Archive for: January, 2015

Be My Eyes Connects Blind with Sighted Aid

Denmark-based developer Be My Eyes has created an application to connect the blind with sighted users, to help with everyday tasks. The app, eponymously called Be My Eyes so far has helped nearly 3,400 blind users with a routine task through an iOS device camera, with tasks as mundane as reading an expiration date, or […]

Samsung Makes Lee Don-tae the New Global Design Chief

Samsung has named its new vice president and global design chief as Lee Don-tae. The new lead is notably the former co-president of Tangerine, a London-based design consultancy which once employed Jonathan Ive before leaving for Apple, with the appointment said to indicate an overall design shift at the South Korean electronics producer. Samsung officials […]

AT&T’s Updates the HTC One to Android 4.4.4

AT&T today released a minor system update for the HTC One (M8). The software, which can be downloaded and installed over the air, updates the phone to Android 4.4.4 KitKat and makes a handful of improvements. For example, the software enables HD Voice, adds copy-and-paste the camera, and adds AT&T’s usage manager application. The update […]

GOP Wants to Defang the FCC

Republicans proposed net neutrality legislation of their own on Friday that could significantly weaken the FCC’s power over regulator internet providers. The bill, drafted by Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, would make it illegal for network operators to throttle data or offer paid prioritization schemes — […]

Deutsche Telekom Still Wants to Sell the Uncarrier

Deutsche Telekom, majority owner of T-Mobile, believes the Uncarrier’s best chances of success are to merge with or be acquired by another large carrier. Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges, speaking to Re/code, said T-Mobile lacks the scale enjoyed by rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Without that scale, it will be hard for T-Mobile to compete […]

Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Coulter of Seattle Will Do the Flyover for Seahawks, Packers NFL Playoff Game

Ok while I know some of you out are Packers fans and the rest of you are backing the Seawhawks. All of you can back Lt. Cmdr. Coulter who will part of a pre-game flight demonstrator during today’s NFL playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. He will be flying the Boeing EA-18G […]

Virgin Mobile Announces Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

Virgin Mobile today announced the pending availability of the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime smartphone. The device, which was approved by the FCC in late December and is the same as Boost Mobile’s Galaxy Prevail 2, features a 4.5-inch screen, Snapdragon 410 processor, 5-megapixel camera, and Android 4.4 KitKat. The Core Prime will go on sale […]

See the Outer Ring in the Trailer for Syfy’s The Expanse

Syfy has debuted the first trailer for their upcoming original series “The Expanse,” based on the New York Times bestselling book series written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Thomas Jane plays the lead character of Detective Miller, a native of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Detective Miller works for a corporate security […]

Tom Hardy Quits Suicide Squad – Jake Gyllenhaal Looks to Be the Top Replacement

TheWrap brings word today that not only has actor Tom Hardy had to drop out out of Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment’s upcoming Suicide Squad movie due to scheduling conflicts, but that David Ayer is eyeing his End of Watch star Jake Gyllenhaal to replace him in the role of Rick Flagg. This would have […]

Local Motors Shows the World’s First 3D-Printed Car at the Detroit Auto Show

At NAIAS 2015 Local Motors debuts their first ever 3D print car ‘Strati’. Not only they debuted Strati at NAIAS 2015, they also 3D print and assembled the amazing car on the floor live. The design that is being presented at NAIAS 2015, by Local Motors was chosen from among 200 their co-creation community. The […]

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