What if you could dial 911 by squeezing your smartphone in a certain pattern in your palm? A different pattern might turn the music on or flip a page on the screen.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 26, 2016
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As mobile and wearable devices such as smartwatches grow smaller, it gets tougher for people to interact with screens the size of a matchbook.
Engineering
Mar 15, 2016
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The county government that owned the iPhone in a high-profile legal battle between Apple Inc. and the Justice Department paid for but never installed a feature that would have allowed the FBI to easily and immediately unlock ...
Security
Feb 21, 2016
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The Firefox smartphone operating system is being shut down, three years after a launch aimed at challenging the dominant platforms powered by Apple and Google, developers said Thursday.
Software
Feb 4, 2016
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When you're on the go and your smartphone battery is low, in the not-so-distant future, you could charge it simply by plugging it into … your shoe.
Engineering
Feb 4, 2016
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Revolutionary new electronic devices, such as those required for next-generation computers, require new and novel material systems. Scientists at the University of Minnesota and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed ...
Materials Science
Jan 14, 2016
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Most people can tell if you're angry based on the way you're acting. Professor Jeffrey Jenkins can tell if you're angry by the way you move a computer mouse.
Computer Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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Facebook users in France were able to send vanishing missives with its smartphone Messenger application, ramping up the challenge to Snapchat.
Internet
Nov 13, 2015
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Google is countering the release of Apple's latest iPhones with two devices running on a new version of Android software designed to steer and document even more of its users' lives.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 29, 2015
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Microsoft said Monday its Cortana virtual assistant software was available to users of Android mobile devices.
Software
Aug 24, 2015
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