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Sony is launching a selfie camera shaped like a perfume bottle

There is no denying that the world is obsessed with selfies, and to be fair, more specifically girls. Girls love selfies. Another thing girls love is perfume and apparently in China, there is a growing trend of incasing your smartphone in a Chanel perfume bottle case. And now it seems that Sony wants to capitalize…Read More…

Fly from Tokyo to San Francisco in 90 seconds

No, sorry, this isn’t some brilliant new space age technology people are dreaming up that will never occur. It is something a little simpler and more majestic then that. Over 3,400 separate images were combined to make the time lapse video above from a Boeing 747-400 en route from Tokyo’s Narita Airport to San Francisco.…Read More…

  • By Theunis Jansen van Rensburg
  • Posted in wireless
  • Tagged air travel, Off Topic, travel

LokLok Review: No more boring lock screens

Imagine having a shared lock screen with friends where you can draw on your lock screen and it shows up on theirs. LokLok is a new application that does just that. We are all so used to the social media  apps out there like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram but LokLok is a fresh a addition…Read More…

Turn any Android device into a PC gamepad (video)

Playing something like a platformer on a PC can be quite cumbersome with a keyboard and mouse, and Ideum believe they have the answer. It has created an Android app called GestureWorks Gameplay which is used as a virtual controller, letting you use your phone or tablet to steer the action instead of either a…Read More…

What a Bezel-less phone looks like in the hand

Sharp’s Aquos Crystal X, a 5.5-inch smartphone that features hair-thin bezels on its sides and top, looks absolutely brilliant. The Crystal X has a 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 chipset with a 2.3GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. t has 32GB of storage and a 2,610mAh battery. Both Aquos Crystal smartphones sport incredibly thin bezels which means…Read More…

D-Link 802.11ac Router for Enterprises

D-Link today announced the DWL-8610AP, a new high power, 802.11ac unified wireless access point. Intended for the small/medium enterprise market, it provides up to 450 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band, and 1300 Mbps using the 5 GHz band using 3 x 3 MIMO technology. The DWL-8610AP is D-Link’s next generation Unified Wireless Access Point,…Read More…

  • By Sam Churchill
  • Posted in wireless
  • Tagged Corporate News, Enterprise, Wi-Fi News

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Network Proposed for United States

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking input about a possible federal standard for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, which would let cars automatically exchange information, such as whether they’re close to each other. On Monday, the NHTSA published a research report and issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in hopes of collecting…Read More…

  • By Sam Churchill
  • Posted in wireless
  • Tagged , , Cellular News, Cloud Services, Conferences, FCC Actions, GPS, IEEE Standards, Location Services, LTE, Public Service, Radio Policy News, RFID, , Society & Telecom, Transit Connectivity, Wi-Fi News

Sharp Aquos Crystal: Mid Range, Bezel-less

Sprint today announced the Sharp Aquos Crystal, a mid-range handset that it will sell later this year for $239. The Sharp Aquos features a nearly bezel-less design, with narrow edges running along the top and sides of the phone. The screen measures 5 inches and offers 720p HD resolution. The device offers a handful of…Read More…

  • By Sam Churchill

Talking Statues Project

Talking Statues uses Near Field Communication to enable curious passers-by to swipe their smart-phone over a statue’s signage, triggering a “call back” from the likes of Isaac Newton, Queen Victoria or Sherlock Holmes. A call back can also be initiated by the use of a QR code or by using a short URL that is…Read More…

  • By Sam Churchill
  • Posted in wireless
  • Tagged , Cellular News, Cloud Services, , Grass Roots Wireless, Innovations, Location Services, NFC, Public Service, Society & Telecom

Report: Apple plans reversible USB cable for iPhone 6

We all know that USB plugs can be annoying. There is only one ‘right side up’ and more often than not, we get frustrated by first having to figure our which side up is the right side, before you can plug your device into a USB port. Apple is reportedly looking to eradicate this frustration,…Read More…

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