Samsung Gear VR Launches Today
Anyone with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 can take a dip into virtual reality today with the launch of the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition. For an entry fee of $199 on Samsung’s or AT&T’s sites, you can experience a variety of VR experiences on an included 16 GB MicroSD card starter kit, as well as…
Amazon has Quietly Launched its Answer to Seamless and GrubHub
Back in June, Amazon was preparing to take on companies like Seamless, Grubhub and DeliveryHero with a restaurant takeout and delivery service that would sit within its Amazon Local app and website. Now that service is live. The Takeout & Delivery feature was quietly turned on over last weekend…
Dual-screen Smartphone YotaPhone 2 is Coming in December
Remember YotaPhone, a dual-screen phone with an LCD screen on one side and an e-ink one on the other? Russia's Yota announced its successor, the YotaPhone 2, back in February 2014, but now it finally has a release date — December 2014. While the company's website currently only sports the…
iPad Pro Mockup Shows the Rumored Tablet could be the Same Size as a 13-inch MacBook
Back in August rumors of a huge, 12.9-inch iPad Pro popped up on the Internet. Initially, reports pegged the larger iPad at nearly 13-inches and claimed it would arrive in 2015. Since then, a lot of new rumors have surfaced about Apple’s larger iPad, so we’ve put together all the latest news in one…
These Smart Earplugs Block Noise, but Keep your Smartphone Alerts
With all the sensory input being transmitted to us through headphones, smartphones and interactive screens, the next great technological solution may revolve around figuring out how to turn all those signals off. Now, a new wearable called Hush, created by three engineering students from the…
Sony May Step up in Smartwatches with a Stylish, Touchscreen E-Ink Model in 2015
Sony may be cutting its mobile business down to size, but that doesn’t mean the Japanese company is giving up on wearables. The company s planning a unique E Ink smartwatch design, according to anonymous sources familiar with its plans. The sources told Bloomberg that the next Sony smartwatch will…
Samsung Reveals New Eye-Tracking Mouse for the Disabled
Samsung has just unveiled the EyeCan+, a next-gen version of its eye-tracking mouse. Positioned below a monitor, it helps people with disabilities write and edit documents or surf the web using eye movement and blinking. Created as a a labor of love by Samsung engineers on their own time, the new…
Amazon Signs Lease on Huge Manhattan Premises, Possibly for First Physical Store
Following reports last month that Amazon was gearing up to lease a location in New York City possibly for its first customer-facing retail effort, real estate manager Vornado Realty Trust on Thursday confirmed that the e-commerce giant has signed a deal for 470,000 square feet of space in midtown…
Mozilla Partners with Yahoo
Starting in December, Firefox will use Yahoo as its default search engine in the United States on mobile and desktop. As a part of this five-year deal, Yahoo will also launch a new search experience for Firefox users in the U.S., which should go live at the same time Firefox makes the switch away…
Apple Watch Developer Kit Reveals Tantalizing New Details
Apple kept a tight lid on everything to do with its first wearable, but now some of the secrets of the Apple Watch have been revealed. Apple has launched WatchKit for developers who want to create apps for the wearable. The detailed software development kit (SDK) hints at several key aspects of the…