Researchers from the International Data Corporation have released a rather surprising forecast for the future of the smartphone industry, one which predicts that global smartphone shipments will see single-digit growth this year for the first time. The forecast claims that smartphone shipment will g
It may not be the coolest, most futuristic thing to come out of MIT in recent years, but researchers from the institute’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have developed some interesting software that uses Wi-Fi signals to see people through walls. Using a device called RF-Capt
There’s no shame in admitting that you fell for the Beats By Dre scam, millions of people have thanks to impressive ad campaigns and a bit of trickery. When I say trickery, I mean things like putting metal weights inside headphones in order to give users the sense that the headphones are more
You know what really sucks? Changing the channel using a handheld remote. Ok… so it doesn’t really suck that much, but that isn’t stopping the BBC from making the process even easier. In what sounds like something from a science fiction movie, the company has announced that it̵
Nothing is safe from Samsung’s insatiable desire to make everything “smart,” not even suitcases. The company has reportedly teamed up with Samsonite to develop a kind of “smart luggage” that uses GPS to allow the owner of the luggage to check its location through their
Legislation in the US Congress that would allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sales will not pass before the end of the year because of opposition from Speaker of the House John Boehner. Boehner’s opposition to the Main Street Fairness Act means the bill, which would allow states and
Talk to the hand, cause the face – it ain’t listenin’. Now that is a pretty bad ass way of trying to look and sound cool in one’s juvenile years, although a slight variation of the above would see the replacement of the word ‘hand’ with ‘nose’. Why so, you ask? Well, NOSE is an […]
It looks like China is not only content on coming up with their very own version of a desktop operating system, but the country is also looking to deliver what they call a ‘supersonic submarine’, where this mode of transportation will make use of an underwater bubble in order to travel a whole lot f
Last week, the world was transfixed by the story of a gecko sex satellite that Russia lost contact with after it was knocked by some space debris. Apparently, it was the wake up call we needed as a species: Japan has announced the creation of a program aimed at monitoring space debris, a military-ba
Smartwatches are cool pieces of tech, but the likes of the Samsung Gear Live, LG G Watch and Sony Smartwatch 2 haven’t exactly pushed the boundaries of wearable design and elegance. The Motorola Moto 360 on the other hand – is the smartwatch everyone is talking about. That’s mainly
A 13-year old girl in Texas had a rude awakening in the middle of the night not because the alarm on her smartphone went off or she received an unexpected call, it was actually because her smartphone caught fire underneath her pillow. Ariel Tolfree placed her Samsung Galaxy S4 under her pillow befor
Any particular device or product that is going to be worth its salt these days seem to have to carry the “smart” prefix,from smartphones to smart cars and smart homes. How about a smart doorbell like the i-Bell? The i-Bell camera basically works this way – it lets you check out who has just rung [&h