Eager to take Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for a spin? Phones equipped with the next generation OS can do a Barrel Roll, spinning search results 360 degrees around your screen as if they were a barrel rolling down a hill. If you have a phone currently running Android 4.1, you can activate the Easter egg…
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High-speed wireless data networks are vulnerable to a simple jamming technique that could block service across much of a city, according to research findings provided to a federal agency last week. The high-bandwidth mobile network technology LTE (long-term evolution) is rapidly spreading around the world. But researchers show that just one cheap, battery-operated transmitter aimed…
The anonymity of online shopping will soon be available in real time. Starting Oct. 14, Target will tag the top 20 toys of the season in its stores with QR Codes. Perfect, the company says, for secretive mobile shopping. All shoppers need to do is download the Target app and scan whichever marked toy they’d…
No Apple TV upgrade was announced at the company’s iPhone event on Tuesday, but it looks like the media-streaming device could get a fresher sooner than later. According to an All Things D report, Apple TV will receive a system update on Sept. 18, the same day iOS 7 will launch. Although we don’t have…
Dropbox is the latest tech company to have fallen victim to a security breach, and there’s a good chance your account is at risk. But unlike recent hacks on sites such as Yahoo, LinkedIn and eHarmony, account names and passwords weren’t posted online, making it more difficult to check via a tool if yours was…
15 Patriotic Instagram Pics for Independence Day 1. Stars and Stripes Fifty stars for 50 states and 13 stripes for 13 original British colonies, all through a modern filter. Via @nikkikitteh 2. Watching Fireworks Fireworks are even more enjoyable in groups. Via @danielrees 3. Red, White and Blue Three colors can instill such pride. Via…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGic9Ylcync?enablejsapi=1&] A lot of changes are coming to Apple products this year. Monday’s keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference showed the future of the iPhone, iPad and Macs — and here are the top highlights to come from the event. 1. iOS 8: The announcement of iOS 8 drew heavy applause from the crowd.…
Payphones in New York City have largely been made obsolete by the fact that almost everybody’s got a cellphone for staying in touch on-the-go. Luckily for the long-forgotten phones that still dot the city’s streets, they’re about to get a twenty-first-century upgrade. New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications introduced on Wednesday the…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwvXTVQoPM?enablejsapi=1&] The new HTC One may only be a few hours old, but the stress tests have already begun. It’s already passed one: The new flagship Android phone turns out to be remarkably water-resistant. The gang at TechSmartt decided to risk sacrificing a shiny new HTC One M8 by immersing it in water for…
[kickstarter url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1746892989/twinsters width=640] Have you ever seen someone in a crowd or watched a YouTube video and thought, ‘Gee, that person looks just like someone I know?’ It happens all the time, and usually those doppelgangers are just a spooky coincidence. But for AnaÏs Bordier, the chance sighting and a little help from social media…
Facebook is holding a highly-anticipated press event at its headquarters to reveal its “new home on Android.” Could we see a new Facebook-centric smartphone? If the rumors are any indication, definitely. The company will be livestreaming the announcement from its Menlo Park, Calif. office, and you can watch at Facebook Live, starting at 1:00 p.m.…
Pebble is coming to AT&T. Already available at Best Buy stores and online, AT&T will be the exclusive mobile carrier to sell the device. The watch is expected to hit 500 of AT&T’s retail stores on Sept. 27, coming to more stores in October. As a smart watch, Pebble connects to your iPhone or Android…
2wice, a visual and performing arts journal, is going digital. The dance publication will be creating performance art just for the iPad. Each project will be uniquely packaged in an app. Patsy Tarr, director of the 2wice Arts Foundation, believes dance needs to go in the direction of mobile technology. The organization chose the iPad…
Will Barack Obama win another four years in the Oval Office or will Mitt Romney be the country’s next president? You can make your predictions with the “You Decide 2012 Map,” a new iPad app from Fox News. The app lets you make your own election forecasts based on the electoral college — just tap…
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Holiday shopping is about to kick into high gear, and retailers are ramping up efforts to capture sales at multiple touchpoints — not just their stores. Google’s retail team, in fact, is calling this the first “Nonline” shopping season, contending that consumers, accompanied by smartphones wherever they shop, no longer see a divide between online…
Lots of great new apps launched this week. Disney released Story, a new app that uses the location and time stamp on photos you take with your iPhone to instantly create a digital storybook based on different events. Zynga released a new game in its “With Friends” series called Running With Friends, an infinite running…
Through all the problems and bad press Research In Motion has been getting lately, the company often likes to talk about how well its BlackBerry brand is doing overseas. It has to because, according to recent statistics, the picture in America is dismal. This chart from StatCounter, posted by WMPoweruser, shows the market share of…
Apparently sexting isn’t the only heart-pounding activity young adults are getting into on their mobile devices. According to a survey from free texting app textPlus, half of young adults surveyed (ages 18-24) say they’ve discussed the upcoming election on their mobile devices via text message. More than half (56 percent) say they’ve specifically chatted about…