Tucows launches Ting: cellular service with a conscience

There was a time when Tucows was the place to go to find software for your Windows computer. You can still find software there, but the company is throwing its weight behind a new venture: a discount cellular carrier called Ting. Ting is utilizing Sprint‘s... 

NASA phone nanosensor can detect diabetes and cancer from

It’s amazing when we see stories about science-fiction becoming a reality. Pictured above is a clip-on nanosensor for a mobile phone that has been developed by NASA to detect toxins in the air, alerting you when it senses harmful substances. First... 

iPhone 5 to be announced at WWDC in June?

It’s official: we’ll be spending at least the next six months listening to iPhone 5 rumors. Heck, depending on when Apple announces it, that could go as high as 10 months. The latest bit of fodder for the rumor mill is now telling us that... 

Windows Phone 8 features leaked

Microsoft is taking a more Apple-like focus on elegant design with the latest versions of its operating systems. Though most agree that it has succeeded in creating a beautiful platform with Windows Phone 7, the company may want to work on employing... 

Bouncer is Google’s defense against malware in Club Andr

During the last year, Google has learned about one of the potential drawbacks of having an open (or semi-open) platform. In yet another parallel between Android and Windows, Google’s mobile platform has been the recent target of several high-profile... 

First BlackBerry London leaked image appears

RIM‘s 2012 roadmap was purportedly leaked recently, and it didn’t look like there was going to be a flood of exciting hardware flowing out of Waterloo. Of course, no one had actually seen any of the company’s as-yet-unreleased handsets.... 

Nokia design chief envisions totally port-free phones

Steve Jobs loved clean, minimal designs. He rather famously hated cables and buttons, and he’s certainly not the only person in the tech industry to feel that gadgets should be uncluttered and beautiful. Nokia‘s design chief Marko Ahtisaari... 

ADzero is a gorgeous, bamboo Android phone

Ahh, bamboo. Strong, beautiful, renewable, bamboo. Green gadget lovers everywhere were abuzz when Asus launched a bamboo-clad laptop. Even manufacturing giant Foxconn has outed some snazzy bamboo designs in the past. Now there’s ADzero, an Android... 

Post-honeymoon with the Galaxy Nexus

At some point or another, nearly every smartphone that was released in 2011 has crossed my desk. I’ve been able to experience the mobile ecosystem to its fullest extent, with one unfortunate result: I find it extremely difficult to purchase a smartphone... 

Droid Razr Developer Edition to allow an unlocked bootload

Back in October, Motorola announced to their hacker customers that the Droid Razr would be the company’s first device with an unlockable bootloader. Well, both the Droid Razr and its better-balanced sequel, the Droid Razr Maxx are here, and they... 

iPhone 5 to include Mastercard Paypass for NFC?

It’s a pretty safe bet that the iPhone will be getting an NFC chip sometime soon. Though Near Field Communications haven’t found a lot of customer adoption yet, merchants are getting prepared for it. Perhaps the biggest piece of the puzzle... 

$270 Spark Linux tablet is powered by (and generates funds

You’ve got a ton of choices right now if you’ve started shopping for the perfect tablet to meet your needs. But which one do you pick? Should you stick with a big brand name? What if you’re a staunch supporter of free, open source software?... 

Google Music Manager now lets you download all your songs

You’d be right in assuming that downloading all your songs from a cloud locker service is a simple, standard feature. They’re your songs, after all. But with Google Music, you could only use its desktop app to download songs purchased through... 

HTC to focus on making a few awesome devices in 2012

In the recent past, Android hardware manufacturers have been belching out new phones and tablets faster than Apple (who offers up one new phone a year with great success) pushes patches for iOS to end users. HTC is certainly guilty of this particular... 

iPhone 5: A visualization of the rumors

Nobody who hasn’t made a blood oath of secrecy really knows what the next iPhone will be. Heck, Apple may not even know exactly what features it will have yet. Barring any drunken mishaps, we won’t know about it until Tim Cook takes the stage...