GM expands car recall to 1.37m over switch safety

GM has expanded its huge recall of cars over fears that they could stall while driving or even see the airbags fail to deploy properly, almost doubling the number of … Continue reading

Need This New Innovation? Lace Packing Tape

Lace Packing TapeLace packing tape may not be an innovation that is ground-breaking or life-altering and we could go on very well without it, but it is one of those little innovations that make life just a little more beautiful and fun. Why keep sending plain brown paper packages when you can dress them up and add just a touch of sexy to them? And just because it is called packing tape why should you stop there?

Minuum Shows Off Just How Smart A Smart Keyboard Could Be On A Smart TV

Typing using any kind of remote control that doesn’t include a full QWERTY keyboard is a nightmare, and everyone knows it. I still enter text into my Xbox One using the gamepad, despite its support for external keyboards and despite the availability of the Xbox SmartGlass app, because I enjoy punishing myself. But there could be a better way coming to your smart TV devices soon. Above, you… Read More

Breaking the smartphone mold isn’t easy. Just ask Jolla

Jolla’s got a big problem, and the company knows it. The small Finnish startup has grand plans to upend the smartphone paradigm with its modular phone and unique gesture-based OS, but that foreign approach has left some users confused. The…

PlayStation 4 two-day sales in Japan trump PS3

Some unofficial numbers on Sony’s PlayStation 4 sales in Japan have surfaced by way of the Japanese website Famitsu, which says in excess of 320,000 of the next-generation consoles sold … Continue reading

The Nation's Most Unequal City Isn't NYC or San Francisco

The Nation's Most Unequal City Isn't NYC or San Francisco

Thanks to battles over nightmarish rent-controlled apartments and privatized public transit, cities like New York and San Francisco have reputations as deeply unequal places. Yet a new report revealing the true least equal cities in the U.S. might surprise you.

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Samsung unveils Knox 2.0, lets users run Google Play apps even more securely

Exactly a year to the day after it first announced its Knox security solution, Samsung’s returned to Mobile World Congress with news that it’s making it even easier to secure and manage Galaxy devices. With the launch of Knox 2.0 today, Samsung’s…

Motorola Confirms Development Of Another Smartwatch

Motorola held a decided low-key press conference today at Mobile World Congress. It was a snoozer. But! But Rick Osterloh, Motorola SVP, confirmed that the brand is still working on smartwatch development and there is another one on the way. Motorola was in fact one of the first firms to attempt a smartwatch. Way back in the balmy days of 2011, Motorola released the Motoactiv GPS and fitness… Read More

Motorola teases smartwatch later in 2014

Motorola is working on a smartwatch for launch in 2014, the company has confirmed, with execs confirming the new wearable during a press conference at Mobile World Congress today. Details … Continue reading

iPhone Trade-Ins Surge Online Prior To Galaxy S5 Announcement

iPhone Trade Ins Surge Online Prior To Galaxy S5 Announcement

2014 is well underway and a smartphone that’s expected to perform quite well this year has already been unveiled, just yesterday Samsung finally lifted the wraps off of the Galaxy S5. One can expect that existing Galaxy S4 owners will be lining up to get their hands on one once it actually hits shelves, but its also possible that Samsung’s latest flagship might also entice customers on other platforms to jump ship. SellCell reports that prior to yesterday’s unveiling of the Galaxy S5, it saw a 48 percent increase in iPhone trade-ins over the weekend.

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