Engineers in a suburban Chicago office complex have designed a new microphone that they say will be key to the future of smartphone and tablet technology because it gives consumers the ability to operate hand-held devices ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2014
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OmniVision Technologies, a maker of digital imaging chips for smartphones and other devices, said Thursday it received a buyout offer from a group of Chinese investors for some $1.6 billion.
Business
Aug 14, 2014
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Despite an addiction to taking pictures everywhere they go, cellphone junkies have not been able to ditch their stand-alone cameras quite yet. Smartphones still don't possess the sharp zoom capabilities of digital still cameras, ...
Engineering
May 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers exploring smartphone security vulnerabilities are increasingly turning to information about smartphone sensors as pathways to security breach. Earlier this year, a Stanford University team warned ...
(AP)—Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more electronic eyes on their streets.
Other
May 2, 2013
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Think of your car as a smartphone on four wheels. Or your smartphone as a wallet. Or your home as a connected network center where thermostats, video cameras, lights and televisions all "talk" to each other. That "talking" ...
Telecom
Apr 17, 2013
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The camera in your smartphone may soon have a new trick: depth perception. Toshiba, Samsung and Silicon Valley startup Pelican Imaging are developing image sensors and software that would allow cameras to detect the distance ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 12, 2013
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Sergey Brin envisions Google's Internet glasses hitting the market this year with an eye toward freeing people from unsocial habits engendered by "emasculating" smartphones.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 27, 2013
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If you have a smartphone, you likely take lots of pictures with it. So why would you ever need a stand-alone digital camera? That's a question many consumers are asking. Digital camera sales are falling, while smartphone ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 28, 2013
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The smartphone is evolving from a communications and computing device to a command center and control panel for a wide range of other devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2013
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