Nokia unveils the one smartphone accessory you’ll actually want to use
By Brad Reed From BGR We see countless smartphone accessories released every year but how many of them are actually useful? The latest accessory from Nokia seems like it could really come in handy, however, because it will help you…
Windows XP: What to expect once Microsoft shuts down support
By Toby Wolpe From ZD Net Summary: Even though the world won’t end because of Microsoft’s withdrawal of support for Windows XP, those left clinging to the OS after April’s deadline still face a number of issues. Some twelve-and-a-half years…
10 industries 3D printing will disrupt or decimate
By Lyndsey Gilpin From Tech Republic As it evolves, 3D printing technology is destined to transform almost every major industry and change the way we live, work, and play in the future. For better or worse, the 3D printing industry…
Revisiting mobile identity, TouchID and beyond
By Semil Shah From TechCrunch Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil. About three years ago, Rebekah Cox,…
A bionic arm and a nerve implant give one amputee a sense of touch
By Chris Velazco From engadget Nothing can quite undo the trauma of losing a limb, but a team of EU researchers has been trying to help by bringing sense to senseless prostheses. They’re doing pretty well at it too: they…
No, Facebook is not an infectious disease
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable “The future suggests that Facebook will undergo a rapid decline in the coming years, losing 80% of its peak user base between 2015 and 2017.” That’s according to a pair of Princeton University researchers who…
Shadow: The app that helps you remember your dreams
From Core77 Hunter Lee Soik is no stranger to the creative process. He’s worked as a creative consultant on Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne tour and is now taking on the app space. Soik and co-founder Jason Carvalho…
NYT: NSA embeds radio transmitters to access offline computers from miles away
By Richard Lawler From engadget [Another] fun NSA revelation comes courtesy of the New York Times, reporting on an agency program to access and alter data on computers that aren’t connected to the internet. Cherry picked from the NSA’s tool…
CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
By Zach Epstein BGR – From Yahoo News Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and its parent company, Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank,…
Portable charging device jump-starts your dead smartphone battery
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable Van Halen has likely been on repeat in the Native Union offices after the smashing success of the Kickstarter campaign for its new product Jump. It’s an answer to the frustrating issue of the dead…