Found Smart Tag at CE Week
Smart Tag technology from iFi, neo and Stick-N-Find were each on display at CE Week in NYC. Each system works based on bluetooth connection strength. Continue reading Found Smart Tag at CE Week
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Google Glass Heralded as the Next iPhone
A new report speculates Google Glass may change the way we compute just as the iPhone changed the mobile industry, possibly becoming just as omnipresent. Continue reading Google Glass Heralded as the Next iPhone
CE Week Visits NYC, Consumer Electronics Abound
CE Week and the CEA Line Shows come to NYC, this time with a bumper crop of the latest tech that might make the next generations of our smart devices even smarter. Continue reading CE Week Visits NYC, Consumer Electronics Abound
Researchers Chase the Longer-Lasting Battery
Lithium-ion batteries—which power everything from the largest datacenter UPS to the smallest mobile device—could be getting a major overhaul that not only increase their power, but also their potential lifespan. Continue reading Researchers Chase the Longer-Lasting Battery
Startup glasses overlay Internet on real world
While Google prepares to release eyewear that provides a window to the Web, a startup on the edge of its campus is readying glasses that overlay the Internet on the world in 3D. Atheer Labs on Thursday provided the first public look at prototype eyewear that lets people manipulate virtual objects. Continue reading Startup glasses overlay Internet on real world
Smartphone Chip Can Only Do So Much, It’s up to Your Carrier
The phone show (CTIA) may have been in Vegas this week but those things are nothing without a really powerful chip and an ingenious network. We’ve gone so far beyond the 3-minute phone call in the 40 year history of mobile phones. Our kids don’t know any better than having a computer in the palm of their hand and tapping into the world around them. The huge tower build-out of the network is very expensive so Qualcomm has some better answers to help us stay in touch. Continue reading Smartphone Chip Can Only Do So Much, It’s up to Your Carrier
Open Garden, Now With More Open.
Working behind the scenes on a mobile device to share and utilize the best available signals on the local mesh network – combining them when necessary – the Open Garden system makes the “new” mobile network strong and reliable. Open Garden uses a crowdsource-esque system to share Internet connectivity among nearby smartphones, tablets, computers and even Google Glass.
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The race to a “smart” television is over. Xbox won
Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, a combination Windows device, game console and set-top box meant to inject Xbox — and Microsoft — into everything you might use a television for, whether it’s watching a football game, video-conferencing with family, playing games, or browsing the Web. Continue reading The race to a “smart” television is over. Xbox won
You Are Your Data: The Scary Future of the Quantified Self Movement
Consumers are signing up to collect and share personal data at an alarming rate via sleep monitors, pedometers and activity trackers, dietary logs, brainwave monitors, grocery and restaurant loyalty cards, credit cards, Foursquare and Facebook check-ins, and photo geotagging, among other means. As insurers, lenders, and others attempt to manage risk, they will inevitably turn alternative data sources to round out the picture of each consumer applicant – in fact, they already are. Continue reading You Are Your Data: The Scary Future of the Quantified Self Movement
Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns
Eight Congress members are questioning how Google Glass would impact the privacy of the “average American.” Continue reading Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns