TECHNOLOGY

Moped: cross-platform messaging on steroids

Moped: cross-platform messaging on steroids

The Messaging Wars are in full swing. Perennial favorite WhatsApp dominates with hundreds of millions of users worldwide, but apps like Kik and LINE aren’t far behind. Despite the incredible scale of the aforementioned apps, new ones launch every day, like MessageMe — which amassed one million users…

SMARTPHONE BREATHALIZER

To help prevent drinking and driving, a new keychain-sized breathalizer that snaps into your smartphone will tell you when it’s safe to head home. Called the Breathometer, the $20 device plugs into your iPhone’s headphone jack. It’s currently campaigning for funding…

SUPER TECH GOOGLE JEWELRY?

SUPER TECH GOOGLE JEWELRY?

As part of research into doing away with typed passwords, Google has built rings that not only adorn a finger but also can be used to log in to a computer or online account. The search and ad company first…

Galaxy S4 launches, Apple plays a different game

Galaxy S4 launches, Apple plays a different game

It’s a game all too familiar to technology journalists and anyone following the industry closely: Company X teases, announces, or releases a flagship product. Apple — purely by “coincidence” — makes big news within days or even hours of…

Facebook ‘likes’ predict personality

Facebook ‘likes’ predict personality

Sexuality, political leanings and even intelligence can be gleaned from the things you choose to “like” on Facebook, a study suggests. Researchers at Cambridge University used algorithms to predict religion, politics, race and sexual orientation. The research, published in the…

INTRODUCING GOOGLE NOW

Google Now gets you just the right information at just the right time.

Samsung flexible displays coming soon

Samsung flexible displays coming soon

Samsung is mass producing flexible OLED displays for products still on track for release in 2012, the company has confirmed, though the exact extent to which they actually bend will depend on more than just the panels themselves. Samsung…

WMC 2012: Where Is <b>Samsung</b> & Motorola?

WMC 2012: Where Is Samsung & Motorola?

Smartphone After Smartphone Announced At WMC 2012 But Where Is Samsung & Motorola? Samsung chose to cancel their planned press conference however it has been rumoured that they may give a sneak preview to partners such as Optus, Vodafone…

Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Comparing Apple's iPhone 4S and Samsung's Galaxy Nexus By Michael J. Miller For the past couple of months, I’ve been walking around with both an iPhone 4S and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with the former running iOS 5 and…

VIDEO GAME ROUNDUP

VIDEO GAME ROUNDUP

Twisted Metal PS3 drops in USA today It's that time again, folks, time to take your love of destroying your auto-bound enemy to a whole new level of bright flashes of explosions and pain with Twisted Metal. In a…

<b>Apps</b> for Valentine’s Day

Apps for Valentine’s Day

Apps for Valentine's Day It's impossible to guide every lover on Valentine's Day to the app for their particular needs, because despite the requisite "flowers, chocolate, *something*" expectations, we all do it differently. I tried to round up a…

<b>iPad</b> 3 Expected in March; <b>iPad</b> Mini May Come Later

iPad 3 Expected in March; iPad Mini May Come Later

iPad 3 Release Date Expected in March; iPad Mini May Come Later The iPad 3 — if Apple actually decides to call it that — is likely to be released in early March, according to analysts who follow the…