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Review: Friends of Hue Bloom Lamp and LightStripsPhilips has expanded its wireless light product line with the Friends of Hue series, the first offerings being a lights strip and accent lamp that, l…
... for sticking to almost any surface, even porous materials like wood ... -
Review: Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth portable speakerUltimate Ears brings its third Bluetooth speaker offering to market in the Boom, a device that features "360-degree sound" and the ability to "Double…
... a plasma coating. A textured surface, the cloth gives just a ... -
Review: Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth portable speakerUltimate Ears brings its third Bluetooth speaker offering to market in the Boom, a device that features "360-degree sound" and the ability to "Double…
... a plasma coating. A textured surface, the cloth gives just a ... -
Review: Fitbit Force fitness monitorFitbit's latest activity tracking device looks to improve on the company's earlier offerings by incorporating a host of sensors, onboard screen and w…
... edges rather than a curved surface. Where Nike has an array ... -
Microsoft's project 'Threshold' to further converge PC, phone & Xbox platformsMicrosoft plans to continue to blur the lines between its traditional Windows PC platform, its Windows Phone mobile platform, and its Xbox One game c…
... 's first-party lineup of Surface tablets, aiming to bridge the ... time with Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablet running the Windows ... -
Android users accounted for 40% of Apple's iPad sales on Black Friday - reportAndroid loyalty does not seem to extend to tablets, as new data suggests that 4 out of every 10 iPad units moved during last week's Black Friday shop…
... heavily-discounted 32-gigabyte Microsoft Surface RT. Despite reports that Android ... -
Samsung's #Galaxy11 viral ad fumbles when Franz Beckenbauer tweets from iPhoneA global ad campaign to promote Samsung devices, involving soccer stars and an alien invasion story, instead revealed that the fantasy campaign's sta…
... out tweets endorsing Microsoft's Surface, using the hashtag "#FavoriteThings" to ... -
Apple usurps Dell as most wanted desktop brand for holiday seasonFor the first time ever, more people have Mac desktops on their holiday wish lists than those made by Dell, according to one analytics firm that also…
... Kindle and Samsung. Microsoft's Surface managed to come in fourth ... -
Justin Bieber wanted $200k to represent BlackBerry, advertises iPhone for freeA retrospective on the "Rise and Fall of Blackberry," which portrayed the company's product alongside other historical artifacts (including the magaz…
... a tweet endorsing Microsoft's Surface, and at least three times ... -
Justin Bieber wanted $200k to represent BlackBerry, advertises iPhone for freeA retrospective on the "Rise and Fall of Blackberry," which portrayed the company's product alongside other historical artifacts (including the magaz…
... a tweet endorsing Microsoft's Surface, and at least three times ... -
Apple patents tech for making curved touch surfaces, displaysThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent that describes a method for efficiently manufacturing curved touch surfaces, s…
... for Apple's curved touch surface tech. | Source: USPTO To avoid ... appearance of a convex touch surface, the thin film (109) is ... to the distance between the surface of the glass and the ... display. Apple's curved touch surface manufacturing patent was first filed ... -
72% of prospective tablet buyers plan to buy Apple's iPad - reportConsumers who intend to purchase a tablet within the next three months overwhelmingly say they will choose one of Apple's iPad models, a new survey s…
... . Purchase intent for Microsoft's Surface tablets ticked up slightly, from ... -
Apple patents 'desk-free' computer with intelligent, laser-powered projector and wireless chargingThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent for a completely wireless portable computer that uses a projection system, rat…
... collect data regarding a display surface's color, texture and other ... its distance from a display surface, which is some embodiments throws ... -
Editorial: 2013 was a terrible year for both Apple's competitors and its media criticsTech blogs and mainstream media reports in 2013 consistently presented Apple as beset by a series of unsolvable problems, from flagging sales and sli…
... hybrid tablet/netbook: Surface. Microsoft's Surface destroyed itself, resulting ... larger than its entire Surface-related revenue. That occured ... "amazing" customer response to Surface, an idea the media ... . The tragic performance of Surface was only upstaged by ... -
Purported prototype of Apple's first-gen iPhone sells for $1500 on eBayA device that one collector says is an "engineering prototype" of Apple's first-generation iPhone has sold on auction site eBay for $1,500, one of a …
... of similar preproduction iPhones to surface in recent years. The "very ... -
Review: mPact Glass screen protector for iPad AirStartup firm "designed by m" has released a series of iOS device screen protectors called mPact Glass, an anti-scratch tempered glass shield that sup…
... and headphone plugs on its surface. We also stowed the iPad ... off-device on a hard surface. In our estimation, the knife ... -
Rumor: Apple's unannounced 'iWatch' faces manufacturing issues, much like Qualcomm's ToqThough it has yet to be announced and there are no signs of an impending product launch, Apple's so-called "iWatch" is reportedly facing poor yield r…
... rates stemming from "difficulties applying surface treatments on their metal injection ... -
New 'Sensus' case adds pressure-sensitive touchpads to Apple's iPhoneOne Minnesota company is hoping to give iPhone owners a new way to interact with their devices with a case that lets supported apps determine not onl…
... into a single, rubber-like surface. Featuring a matte black finish ... -
Review: Apple's redesigned late 2013 Mac ProAfter years of waiting, pro users finally get a completely revamped Mac designed specifically to suit their needs, complete with bespoke chassis, hig…
... cylindrical superstructure, its highly-polished surface and monolithic build. Watching videos ... -
Apple launches new 'Your Verse' iPad webpage inspired by TV adApple recently revealed a new promotional iPad webpage in what appears to be an extension of the company's recent "Your Verse" TV spot, picking up fr…
... page, they can "click to surface." Other rich Web content populates ... -
VLC for iOS gets Google Drive downloads, Dropbox streaming in updatePopular multimedia content viewer VLC on Monday received a substantial update with a new-for-iOS 7 UI, an improved library and hooks into Google Driv…
... Drive and Dropbox. On the surface, VideoLAN's VLC for iOS ... -
Apple's new trackpad patent replaces 'click button' with force sensors, adds tactile feedbackThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent for a touch pad that removes the traditional "clickable" integrated button, rep…
... down on the trackpad's surface, at which time a hinged ... the touch-sensing surface, multiple methods are mentioned, including surface acoustic wave ... relay a force to the surface that mimics a button press ... -
Foxconn executives jailed on suspicion of taking kickbacks from iPhone parts suppliersTaiwanese police have reportedly arrested at least a dozen current and former senior managers at Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn on charges that …
... of Foxconn's Committee of Surface Mount Technology, was also named ... -
Apple patents solar-powered MacBook with two-sided display and rear touch inputsThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for a laptop with a unique display unit that not only serves as a solar power …
... voltage is applied across its surface. This allows for a rear ... -
Apple granted two patents for interchangeable iPhone camera lensesApple on Tuesday was issued two patents covering different methods of attaching lenses and camera modules to a portable electronic device, including …
... addition to the physical engagement surface, the module and attachment carry ... -
Apple details pressure-sensitive iPhone touchscreen in patent filingThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent describing a device with built-in pressure sensors that work in concert wi…
... sensors underneath the screen's surface. By deploying the pressure- ... operatively attached to the touch surface, such as a display, ... of a touchscreen's active surface, thereby freeing up much ... disposed beneath an iPhone's surface glass. That property, however, ... -
Apple reveals sapphire covered iPhone display, vehicle location in patent filingsAmong Apple's 41 patent applications published on Thursday were properties covering sapphire window manufacturing for iPhone displays and camera cove…
... may be applied to its surface. For example, ink masking or ... -
Apple patents inductive charging pad with orientation-based device docking functionsThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for switching docking functions, such as data syncing, diagnostics or charging…
... also mentions that the charging surface may be built into a ... positioned on the mat's surface. Apple's invention is an ... -
Apple lowers MFi & Lightning licensing fees, paving way for more affordable iOS accessoriesApple last month again pared back the fees it charges third-parties and accessory makers who wish to manufacture official (MFi) electronic accessorie…
... game controllers have begun to surface over the past few months ... -
Apple Lisa mouse personally donated by Steve Jobs unearthed in Colorado time capsuleA mouse from an Apple Lisa computer used by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been recovered from a time capsule buried by organizers of the 1983 …
... Diggers brought it to the surface. Show co-host George Wyant ...
