Nextdoor’s Treat Map Shows You Where to Find Candy on Halloween
Trick-or-treating may be the best part of Halloween — but not all neighborhoods are equal when it comes to candy distribution. That's why Nextdoor, a social network aimed at connecting neighborhoods, rolled out new mapping features to help users plan the best trick-or-treating routes. The goal of…
HP Reinvents the PC with Sprout and Leaps into 3D Printing
HP is entering the world of three dimensions. The company introduced Sprout, a virtual and physical desktop environment, along with its first 3D printer called the HP Multi Jet Fusion on Wednesday. Together, HP dubbed the two "Blended Reality." HP Multi Jet Fusion is designed to simultaneously…
LG Sells a Record-breaking 16.8 Million Smartphones
As Samsung struggles and Apple starts to encroach on the Android mainstay of giant screens, LG's smartphones are doing alright. In fact they're doing pretty darn well. Announcing a record number of smartphones sold and the best quarter in five years, LG's sales totaled 16.8 million devices and the…
Dexmo Exoskeleton Glove Lets You ‘Feel’ Virtual Objects with Your Hand
Virutal reality isn’t just about visuals anymore. More and more, developers are moving beyond what we can see with our eyes, and are pushing the boundaries of what virtual reality can be with innovative new devices that allow us not only to see the virtual world, but also to feel it. We’ve seen…
Lenovo Unveils New ‘Smartband,’ Joins Wearable Tech Race
Lenovo is the latest tech company to jump into the already saturated wearables market. The manufacturer has quietly added a new fitness wristband tracker, called the Lenovo Smartband, to its website. While it's unclear whether the device's appearance on Lenovo's site is an accidental leak ahead of…
Huge Android Wear Update Brings Offline Music Sync and GPS Support
If we had to choose our biggest qualm about wearables today, apart from battery life, it would be the fact that most of them are nearly useless when away from your smartphone. Now, in its first big update to Android Wear, Google addressed that issue, adding offline music syncing and GPS support.…
Google Now Lets You Prove Your Identity with a USB Security Key
It shouldn't surprise you that Google's a big proponent of online security, and that's why it's rolling out support for a new way to prove you are you who are: a USB Security Key. Google's normal approach to two-step authorization involves getting a text on your phone to verify your identity, but…
Microsoft to Launch Fitness-Focused Smartwatch
Microsoft is reportedly ready to launch a fitness-focused smartwatch in the coming weeks. More than a year after reports suggested the computer firm was gathering components for a wrist-based wearable, Microsoft is finally ready to pull the wraps off its device, Forbes said Sunday. There’s been…
New MasterCard Combines a Fingerprint Sensor with NFC
For awhile now, there's been a number of companies trying to simplify payments for everyone. Google did so with Wallet and, most recently, Apple announced it would be doing something similar with the soon-to-be-launched Apple Pay, among others. Not surprisingly, MasterCard's, synonymous with paying…
Android 5.0 Lollipop Ushers in the New Era of Android with a Design Overhaul
After giving us all a taste of Android L in June 2014, at the I/O developer conference, Google is finally releasing the next version of Android to the world, version number 5.0, code-named Lollipop. The release, which comes nearly one year after 4.4 KitKat, ushers in a brand-new design throughout…