Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specification rumors begun to churn

There’s no lack of interest in the next generation of phablet hardware this season, especially when it comes to the second wave of Samsung’s yearly dishing of smartphones. As the … Continue reading

GameSpy shuts down May 31: will your game be affected?

There’s a brand called GameSpy out there in the gaming technology universe that runs multiplayer and CD key authentication for a wide variety of games. While part of GameSpy was … Continue reading

TomTom Cardio Sport Watches Offer GPS And Heart Rate Tracking In One Light Package

TomTom Cardio Sport Watch TomTom only introduced its lineup of GPS fitness watches about six months ago, but it’s already iterating on the design with a big new feature addition. The new TomTom Cardio watches, which include a multi-sport and a running-specific version, offer built-in heart rate monitoring, via an optical sensor located on the underside of the watch’s face. The sensor is actually built by Mio,… Read More

Apple acquires Novauris, Siri to benefit

Supposing you’re a heavy user of Apple’s personal assistant Siri, you’ll be glad to know that the company has just acquired a company that’ll make her a whole lot better. … Continue reading

Verizon Galaxy S5 release joins HTC’s retail double-down

This week the Samsung Galaxy S5 is being presented at Verizon with the same sort of release as the HTC One (M8). When the HTC One (M8) was unveiled last … Continue reading

Google Shows A Glimpse Of How Its Modular Phone Moonshot Is Progressing

Google has released a video showing a glimpse of what’s going on behind the scenes at Project Ara, one of the hardware shunkworks projects coming out of its Advanced Technology and Projects that’s aiming to put together a modular smartphone. Read More

You Can Now Create Windows And Windows Phone Apps In One Go With Microsoft’s App Studio

Microsoft’s App Studio service is fun. At launch, it supported the creation of simple Windows Phone applications so everyone could get their hands dirty and build something. The service has been upgraded throughout its life, and today picked up a key update: The ability to create a combined Windows and Windows Phone application in one go. Read More

Google Mobile Phone Service tipped in Fiber bid

In a roll-out similar to Google’s Fiber internet release, the company is suggested this week to be bringing their own mobile device business to the United States. One rumor is … Continue reading

The Nokia Lumia 930 Showcases A New Services-Centric, Listening Microsoft

The Lumia 930 will be Nokia’s new Windows Phone flagship smartphone outside the U.S. this summer — by which time its mobile making division will be owned by Microsoft. TechCrunch got hands on with the forthcoming flagship at a briefing in London this morning. Read on for our first impressions. Read More

Apple Patents Headphones That Recognize When You’re Speaking And Tune For Better Audio Quality

Apple has a new patent application for a tech that could improve the design of its pre-packaged iOS device headphones, AppleInsider has found. The new patent describes earbuds with a built-in mic that could automatically detect user voice activity, and then tune a series of built-in mics to optimally pick up their speech and cancel out any background noise. The advanced design would use so-called… Read More