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 Google launches Internet-beaming balloons in New Zealand Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire planet online.
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 How to stop government phone snooping: 3 privacy tools You have a number of options if you want to increase your privacy when making a call.
November 3, 2015 Smartphones shipments to surpass feature phones for first time in history For the first time ever, global smartphone shipments are expected to outpace those of feature phones by the end of 2013, making smartphones the predominant mobile phone around the world.
November 3, 2015 This is what iOS 7 looks like We already know what several redesigned elements in iOS 7 look like — not from a leak or a bunch of rumors, but because Apple has already shown them to us.
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 Beer-pouring robot knows when you need a refill A new beer-pouring robot can predict human behavior a few seconds into the future, enough to know when to offer a refill.
