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Project Glass Seems To be Always Watching You – But Is That a Good Thing?

Now that Project Glass is in most Explorers, well developers, hands now. We are starting to find all kinds of experimental features that were built into glass. One of those was the ability to wink to take a picture. Which we found out a few weeks ago. Now there is another feature that has been [...]

Google Planning To Bring Wireless Networks, Affordable Android Devices To Emerging Markets

Google has always wanted to bring the Internet to everyone on earth, and now that it is growing at such an exponential rate and making so much money, it the chances of that happening are becoming increasingly likely. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, this quest may have Google planning to [...]

Tests Show That The Galaxy S4 Camera Outperforms The iPhone 5, Lumia 920

You can hate on the iPhone all you want, but you have to admit that the camera on it is pretty top-notch. Android manufacturers have always had a hard time keeping up with it, but HTC’s usually been the closest, if not a tad better in some instances. The same can also be said for [...]

A New Google Patent Hints at New Screen Specific Haptic Feedback Technology

A recent patent filing by Google points to unique haptic feedback technology. The patent is clearly labeled “Providing information through tactile feedback.” From the patent information it seems like Google’s idea will revolutionize the way we interact with our devices, and probably the content on them, as well. Instead of vibrating the entire device when [...]

New HTC One Variant With Bigger Screen Allegedly Coming Soon

It looks like HTC just doesn’t know what to do with itself now that it has already a flagship device for 2013, and the HTC First was most certainly a flop. One thing almost every Android manufacturer has struggled with in the past is releasing too many variants of a device too fast, especially HTC. [...]