Saturday, June 1, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom pays the FCC a visit, lacks LTE

Samsung appears to be keen on making different Galaxy S4 spin-offs - the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S4 Active and lastly, the Galaxy S4 Zoom, which has just entered the FCC for approval. Unfortunately, nothing has been revealed from this visit, but the Galaxy S4 Zoom's network capabilities. The phone lacks LTE, as it would only support the GSM/EDGE/WCDMA 850 and 1900...

Intel's new Atom could give phones PC-level power

Latest phones put a lot of power in your pocket. Intel's new Atom will be even better Remember the Pocket PC, back in the days when that meant a PDA and pointing stick? Ironically, those Pocket PC devices were based on ARM CPU cores. Yup, Intel made ARM chips back then. Today, of course, the idea of the Pocket PC seems pretty quaint. It's all about iPhones...

Google will reject Glass facial recognition apps amid growing privacy fears

Glass specs could potentially ID folks, but won't be allowed to Google has officially announced that it will not be accepting Glassware submissions that include facial recognition tech, at this time. The confirmation comes amid the host of privacy concerns surrounding the Google Glass specs, with the possibility they could be used to recognise individuals...

10 best iPad and iPhone apps for planning your holiday

Plan the perfect holiday with this collection of apps Booking a holiday used to be easy, kind of expensive and occasionally disappointing: you'd spend hours poring over brochures before popping to the travel agent and booking a fortnight in what inevitably turned out to be a building site halfway up a volcano. Now we have access to the kind of information...