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The product renders, published on Thursday by BGR, are said to have been created by graphic designers working at Amazon. While the 3D motion sensing functionality expected of the device would be unique, its overall look it essentially what’s expected of a modern smartphone, and not dissimilar

Even though online shopping is very convenient the downside as opposed to walking into a brick and mortar retail store is that customers have to wait for their goods to arrive. Sometimes that may take upto two days whereas one can simply walk out of a store with their product. Amazon has tried to fi

New York City is looking for a partner to bring its thousands of pay phones into the internet age. The New York Times reports that yesterday, the city put out a call for bids on its public pay phone system, which currently includes around 10,000 phones across the five boroughs. Right now, ten compan

Remember 3Doodler — the world’s first 3D-printing pen that took Kickstarter by storm a little over a year ago? By using a special, quick-hardening filament, it allowed users to draw free-form three-dimensional objects by hand, instead of drawing out designs on a computer and using a printer to bring

After champing at the bit for months, T-Mobile has finally closed its deal to buy $2.4 billion in wireless spectrum from Verizon. The UnCarrier now has the all-clear to roll out LTE data on the 700MHz band, which will help it upgrade its 2G-only areas to 4G speeds; you won’t have to settle for

Later this year, the streaming video service Hulu will serve up a Pizza Hut advertisement that allows viewers to order a pizza right within the ad. The feature combines Pizza Hut’s online ordering system with Hulu’s interactive advertising system. It’s the kind of thing that could

McDonald’s has had a long and proud tradition of giving toys to kids whenever they purchase a Happy Meal. Heck, in recent years we’ve seen them give toys and collectibles away to adults as well, but that’s a different story altogether. That being said, it seems that McDonald’s in the UK is hoping to

Sources familiar with the matter claim that Sprint has approached sources of funding for a T-Mobile buy previously rumored in December. Sprint executives Joe Euteneuer and Greg Block met with a half dozen banks to prepare financing agreements before Sprint signals that it is ready to entertain offer

If you were thinking about getting yourself a new tablet from Verizon on contract, you might be interested to learn that according to @evleaks, four new tablets are on their way to Verizon. Technically these tablets aren’t “new” per se, but we guess if you wanted to get a data plan along with the ta

LG’s first smartwatch will be the Android Wear-donning LG G Watch, but that might not be the only one by the South Koean on tap for an eventual release. A new trademark over at the USPTO tells of an “LG W Watch,” listed under the typical categories of fitness apparatuses and devices that communicate

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a pair of cases which will enable companies who win patent lawsuits to more easily collect fees from the filer. The rulings are aimed at non-practicing entities, also known as “patent trolls,” and are aimed at recovering expenses from cases with little

The “Uber of something” startups are popping up and spreading everywhere, and Delivery.com is heading overseas in the hopes of putting some roots down before the others. The company is making its service available in Hong Kong, its first stop outside of the U.S. The company provides delivery service

Samsung made the leap into high-end camera smartphones when it launched the Galaxy S4 Zoom last year, and now it is adding to that range after it announced the Galaxy K Zoom, a smartphone that sports a 10x optical zoom and 20.7 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor. The K Zoom is much like a Galaxy S5 in many w

In a rare insight into the government’s thinking on the use of cyberweapons, the White House on Monday published a series of questions it asks in deciding when to make public the discovery of major flaws in computer security or whether to keep them secret so that American intelligence agencies can u

AT&T announced yesterday that it’s working on a way to bring in-flight Internet access to planes using technology based on the 4G LTE network it uses for smartphones and tablets. Gogo’s stock tanked on the news. It was down as much as 24% after hours. Gogo is one of the most popular

Yahoo has big plans to serve up original shows, just like Amazon, Hulu and Netflix, which have already invested serious money in original programming. In fact, the company just announced that it has two new comedies in the works, which are only the first ones in its brand new lineup of long-form sho

Secret, the iOS app for anonymously sharing secrets, will expand soon. The app, which is currently only available in the U.S., will be rolling out to users in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. “Secret is coming soon to the UK, Ireland and Oz,” the company tweeted Monday. A Tech

Given how successful Bungie’s Halo series for the Xbox was, we’re sure many gamers are excited to see what’s in store for them in Bungie’s upcoming game, Destiny. So far based on screenshots, concept art, and teaser videos, everything looks very promising and the good news is that gamers who buy the

Sunglasses can be easily misplaced and we’re sure there are more than a few of us out there who have lost multiple sunglasses in the past. We could have left them in a restaurant, in school, at the office, or they might have fallen behind a table at home, and so on. Replacing sunglasses can [&hellip

Netflix has reached a deal with Verizon to improve the speed and quality of its streaming content to subscribers. This is the second deal in which Netflix pays an ISP to ensure that its movies and TV shows stream more quickly; the first, with Comcast, was announced two months ago. Aware that its ser

As Rovio plans for the future, the company’s profits took a hit for the 2013 calendar year. The Angry Bird house’s net profits were slashed in half to €26.9 million, but important to note here is that the company’s sales remained stable at €156 million. Rovio’s CFO explained

We have recently heard rumors that Sony could be planning a smaller version of their flagship handset, the Xperia Z2, in the form of the Xperia Z2 Compact. Such a device was spotted at the FCC not too long ago but now thanks to a leaked brochure, it has been revealed that the device in question migh

Back in the day, gamers would prefer playing on the console over the PC simply because consoles were cheaper, not to mention they did not have to worry about hardware requirements because consoles games were catered to the console’s hardware, versus PC games in which different developers would requi

When traveling overseas and if you want to stay in contact with your friends and family back home, there’s always the option of roaming, although it does get pretty expensive. An alternative would be to get a local SIM card but in the case of some carriers that locked the SIMs on their phones, this

Back in 2013, Oppo’s VP, Pete Lau, resigned in order to start up the OnePlus company which is responsible for the OnePlus One Android handset that runs on CyanogenMod. That being said, it would seem that apart from the fact that Pete Lau used to work for Oppo, there’s really nothing else that ties b

When you think of the Samsung brand, perhaps devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs comes to mind, but it seems that Samsung has its eye on the mobile audio market as well and has recently announced the Samsung Level series of premium audio products which are basically Samsung’s take on

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take on the digital-age controversy over search and seizure of smartphones and other devices. In two cases coming before the court, warrantless searches of an electronic device not only provided the basis for criminal prosecutions but also strayed from the original

Cosworth, the well-known auto performance group, is making a public return to the IndyCar car racing series. The company just unveiled its Cosworth Live on Air system, which puts portable WiMAX in each car, potentially offering spectators trackside and at home live feeds of interesting data. Most, i

A California bill hoping to add “kill switches” to smartphones failed to pass in the state’s Senate earlier this week. Lawmakers have been trying to come up with a solution to combat rising smartphone theft, and have even called out big manufacturers to address the issue. But the bill, proposed by S

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has definitely come up with some of the most shocking ways to kill people, from gasp-inducing beheadings to blood-spattered Red Weddings. But in an interview with Rolling Stone, Martin says the way we engage in modern warfare is far more brutal. When speakin

A decades-old urban legend was put to rest Saturday when workers for a documentary film production company recovered “E.T.” Atari game cartridges from a heap of garbage buried deep in the New Mexico desert. The “Atari grave” was, until that moment, a highly debated tale among

Speed reading apps like Spritz are a nifty way to plow through text at a breakneck pace, but they’re not perfect. Such apps might rob you of your comprehension, according to new research. In a study by University of California-San Diego’s Rayner Eyetracking Lab, psychologists replicated what they sa

British neuroscientists recently outfitted praying mantises with a little pair of 3-D glasses. They wanted to see if the insects can be tricked by 3-D images — like humans watching a blockbuster in 3D. Praying mantises have stereoscopic vision, unlike most invertebrates. This makes them sophisticate

Next week, White House counselor John Podesta is set to present the results of a 90-day “big data” study, commissioned by President Barack Obama in January as part of a wave of NSA reform announcements. According to the Associated Press, Podesta’s study will hinge largely on the di

Amazon said Thursday that its latest numbers show consumers are continuing to sign up for Prime, despite a $20 fee increase that went into effect last week. “It’s early, but we’re encouraged by what we see so far,” Amazon Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak said on a conferen

It turns out that hobby drones are good for more than just buzzing around tech shows and generally creeping us out. They can also play a pretty cool version of “Thus Spake Zarathustra.” A startup called KMel Robotics this week dropped a YouTube video of its programmed drones playing the

If you use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to conceal your identity while surfing the Internet, you may be a little steamed at Hulu’s decision to block anyone attempting to use their site while connected to the Web via a VPN. Hulu has begun employing the practice this week, TorrentFreak reports.

So we have heard the rumors that Amazon is apparently planning on launching a smartphone of their own. These rumors have been making their rounds ever since Amazon announced their first Android-based tablet, and it seems that 2014 will be the year that we might finally be able to see the fruits of A

Amazon’s proposed drone delivery service may have a few hurdles to clear before it gets off the ground, but the e-commerce giant appears to be wasting little time with plans for another method of getting goods to customers. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the company is looking to tak

The FCC has had a rough couple days. Controversy exploded when a Wall Street Journal report warned that the commission is considering new rules that would tear down the core principles of net neutrality and allow already-powerful internet service providers to act as the internet’s greedy gatek