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Samsung Unveils 2 Galaxy Note Devices at IFA 2014

By |Editors' Picks, IFA 2014, Samsung|

With IFA 2014 approaching at the end of this week, companies are preemptively announcing and launching new products. IFA, if you are not familiar, is essentially a European CES: IFA in Berlin, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, presents the latest products and innovations in the heart of Europe‘s most important regional [...]

Panasonic Unveils New 3E 2 In 1 At ISTE 2014

By |Editors' Picks, Education, ISTE 2014|

Panasonic 3E ISTE Sunday th first big day at the International Society for Technology in Education kicked off with a big bang from Panasonic with the help of their partners Intel and Microsoft. In a standing room only press event, Panasonic took the cover off of the brand new 3E 2-in-1. Rance Poehler, President of [...]

George Takei Helps AARP Win 2 Webby Awards

By |Editors' Picks, News, Web|

The Webby Awards are like the Oscars,Emmys or Grammys for the web industry. Think all of those wonderful internet only tv shows, radio shows, podcasts and YouTube channels. Like most award shows, the internet elite assemble for a red carpet award show in New York. The New York Times calls the Webby Awards the "Internet's [...]

Samsung Files Patent For New Laptop/Tablet 2-in-1

By |News, Patent, Samsung|

According to a report from Patent Bolt Samsung recently filed a patent on a unique new tablet/laptop hybrid. The unique aspect of the new convertible lies in the way the two pieces - keyboard and display/tablet - connect to one another

CES 2014: 3D Printing Front and Center (Part 2)

By |3D Faster, CES 2014|

My next stop was the Formlabs booth. I’ve been following them closely since the initial crowdfunding of the Form 1 printer back in September of 2012. The project was launched on Kickstarter with a goal of raising $100,000 and in 30 days raised nearly $3 million, making it one of the most successful projects ever. [...]

3D Faster: What Won’t Be 3D Printed? Part 2

By |3D Printing|

But even if you’re not sold on 3D printing, you probably wouldn’t be surprised if the card game was manufactured digitally (via 2D digital printing), right? Thirty years ago, when 2D digital printing was just taking off, nearly everyone said that it wasn’t good enough, fast enough, or flexible enough…and that it was just too [...]

Appsbar Makes Building An App As Easy As 1-2-3

By |Apps, Editors' Picks|

When the Web 1.0 movement came around in the 90's it started to become apparent that every business in the world needed a website. At that time though domain names cost hundreds of dollars and a web developer could set you back tens of thousands of dollars. Now domain names can be as cheap as [...]

Android Wear: Samsung and LG Debut new Smartwatches at Google I/O

By |Android Wear, News, Samsung|

On Wednesday at Google I/O, the company discussed Android Wear quite a bit. We have already told you a good bit about Android Wear here and here, but in a nutshell, the OS is just an extension of Android: Enter Android Wear, which extends Android, and its ecosystem of apps, to that most familiar spot for [...]

Android 4.3 update halted for some Samsung Galaxy devices

By |Android, Editors' Picks, Mobile|

While Apple makes pushing updates for their devices seem like a breeze Samsung is currently struggling with the Android 4.3 update on some of their Galaxy Devices. A few weeks ago Samsung began a staged roll out of Android 4.3 for the international Samsung Galaxy S3, and over this past weekend AT&T began pushing the [...]

Samsung Launches A Pair Of Chromebooks At SXSWedu

By |Editors' Picks, Education, Samsung, SXSW|

Samsung didn't waste anytime in Austin this year as SXSW officially kicked off with SXSWedu. The Techfaster team is on the ground in Austin for the next 15 days bringing you SXSW faster. 15 public schools from across the country, that were chosen as finalists in the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow contest squared off to [...]

Wait Samsung Lied About Tablet Sales?

By |Editors' Picks, News, Samsung|

When the original Samsung Galaxy Tab debuted the Korean electronics giant was quick to jump on the horn and say that their original tablet sold 2 million units in as little as six weeks. Research firms like Strategic Analytics were quick to rebut those numbers. At the time Samsung was mum on whether that was [...]

Code.Org Bringing Coding To 2 Million Students Across The Country [EdTech]

By |Editors' Picks, Education|

There has been a huge push to expose more students to coding and development. One of the biggest contributors to the gender gap in Silicon Valley and in the tech space across the country, is education. Seattle based code.org continues to find ways to help teach as many people to code as possible. You may [...]

T-Mobile & Walmart To Offer 2 Tablets With Free Data For Life

By |Mobile, News|

In line with their "Un-carrier" moves, T-Mobile made a pretty interesting announcement on Monday, May 19. On Monday, T-Mobile announced a new partnership with Walmart. As per the partnership, T-Mobile "is now offering two new cellular-enabled tablets, together with up to 200MB of free 4G data every month for the life of that tablet, at [...]

Rayovac 2 Hour Power – Backup Power from a AA Battery

By |CES 2014|

2 Hour Power is a Rayovac portable power charger that runs on one lithium CR123A battery and you can use it to charge Apple 30-pin or Micro USB powered devices, namely mobile phones. Rayovac 2 Hour Power comes in two models: Apple 30-pin and Micro USB.

Spotify’s Huge 2 Weeks: Free App, Metallica, and Led Zeppelin

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile|

In the past fortnight, Spotify has undergone some major changes. The made a wholesale update to their mobile offering; they updated their tablet experience to be exactly the same as on a desktop or laptop; they added two high-profile bands to their music selection; they launched in 20 new markets, bringing the grand total to 55 markets.

T-Mobile And MetroPCS To Carry Samsung Galaxy S 5

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile, News, Samsung|

The big announcement for the next big thing happened yesterday here on the ground in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. That's when Samsung revealed their latest installment in the Galaxy S series of Android powered smartphones. In keeping with tradition, Samsung brought about improvements to their flagship, higher end Android device. While the smartphone world [...]

Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and AT&T Will Release the S5 on April 11 for $199

By |Mobile, News|

On Thursday March 20th, AT&T and U.S. Cellular announced that they would begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S5 with the device hitting store shelves on April 11th.

HTC’s First Android Tablet In 3 1/2 Years Coming Soon

By |Android, Editors' Picks, Mobile|

When HTC unveiled the HTC Flyer tablet to coincide with CTIA conference in 2011 many Android analysts thought it was a game changer. With new pen technology, later perfected by Samsung, it seemed that the answer to the iPad was being built by HTC. That was hardly the case. Now, in HTC's truly rebuilding year, [...]

Pro-2 Lives Up To The Hype For Cyclists, Hockey Players And Football Players

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Gadgets & Tech, Health|

For athletes in some of the most rigorous sports, breathing training is as important as strength and conditioning. In fact the two go hand in hand. Training the way you breathe helps improve your endurance and thus your performance as well. A new device, the Pro2, currently on Kickstarter is an easy to use tool [...]

Teacherlists Takes A Huge Headache Out Of Back 2 School [NAESP Preview]

By |Education, NAESP|

Teacherlists NAESP As a parent of an elementary school student, and having been through 12 years of back to school preparation myself I am intimately familiar with the back to school list. It seems that most parents either get the back to school list in the mail, or it's posted on a wall at the [...]