and Android currently dominate the smartphone platform market. However we expect that this will not be forever as one day there will be a new platform that could possibly take over. Could it be Samsung’s Tizen? Perhaps, although they’d actually need to release a Tizen-based smartph

Intel has invested $1.5 billion in Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-owned holding company that operates two Chinese chip manufacturers, as part of a plan to accelerate the adoption of Intel’s own chips in the Chinese market. The world’s biggest chip maker said it would take a 20 percent stake of Tsinghua

Imagine if your smartphone was ringing away in your bag or pocket, and you were able to silence it simply by waving your hand in the air, without even taking the phone out. Well, that could soon be a reality, thanks to technology being developed at the University of Washington. Known as SideSwipe, t