Qualcomm Zeroth Processors official: mimicking human brain computing

The team responsible for bringing on next-generation innovation to Qualcomm have initiated an oddity by the name of Qualcomm Zeroth. These processor units are “brain-inspired computing” made real, pushing the limits of what it means for a bit of hardware to anticipate your needs and share our perception of the world naturally. Qualcomm’s Research and […]

Windows Phone 8 Update 3 release brings on more blurred lines

The system update to Windows Phone 8 known as GDR3 is coming soon, and having been announced by Microsoft just this week, we’ll find it coming to developers as soon as tomorrow. The rest of the humble citizens of the Windows Phone 8 universe will have to wait a few more weeks – but once […]

HTC One Max gets official with 5.9-inch screen and fingerprint sensor

After weeks of rumors and speculation HTC has gone official with the new One Max Smartphone. The HTC One Max specifications have been confirmed and include a 5.9-inch display supporting full HD 1080p resolution. The smartphone also uses HTC Sense 5.5. Many of the rumors have focused on a fingerprint sensor and the official HTC […]

Windows Phone 8 Update 3 brings support for bigger screens and faster processors

Microsoft has announced its latest update for the Windows Phone 8 smartphone operating system. The update is officially called Windows Phone 8 Update 3. This update is intended to carry the operating system through the holiday shopping season and add support for some new features and specifications smartphone manufacturers to take advantage of. Update 3 […]

HTC One Max: Shiny Aluminum, 5.9-Inch Screen and a Fingerprint Scanner

HTC One Max: Shiny Aluminum, 5.9-Inch Screen and a Fingerprint Scanner

HTC’s zapped its flagship One design with its embiggening rays, and scaled the One Max up to gigantic proportions. At 5.9-inches, it’s in that scary land where it’s either a really large phone, or a phablet. We’re not quite sure HTC knows what it is either.

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LG G Flex renders show curve in Galaxy Round opposition

If Samsung wasn’t the first to bring a flexible piece of display technology to market, you’d better believe it was going to be LG. Today several renders of the LG G Flex have appeared via an anonymous source speaking with Engadget this evening with little information other than a suggestion of its specifications. It’s quite […]

Googlers reveal products Google uses, discourages, or outright bans

Google keeps a tight rein on which hardware and software Google employees can use, but chief information officer Ben Fried argues that his methods of doing so give Googlers the freedom to connect with each other and ultimately to innovate for the eventual benefit of customers, AllThingsD revealed in a recent interview. Whenever possible, Google […]

Android KitKat features include “always listening” expansion

If you saw the “always listening” feature on the Moto X this summer and wondered if it would be coming to all Android devices soon, you may be in luck: a leaked build of the next version of Android, 4.4 KitKat, has a clue. This version of the software will likely be released within the […]

Stanford says smartphone accelerometers can be silently tracked

Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory have discovered a series of security vulnerabilities in the sensor arrays endemic to most smartphones. They found that accelerometers, speakers and microphones can all be uniquely identified with specific devices, functioning the same way cookies do except they cannot currently be turned off. The security vulnerability in accelerometers—the tiny […]

Nexus 5 video shows KitKat early build, hardware from France

This morning a lovely piece of video has surfaced showing the LG-made Nexus 5 from all angles, complete with an early version of KitKat called Key Lime Pie. This device appears to be working with KitKat, but as you’ll find in the menu pull-down the user attains right off the bat, he’ll be heading down […]