Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Aug 01, 2011 4.4 / 5 (9) 1 |

Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce company has announced the development of a new OS for smartphones; called Aliyun, it will initially run on the K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700, built by Beijing Tianyu Communications, a ...

Technology - Telecom

Jul 29, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flow cytometry, a technique for counting and examining cells, bacteria and other microscopic particles, is used routinely in diagnosing disorders, infections and cancers and evaluating the ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Jul 26, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers have invented a transparent lithium-ion battery that is also highly flexible. It is comparable in cost to regular batteries on the market today, with great potential for ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 25, 2011 4.7 / 5 (11) 7 |

Once upon a time, when you dropped a radio, camera or phone and it broke, there was only one person to blame for its destruction: the klutz who dropped it. But now that these products have melded into one ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 25, 2011 not rated yet 0

A project on the dynamics of social networks at the University of Notre Dame’s Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) has found a link between cell phone usage and relationship strength. ...

Technology - Telecom

Jul 18, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 0

With all the noise made by smartphone makers and their apps, you'd almost think that smartphones dominate the world cell phone market, but you'd be wrong, it’s actually something called the feature phone; ...

Technology - Internet

Jul 15, 2011 1.1 / 5 (7) 0 |

If people had access to a fully-fledged system to help them navigate public transport, it could persuade many drivers to switch to their local trains, buses and trams. Researchers are busy developing an application ...

Technology - Software

Jul 08, 2011 not rated yet 2

Japan's largest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, plans to start powering its cellphone tower network with renewable energy such as solar, wind or biomass, the company said Friday.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 08, 2011 not rated yet 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 07, 2011 5 / 5 (9) 14 |

Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000).

Technology - Business

Jul 06, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a marketing strategy that can only be described as brilliant; brilliant enough to win the Media Grand Prix award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, advertising agency ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Jul 06, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 4 |

(AP) -- Britain's long-running phone hacking scandal has taken a sickening twist, with claims that a tabloid newspaper hacked into the phone mail of an abducted teenage girl and may have hampered the police ...

Technology - Other

Jul 05, 2011 not rated yet 0

They're tools of convenience. Smartphones allow us to make calls, check e-mail, download music, browse the web and take pictures. GPS capabilities tell us where we're going. Facebook lets us reconnect with friends and show ...

Technology - Internet

Jun 30, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Taipei said Monday it had fined Google Tw$1,000,000 ($34,600) for refusing to grant customers a seven-day trial period when they download apps for their cell phones.

Technology - Business

Jun 27, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0