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Sometimes when we experience slow speeds on our mobile devices and we call into customer service, they usually recommend we perform speedtests to find out if the issue could be on our end or their end. Naturally the sending and receiving of data during a speedtest will consume data. It might not be

Every now and then we hear about how organizations like the RIAA and MPAA try to take down links and websites that they claim infringe upon copyrighted material. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t, although in this case it seems like a semi-success for both the pirates and the MPAA. Acc

Having reportedly snagged the bulk of iPhone 6 orders from Apple, Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry, a.k.a. Foxconn, has every reason to be happy. Earlier today it announced record breaking consolidated revenues of $131.82 billion for last year, while company chairman Terry Gou comme

With the recent hacking at retail stores like Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels and others, the issue of identity theft is on everyone’s mind. It’s a scary proposition, having someone rack up a bunch of purchases in your name and ruin your credit rating. So this is a good time for intellig

With Just Eat’s recent multi-billion dollar IPO, along with heavy competition from Rocket Internet’s FoodPanda, and heavily-backed Delivery Hero, you’d be forgiven for thinking the online take-out delivery platform space was sewn up in the UK and Europe. But actually, online food delivery remains a

Sappy couple alert! Say you’re sitting in your apartment watching the sky get stormy beyond your window. Your baby’s not near but you want to share the moment, and that’s where Patch of Sky comes in. The fixtures wirelessly link up to your location and remotely mirror the weather w

Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could sync your emails, BBM, and text messages from your BlackBerry handset onto a piece of software on your computer? Well apparently BlackBerry thinks so as well and while they have yet to unveil the software in full, a video of BlackBerry Blend has made its way onto

Earlier this year, Sony unveiled the Xperia Z2 which was the successor the last year’s Xperia Z1. However if the rumors are to be believed, Sony could be working on its successor already, the Xperia Z3, which is rumored to be arriving in August with a metal frame. It remains to see if that will [&he

Yesterday at Google IO Google gave the world a sneak peak at some of the features of their upcoming Android Wear OS. They also announced that the first two smartwatches running the new operating system would be available for purchase from Google Play starting today. The first of these is the LG G Wa

Are you looking forward to the Nikon D810? For those unfamiliar, the Nikon D810 is the successor to the Nikon D800 that was launched a couple of years ago. According to the rumors, the Nikon D810 is expected to be announced on the 26th of June, meaning that we won’t have to wait too long […]

Barnes & Noble said on Wednesday that it planned to spin off its Nook business, once viewed as the company’s best hope for surviving in an age of a dominant Amazon.com, as a separate public company. The announcement moves Barnes & Noble forward on a plan it has considered for nearly two year

We already know that computers can recognize human faces, and apparently decipher secret codes left on bird eggs, but researchers at the University of Oxford have now developed software that can diagnose rare genetic diseases just from glancing at a portrait. It all started with over 1,300 photos of

In the wake of the landmark EU ruling last month stipulating that individuals should have the right to be forgotten by removing outdated information about themselves from search engine results, Google was soon inundated with takedown requests. While Google eventually launched a takedown form of its

Sony has been testing its PlayStation Now cloud streaming game service for months, with a select group of players testing it out on the PS3 and PS4. On Monday, that group will expand to include owners of some of Sony’s 2014 TVs, including all 4K Ultra HD sets and some of the 1080p models. As [

Entrepreneur Ben Lee has been developing a new type of semiconductor process that makes tiny accelerometers. When embedded in devices these little machines could change the types of games played on cheap handsets or eliminate the spasm-like head nod used to activate Google Glass. As the CEO of mCube

We’re sure there are more than a few of us who have been pulled over for speeding or who have been caught on camera speeding. However if you drive along a certain road of highway long enough, chances are you will know where the speed cameras are at, but what if it’s a completely new […]

For the past few years like clockwork, Samsung has been releasing Galaxy Note handsets. The first Galaxy Note was unveiled at IFA 2011 and based on previous releases, chances are we could be looking forward to the Galaxy Note 4 at IFA 2014 as well. That being said, reports from Korea have suggested

Let’s face it: the theatrical security procedures at airports aren’t going away any time soon. However, they might just get more tolerable if a team of Israeli researchers bring a new, extremely sensitive bomb detection chip to an inspection line near you. The prototype sniffs for explos

Just like how a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so too, is a Smart TV as “smart” as the apps that run on it. You can have all of the hardware capability available, but if it is unable to be accompanied by the relevant apps to keep it going or to […]

Twitter is always experimenting with new features on its mobile apps for iOS and Android, but a new feature spotted recently could finally fix one of the its most annoying problems. It looks like the company is testing out a new “Retweet with Comment” option, which lets you quote another tweet witho

Most people will bury a time capsule, but a group of brilliant young minds will surely find something more exciting to do with it, like sending it off to Mars. That’s exactly what a team of students from MIT, Duke University, Stanford University, and the University of Connecticut plan to do. T

The team at Cyanogen had initially started out by offering custom ROMs for Android phones and users who did not want the version of Android that OEMs shipped with. The community surrounding Cyanogen has since grown over the years and with the ROM supporting more Android handsets with every release.

Several months ago, the LG G Watch was shown off when Google unveiled Android Wear. However the question remains and that is when can users expect to get their hands on it? Well a previous rumor suggested that the device could be released on the 7th of July and it looks like that rumor could [&helli

Just the other day, BlackBerry announced a new handset in the form of the BlackBerry Passport. Based on what we can see, the Passport appears to be the handset that has also been known by its codename, Windermere. Now apart from its unique shape and design, what makes the Windermere so special was i

Want to feel anxious about your internet connection? The security firm Norse is more than happy to oblige. It’s running a live hacking map that shows the attacks against a worldwide honeypot network as they happen. While this isn’t representative of the full internet, it does act like a

Building a consulting network of the best physicians in the U.S. from the nation’s best hospitals has brought the health care startup Grand Rounds $40 million in new financing. The San Francisco-based company, which previously operated as ConsultingMD, sells companies a service that gives employees

The crowdfunding campaign for Hotblack, the new luxury sports watch from designer Richard Hoptroff, is now live on the popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Hotblack displays the scores from any football match in real-time as the match happens. Hotblack is the first luxury watch from Hoptroffs

Earlier this year, a game called Flappy Bird hit smartphones around the world. There was something incredibly addictive about the game and its retro graphics that made it so appealing. Unfortunately its creator made an odd choice of removing the game from app stores, claiming that he removed it for

Helpshift, the leading CRM for mobile apps, today announced that it has closed its Series A financing round of $10 million. The funding round was led by Intel Capital with participation from Visionnaire Ventures and existing investors True Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. This follows the compan

Motorola, under the able leadership of Google, had taken the tech world by storm and practically risen from the dead with their flagship device, the Moto X. The innovation of an always-on listening feature coupled with Google’s much awarded innovation – Google Now, in conjunction with an affordable

Many health-centric wearables focus on tracking your daily activities to make you smarter about your body, but a new wearable aims to make you smarter about the way you hear. Soundhawk is an app-enabled listening device that aims to enhance hearing by allowing the wearer to customize their listening

A former editor of one of the UK’s leading tabloids, who went on to become David Cameron’s chief spokesman, has been found guilty of hacking phones. The News of the World editor, Andy Coulson, was found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones on Tuesday after an eight-month trial, and now faces prison.

There have been moderately rugged tablets and phones in the past, but Panasonic’s new Toughpad puts them to shame. This device is designed from the ground up to be as close to indestructible as a mobile device can get. It can survive drops, water, and even a biting arctic chill that would render mos

Back in May, it was reported that the HTC Desire 610 could be making its way onto AT&T. Now according to a recent post by@evleaks, who broke the original story, a press rendering of the handset that’s supposed to be headed AT&T’s way has surfaced. Based on what we can see, we can’t really te

Patents are important to companies because this helps protect them from intellectual property thieves who might otherwise try to steal their ideas and/or designs and pass it off as their own. It can also serve as an alternate revenue stream, like how Microsoft holds various patents pertaining to And

RelayRides, the San Francisco-based car sharing service that’s going after the rental car industry, announced a $25 million funding round on Tuesday. The funding, a series B round, brings the company’s total fundraising to $44 million. Canaan Partners led the round which also included ex

There is a lot of debate going on now with regards to electronic cigarettes. While some believe that e-cigarettes are a good way for smokers to wean themselves off smoking, others believe that it is merely a gateway device that will lead to smoking when they realize that they aren’t getting any “kic

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation that would allow people to “unlock” their cellphones when changing providers. The bill, which will be considered on Thursday, would allow users to take their mobile device from one wireless network to another, an

We are more or less familiar with the presence of mobile devices these days that sport dual-core and quad-core, and in some cases, octa-core chipsets, but what about this new prototype from the brains over at MIT? They have apparently come up with a 36-core computing chip that will make use of a sys

I am quite sure that many of us are familiar with the existence of satellite phones, which are touted to be able to offer you a signal regardless of where you are in the world. The thing is, most of the time in the movies, satellite phones do not function as they should – they […]