Mobile devices contributing to increased time spent watching video
Market research company eMarketer has released a report detailing its findings regarding how much time adult Americans spend watching video, and on what sorts of devices. They have found that as...
View ArticleEars, grips and fists take on mobile phone user ID
A research project has been under way to explore a biometric authentication system dubbed Bodyprint, with interesting test results. Bodyprint has been designed to detect users' biometric features using...
View ArticleNikola Labs phone case harvests back wasted energy
If you click on the Nikola Labs site you will find an announcement that the group plans to go up on Kickstarter soon and they invite your email signup to learn more. Then at the bottom of the page is...
View ArticleAmazon drone patent has tracking, talking details
How might those proposed delivery drones from Amazon operate? Details have been published by the US Patent Office. By pulling data from people's smartphones, the drones may track the location of the...
View ArticleConnected cars, data traffic jams, to challenge mobile operators
A press release on Thursday had bracing news about the future of cars as traveling computers on wheels. Rush hour could see data traffic double in certain cells, presenting major challenges to network...
View ArticleMessage-bearing coffee foam taps printer mechanics
If vendors could choose the key marketing rule of thumb for the past decade, you might learn they did it with two words, Personalize This. From sneakers to t-shirts to news feeds to music services,...
View ArticleStudy uncovers invisible mobile app ads gumming up the works
Sobering news for ad industry players on Friday: "Invisible ads could be defrauding advertisers out of nearly $1B a year," said the Silicon Valley Business Journal. They along with numerous other sites...
View ArticleWireless charging tech for metal case devices announced
Power up without plugging in—that has been the catchy slogan of Qualcomm's WiPower and now WiPower has reached a milestone: power up without plugging in even if the mobile device has a metal case....
View ArticleNetherlands bank customers can get vocal on payments
Are some people fed up with remembering and using passwords and PINs to make it though the day? Those who have had enough would prefer to do without them. For mobile tasks that involve banking, though,...
View ArticleFingerprint design issues on Android devices in spotlight
Password leaked? Not the end of the world. Among the external patches and fixes, you can just change it. Fingerprints leaked? Not so good. These stay as your life's records. Small wonder that among...
View ArticleXeon is headed for notebook PCs, Intel says stay tuned
There was a time when the division of hardware form factors seemed simple enough—you use your notebook for messaging, or for viewing flight times and movie trailers or for checking out funny ads. You...
View ArticleExploring comfortable skin-worn sensors for touch input
Researchers are making an attempt to steer us closer to comfortable touch mechanisms for operating mobile devices. A promising sign that they are on to something is evident in iSkin.
View ArticleJournalist puts Windows 10 face recognition feature to test
If Windows Hello could talk it would possibly be bragging: Hello Mary. Hello Merry. What, you think I can't tell?
View ArticleBored phone user is more open to consume suggested content
Do you ignore your phone and try connecting to the world without it when you are bored, or do you eagerly check certain stuff out on your phone precisely when you are bored?
View ArticleGetaway draws the mansion-averse taking break from city
Living the dream. For post-adolescents that means taking off for the big, bad city and ready to thrive to the max on all that is new and noisy. Living the dream. For professionals the meaning changes...
View ArticleMobile phone data useful for more confident grip on city planning
Seven scientists from MIT and Ericsson Research have authored a study, appearing on arXiv, "Visualizing signatures of human activity in cities across the globe." In doing so, they offer a special...
View ArticleUniversity team's robot inspired by jumping spider
Special insights and observations about how animals move, handle danger and preserve energy are not only interesting but valuable to scientists in the field of robotics. One such contribution of...
View ArticleDash Robotics: Origami-style robots for build-and-play fun
Parents eager to see children better prepared for their future digital world like projects that offer DIY tasks combined with simple programming. Summer camps do it; some schools are taking to it;...
View ArticleProposed FCC rules may smooth path to 5G wireless tech
Mobile network traffic is heading in a direction that pleases many in the wireless industry. The Federal Communications on Thursday proposed new rules in wireless frequencies above 24 GHz.
View ArticleDeveloper spots Indoor Survey for enabling indoor positioning
By now you have been quite schooled in what GPS is all about; a next wave will be talk about apps that focus on IPS, or indoor positioning systems. PCMag defined it as a system for navigation that can...
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