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 'Gaming' the system: NSA sucking data from apps like 'Angry Birds' The NSA has been spying on smartphone apps, especially popular ones like "Angry Birds" that "leak" our data. So why aren't we angry at "Angry Birds" as well as the NSA?
November 3, 2015 Apple offers 12 days of free gift downloads over Christmas It is the season of goodwill, so Apple has announced 12 days of free gifts for one and all.
November 3, 2015 New tool helps disaster victims find emergency shelter Inspired by the kindness and generosity of its community during Hurricane Sandy last year, web-based apartment rental service Airbnb on Tuesday launched a new tool designed to help find emergency shelter for disaster victims
November 3, 2015 Smartphone-controlled ‘cockroach cyborg’ coming to TED conference For his TED presentation this week, neuroscientist Greg Gage will attach a small electronic backpack to a cockroach that will allow him to control the insect with a smartphone. Greg hopes his 'roach cyborg' will help get kids interested in neuroscience.
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 Google Glass app offers facial recognition There seems to be no end to what Google Glass can do. The latest advancement to come to Google's futuristic headgear is an app that gives Glass facial recognition capabilities.
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 Tamagotchi returns: Electronic pet reborn as app Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app. Bandai and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the electronic pet craze of the 1990s with a new mobile app.
November 3, 2015 iPhone users welcome return of Google Maps Consumers welcomed the return of a Google Maps app to its iPhones yesterday — after enduring three months of bad directions from Apple’s lousy replacement
