Review: Proporta TurboCharger 5000 – External Emergency Charger Battery Pack
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...
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...
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...
Now that Apple’s A5-powered devices, the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, finally have an untethered jailbreak, there are hoards of iOS users jumping headfirst into the world of jailbreaking. When you’re used to being limited to the App Store, Cydia...
In its initial beta state, Siri has limited functionality. Sure, it’s nice to ask it if you need an umbrella, get a list of driving directions, or to send a text message with your voice. But, five years from now, the voice assistant’s abilities...
Usually, when you buy a new, expensive portable gadget like a smartphone or media player, you want to protect it from bumps and scratches. The most logical thing to do to avoid them is buy a case and put the device inside. That just moves the problem...
The next time American Airlines tries to boot Alec Baldwin from a flight for playing Words with Friends, he may want to use this story as a defense. The Scrabble clone for iOS and Android may have played a part in saving someone’s life. Though...
After an absence of nearly a year and a half, Grooveshark is back on iOS. The streaming service didn’t, however, have its app reinstated into the App Store. Instead, it has created a new HTML5 version of its web site, which can let non-jailbroken...
As companies in the USA start to realize the potential behind NFC, a technology the rest of the world has used for a little while, it’s easy to see why NXP Semiconductors would have a presence at CES 2012. We were given a tour of current and future...
Nintendo’s lawyers are probably already on the phone to Apple making sure no one ever gets to play Mole Kart on an iOS device via the App Store. As you can see from the video below it looks almost like Mario Kart, but without that Nintendo sheen....
Gaming on iOS has advanced to the point where Apple is now mentioned in the same breath as Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. While the vast majority of iOS games are casual fare, the bar is gradually being raised with console-esque titles like Grand Theft...
Whenever someone inquires about the sturdiness of a smartphone’s or tablet’s screen, the first question you will often hear is, “Does it have Gorilla Glass?” Corning’s glass has become synonymous with strength, but several...
Kickstarter has been the starting point for many a clever gadget, but raising the target cash to allow an idea to come to fruition needs a great description and awesome video. David Barnett, a philosophy professor, has come up with a clever new iPhone...
When the iPad Smart Cover was introduced in early 2010, it turned heads as the latest simple-yet-innovative Apple invention. The single-paneled cover snaps onto the front of the iPad 2; it can protect your screen and also fold back as a stand. Left out...