Lumia 940XL: is it the new flagship Windows phone?
Well, it's that time of year again. It's been over a year since the release of the Lumia 930 and, with Windows 10 set to release on July 29th, one would think it's time for a new revamped model to hit the market.
And that suspicion would be…
Have you left the house without your mobile phone – only to be a wreck until you were reunited with it later on? I have a deep-seated fear of losing my phone or being separated from it. I always joke about it, but apparently I’m not alone. There’s even a name for it: Nomophobia.
Nomophobia gets its…
Today, it is fairly easy to carry out business tasks using smart phones. Emailing, browsing the Internet and even creating or editing documents is now a breeze. So technically, smart phones are now carrying a large amount of sensitive data that needs to be protected. Not only are smart phones subject to the same threats…
Meet Aros, the Wi-Fi (wireless) connected air conditioner that can help those energy-conscious consumers save some money. It can learn from your budget, location, schedule, and usage to automatically maintain the perfect temperature and maximize savings in your home. Best of all, you can control the unit from anywhere using the Wink app on your mobile…
Get ready, people: the coffee break as you know it is about to change. Starbucks will offer a delivery option in its mobile app in select areas next year. Just imagine being able to order your morning, mid-morning, lunch, after-lunch, and afternoon coffee the night before. Hot (or, depending on your order, cold) Starbucks coffee brought…
A major pet peeve of mine while traveling is having to endure the ridiculous fees that hotels charge you to get online. A very capable home Internet connection might cost you about $60/mo, but many hotels see nothing wrong with charging you $15 per day - and even then, the performance you get from your…
Privacy is becoming quite the profitable enterprise for those who can offer it. That includes Les Goldsmith, Chief Executive Officer of ESD America, maker of the CryptoPhone 500. What's special about the CrytpoPhone 500 is that it sports a Samsung Galaxy S III body with a "hardened" version of Android that has had 468 vulnerabilities…
Anyone who sends texts (so, that's pretty much everyone) knows that sending messages in big crowds or remote places is often a lot easier said than done.
A new startup aims to fix this problem with goTenna, a device that will allow people to send text messages without Wi-Fi or cell signal.
The device relies on low-energy…
Amazon's phone on fire!
There’s a new competitor in the cut-throat world of smartphones and that competitor is already the largest e-commerce company out there. Amazon announced on June 16, 2014 that it would be introducing the Fire phone a phone that promises 3D viewing, seamless integration with practically everything around you, efficient one handed…
You know how it goes when your phone slips from your hand onto the pavement. That display shatters, and you can either try and make the cracked screen work for a while or you can suck it up and drop some hard cash on a new handset. Either way, it’s a bummer. However, researchers at…
To keep up with the ever-changing definition of a "mobile" platform, Google wants to spread ads across devices.
Love the way your Nest Learning Thermostat just hangs on the wall like a piece of art? Or how your Samsung Gear smartwatch makes it easier to communicate? Well, they might soon be used to serve up ads,…
An Israeli based company named StoreDot is in the process of making the inconvenience of charging your phone from a nightmare, to a miraculous dream. Though the company is placed far out of our reach, they are going to bring this revolutionary technology to us. This life changing development came from research of Alzheimer's disease.…