On Friday, February 21, 2014, in what can only be characterized as grasping for straws, BlackBerry announced that the newest version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will now offer stickers. Revolutionary.
If you're a smartphone lover than this week is going to be like Christmas in February for you. On the ground in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress all of the manufacturers are keying up their 2014 handsets that we should all be talking about in the coming months. While all manufacturers love to have a [...]
The Techfaster team is on the ground in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress and kicking it off for some highly anticipated news from Samsung . While we haven't quite gotten to the re-up of the Galaxy S smartphone, we did get some wearable news. Samsung introduced not one but two new smart watches this afternoon, the [...]
It would appear that the Google/Samsung partnership may be in its last leg. As Samsung is beginning to inch away from Google, it appears as if the Seoul company has designs on a direct challenge to Google, beginning with Milk Music. This is certainly shaping up to be a very interesting MWC.
Thermal activated ink is some really cool technology. The ink disappears when it's extremely cold and then re-appears and activates as it warms up. Thermal ink has been around for years but it wasn't until now that world-wide shipping company DHL realized the value of it, in advertising. Although it's rather low-tech, what DHL did [...]
In some local news, Sovi - who we spoke with at DIG SOUTH last year - has just launched version 2.0 of their application. Whats more, the company upped and moved from Greenville, SC to San Francisco to take part in Tumml’s 2014 Winter Cohort.
The recent technology phenomena over the last several years has produced some amazing ideas to help keep women, men and kids safer. Everything from a cell phone case with a loud buzzer and GPS locator app to a cell phone case with a stun gun built in, have all made their way to retail store [...]
Guide for skiers now available on mobile platforms through appcatch.com Wasatch Guide has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day honor as a showcase for hobbyists, enthusiasts and club members that are participating in mobile outreach through the DIY app builder at appsbar.com. The mobile app is a collection of guides, maps, and applications that [...]
On February 20, 2014, Google's Advanced Technology and Projects team announced a wildly innovative new smartphone prototype: Project Tango. What makes Project Tango so remarkable is the use of a new chip that allows for 3D tracking and mapping. In Google's words: Our current prototype is a 5” phone containing customized hardware and software designed [...]
When Kansas City became the second city in America with 1gb fiber ethernet (Chattanooga was the first), the rest of the company started chomping at the bit to hopefully get a piece of the new internet service provided by Google called Google Fiber. While some people look at Google as evil, we know that they've [...]
