November 3, 2015 American researcher says he's fooled fingerprint check on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 A Berlin-based researcher says he has managed to fool the fingerprint-based security system on Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone using wood glue and a picture of the original print.
November 3, 2015 Cortana vs. Siri vs. Google Now: Which virtual assistant is the best? Like them or not, voice-activated digital assistants have become a standard on smartphones. They allow us to control a few things on our phones hands-free, offer a speedy alternative to typing queries, and they feel like the future. As smartwatches and other wearables take off, which lack the big touch screens we find on our phones, voice controls are going to get even more important.
November 3, 2015 Samsung drops a hint: Galaxy S5 coming February 24? Samsung has sent out invitations to the first of its Unpacked events for 2014, and drops a heavy hint we could be introduced to the Galaxy S5 smartphone on the day.
November 3, 2015 Review: New Kindle is strong challenge to iPad Air On the heels of Apple's new, lighter iPad, Amazon has come out with a full-size tablet that weighs even less yet sports a sharper display and a lower price tag.
November 3, 2015 Google is developing an Android game console Google is developing a videogame console and wristwatch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.
November 3, 2015 New Samsung phone too fast for US networks Today’s 4G too slow for you? Samsung plans to release a variant of is Galaxy S4 phone with 4G LTE Advanced technology, promising up to double the speed.
November 3, 2015 Finding scarce food and toilet paper in Venezuela -- there's an app for that A free application for mobile devices written by Jose Augusto Montiel lets people notify one another where flour, sugar, milk, cooking oil and toilet paper are for sale. It has been downloaded more than 12,000 times.
November 3, 2015 Firefox OS tablets may already be in the works At a private event at the Chinese Computex conference on Monday, Mozilla unveiled its first Firefox OS tablet.
November 3, 2015 No Home for Facebook at AT&T: HTC First to be discontinued The HTC First, or “Facebook phone” as many prefer to call it, is officially a flop.
November 3, 2015 Review: High-end Google laptop well-built, but largely impractical offline and as sole machine Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine.
