Yaya Lu, a 16-year-old resident of Hobart, Australia, has developed a voice-controlled system for a wheelchair, which could benefit quadriplegics. For this invention, the teenager, who has Chinese ancestry, won the Gold CREST Award, a top science award for students given by the Commonwealth Science Agency CSIRO.
HTC is saving the best to come in the few months ahead and its latest offering, the dual-core One SV, is a straightforward midrange smartphone intended to woo the budget-conscious buyers.
Powerful Android smartphones are in the 2013 gadget pipeline, but nothing beats the excitement reserved for Samsung’s Galaxy S4, which reports said will debut early this year with a 4.99-inch screen size.
Tech companies Apple and HTC will release their flagship smartphones this year that is a chance in a lifetime for HTC and another obstacle for Apple.
The company Doist developed a productivity app called Todoist which is available on a mobile device, desktop, browser, Gmail, and many more. Now used by over 450,000 people, the app was named top mobile application by The Guardian and cited by The Next Web as among the 35 best productivity apps for 2013.
Apple, the tech giant, is cutting orders of screens and other components used to manufacture iPhone devices due to weak sales of the iPhone 5. Its rival, Samsung marches on as the company reached the 100 million mark of Galaxy S sales in the mobile market.
BlackBerry is raring to blaze the path for recovery via its initial two handsets launch on February, namely the Touchscreen Z10 and the QWERTY X10, both set to run on BB10.
The rumoured specs and features of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3 proved that the device will be more powerful than the miniature tablets in the market such as the Google Nexus 7 and iPad Mini.
A Korean forum spilled the beans that electronics firm LG is in fact working on the successor of the Nexus 4 smartphone and the next Nexus tablet that will debut on the upcoming Google I/O conference in May.
There are no supply issues hampering the production of Nexus 4, a South Korean official of LG told a Chinese publication this week, dismissing reports that the Google smartphone stock outs were mostly caused by a supply chain that is erratic and scarce.
LG Optimus G2 was a no-show at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2013 last week, but rumours suggest the much-awaited smartphone could arrive by late September or early October this year.
Xperia Z, Sony's flagship smartphone, has been gathering positive reviews since it was unveiled at the CES 2013 event last week. Now rumours in the Android community suggest a 10-inch Sony Xperia Tablet Z is also on its way to entice gadget shoppers.
It is a search function in a beta mode that would allow members to search information posted by their friends, not a smartphone. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's announcement on Tuesday at the company's headquarters dashed weeks of rumours that the most popular social media company would soon roll out a mobile device.
Facebook revealed a new exciting feature for the social networking site’s millions of users on Tuesday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg together with engineer Lars Rasmussen and Tom Stocky, director of product management, introduced the new search engine tool called “Graph Search” at a conference in Menlo Park, California.
Nokia and its partners have been delivering impressive after-sales services for the Lumia 920, dispatching timely patches and offering great accessories to further increase the attention it managed to capture starting late 2012
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is likely to come out within the first quarter of 2013, a new blog report said, which based the claim on the hints ‘leaked’ by Samsung during a side gathering in the recently-concluded Las Vegas CES.
Archos has unveiled Archos 70 Titanium, a new wallet-friendly tablet with a reported price tag of only $119 (AU$112). How does this new budget-friendly Android tablet compete with the Google Nexus 7?
The latest Jelly Bean update for Samsung Galaxy S2 will begin rolling out in February, according to a new report from the Korean tech firm Samsung.
Sony’s Xperia Z seems worth comparing with the Nexus 4 from Google-LG. The two gadgets draw energy from one power source – the 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro that works sweetly with a 2GB RAM for a trouble-free handset behaviour.
The new Sony Xperia Z packs all the right elements to deliver joy for the Japanese firm, long searching for a hero phone that will measure up with the mighty iPhone and Galaxy smartphones from Apple and Samsung, respectively.
Gadgets have a fast turnover rate as newer models and better features enter the techie scene. From augmented reality glasses to fitness trackers, find out the hottest gadgets that will hit the market this 2013--and which ones are best for you.
iPad mini 2 may be unveiled by mid-2013, according to sleuthing analysts. Here's a summary of some persistent rumours. Imagine the improvements that Apple users expect perhaps some time soon.
Rivals Samsung and Apple will release the successors of their flagship smartphones this year, but which is worth waiting for.
The GooPhone is the Chinese nemesis of Apple because their products resemble iOS devices. If the Apple has iPhone 5, they have GooPhone i5.
LG Nexus 4 running with 4.2.2 version of Android Jelly Bean OS was seen in a video from Czech Republic.
Technology giant Samsung is slapped with legal charges from another big company, LG Display. According to Dow Jones Newswires, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 OLED screen display violated LG patents which resulted to the conflict between the two Korean companies.
iPhone's steady hold on the smartphone market is growing weaker as months go by in the never-ending battle against Android mobile devices. The signs of weakness begin to show as Apple cut the orders of screens and other components by 50 per cent.
Samsung Galaxy S4’s release date could be sometime around June, according to a company making the cases of the smartphone.
Nokia Corp. reported its smartphone numbers for the fourth quarter of 2012, stating that the results were beyond the company's wildest dreams.
Fans would have more reasons to snap up the Galaxy S3 Mini, following reports from Samsung operations in France that the smaller version of the hugely popular Galaxy S3 now comes in six colour variants.
