Two years ago at Mobile World Congress I first got a chance to see the PowerTrek Fuel Cell charger. Anyone that's read me for the past few years knows that not much is more important to me from a technology stand point than running out of power. I'm the crazy guy with over 50,000mah of [...]
A Taiwanese supplier for Apple's iPhone 5C called Pegatron has come under fire after a 15 year old worker passed away from pneumonia. The 15 year old worker, Shi Zhaokun, checked into a hospital on October 9th and shortly after was pronounced dead. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that while Zhaokun had identification paper that [...]
For a long time people have said that Nokia should move from Windows Phone and begin building Android devices as well but Nokia seemed to have no interest, or so we thought. According to some new information Nokia has been working on a device which they have code named "Normandy" along with various other names [...]
(image: LeWeb) Do you remember the Apple Newton, well we do, but only mildly. The Apple Newton was a PDA device that will forever live on in history as one of Apple's biggest failures, and yes it's possible for Apple to have failures. The Apple Newton ranks up there with the Lisa, the [...]
The Newborn to Toddler Apptivity Seat for iPad, from Fisher Price, seems like a reasonably cool idea. An iPad is mounted above the child's head so they can enjoy videos, music and even apps when they're old enough. The seat looks like a normal "grow with me seat" and features a toy bar with plastic [...]
As expected, PS4 users are doing some heavy streaming over Twitch and Ustream. Both services allow users to stream their gameplay. Early reviewers, like ArsTechnica keyed in on the streaming capability on how the ability to stream would make a "killer app". News released from Sony on Tuesday confirmed their suspicions. Sony said on Tuesday [...]
Stephen Wolfram shed some light on his remarkable vision for the future of computation. His new programming language - Wolfram Language - could completely alter everything we know about computing.
Wondering where retailers will get content to drive their 3D printing services? As I’ve mentioned previously, content would likely come from at least three sources. Retailers could crowdsource content directly from designers, animators, engineers, inventors, and makers. 3D scanning is also likely to be a source. In fact, with the advancements being made every day [...]
Why would a semiconductor company exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show? This question comes up whenever I tell friends and family that I will be working at CES in January. A semiconductor company makes chips that go inside different devices that no consumer ever will see, so why spend money to display at CES? Although [...]
IKEA has just expanded its product line beyond just amazing meatballs, furniture and drapery as they now have begun carrying select Android phones as well. In what seems like an extremely odd business move IKEA has started offering select handsets from Verizon and Sprint for free with a new two year contract from their website. [...]
