Motorola's Project Ara: A free, open hardware platform for creating modular smartphones
Goodbye Sticky. Hello Ara. — Over the last six months, our MAKEwithMOTO team took Sticky, a truck wrapped entirely in velcro and filled with rooted, hackable Motorola smartphones …
“Manufacturing issue” responsible for fast battery drain on “limited number” of iPhone 5Ss
Shortened Battery Life Found in Some New iPhones — The Apple iPhone 5S is supposed to have significantly longer battery life than its predecessors.
Google in talks to begin mass production of smartwatch, device integrated with Google Now
Google Nears Smartwatch Launch — Company In Talks With Asian Suppliers for Mass Production — TAIPEI—Google Inc.'s smartwatch is in late-stage development and the company is in talks …
Favorite, Reply, RT now directly in Twitter feed, reducing the threshold for sharing, virality
Why Twitter Just Turned Itself Inside Out — Clicking is dead, scrolling is king. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the fight for the ultimate feed. — dailydot.com
Nokia Lumia sales hit record 8.8 million in Q3, North America doubles
Nokia has once again managed to improve its Lumia sales figures worldwide. The latest Q3 earnings show another quarterly improvement, up to 8.8 million in the latest quarter. That's an increase on t...
Lenovo Yoga Tablets Hands-on: 3 Modes, 18-Hour Battery, From $249
The Surface isn't the only tablet with a built-in stand. Say hello to Lenovo's new Android-powered Yoga Tablets. On sale Oct. 30, these tablets come in an 8-inch version ($249 at Best Buy) and a 10-...
Samsung is pulling another Amazon on Android, but this is even bigger
As much as Google likes and touts that Android is open, that freedom may come with the cost of some control over the platform. Amazon may have started the first truly successful “fork” of Android, bu...
Google shows off second gen Google Glass w/ mono earbud coming later this year
After announcing yesterday that Google Glass hardware would be revised later this year and offered to current Glass Explorers interested in swapping to a newer unit, Google today gives us a look …
Google Channels Pixar to Change Storytelling as We Know It
An early concept drawing for Windy Day by Japanese illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi, the Annie Award-winning production designer of Coraline. — A painted version of the Tadahiro sketch. — A character s...
Oculus Rift virtual reality headset coming to mobile — but just Android, not iOS [corrected]
but just Android, not iOS [corrected] — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Virtual reality meets today's mobile reality. Oculus VR announced that it's bringing its virtual-reality headset, the Oculus Rift, to m...
Adobe Breach Impacted At Least 38 Million Users
The recent data breach at Adobe that exposed user account information and prompted a flurry of password reset emails impacted at least 38 million users, the company now says. It also appears that the...
Google+ Hits 300 Million Active Monthly “In-Stream” Users, 540 Million Across Google
As expected, Google touted the growth of its “social layer” Google+ during a special event today that also saw the introduction of 18 new features. — The big numbers that Google talked about are as ...
Brazil to insist on local Internet data storage after U.S. spying
(Reuters) - Brazil, seeking to shield its citizens from alleged U.S. spying, is pushing ahead with its plan to force global Internet companies to store data obtained from Brazilian users inside the co...
Nextdoor raises $60 million from Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global
Nextdoor, a Start-Up, Raises $60 Million — Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors, is moving into elite territory. — The San Francisco start-up on Tuesday announced a $60 million investment led ...
Samsung shipped more phones than Nokia, Apple, LG combined
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 helped it win 29 percent of the mobile phone market. — (Credit: CNET) — Samsung shipped a record 120.1 million phone phones last quarter, beating Nokia, Apple, and LG combi...
Aereo faces challenge reducing cost of power for subscriber antennas
Electricity Use Impedes Aereo's March — Streaming-Video Service Has Other Challenges Besides Broadcasters' Lawsuits — Shalini Ramachandran — AMOL SHARMA … Aereo Inc.'s upstart TV streaming servi...
‘Li-fi’ via LED light bulb data speed breakthrough
UK researchers say they have achieved data transmission speeds of 10Gbit/s via “li-fi” - wireless internet connectivity using light. — The researchers used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit 3.5Gbit...
Amazon rolls out Kindle MatchBook: About 75k print books bundled with discounted ebooks
Amazon officially launched Kindle MatchBook, its previously announced program that lets publishers and authors bundle print books with discounted digital editions, on Tuesday.
New Vulnerability Found in Apps Using Wi-Fi
Public wi-fi networks are notoriously insecure, and now there's this: Mobile security researchers have discovered a new way for attackers to access mobile phone apps from wi-fi networks. — On Tuesda...
Galaxy Round's curved display reduces reflections for improved readability and image quality
Curved and Flexible Smartphone Display Technology Shoot-Out Samsung Galaxy Round — Introduction A new generation of curved displays for Smartphones and TVs has just been launched.
Amazon Launches Cloud Player App for Mac
Back in 2011, Amazon launched its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services, with Cloud Drive offering cloud-based file storage and Cloud Player serving as the interface for playing music stored in Cloud ...