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| AOptix Launches First Biometric Scanning Tool for iPhone | | 6:58:44 AM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Smartphones are powerful tools, and with the right apps and accessories, they can become even more so. A California-based tech company has launched a tool that turns a regular iPhone 4 or 4S into a powerful biometrics scanning tool. On Tuesday, AOptix unveiled its app and a wrap-around device that turns an iPhone 4 or 4S into a portable iris, face, fingerprint and voice scanner.
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| This Laser Tag Game Uses Everyday Objects As 'Guns' | | When you think of laser tag, you probably think of guns and targets. One Kickstarter project is trying to change that by introducing a new range of equipment, including targets that fit underneath everyday clothing and weapons that can be placed in everyday objects.
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| Intel's Next-Gen Thunderbolt Doubles Data Transfer Speeds | | Intel has announced its next-generation Thunderbolt controllers at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas this week. The upcoming Thunderbolt controller, code-named Falcon Ridge, enables 20 Gbps data throughput, both ways. That means, for example, that video professionals will be able to display and transfer 4K video simultaneously.
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| Vine Tops List of Free iPhone Apps in App Store | | Less than three months after Twitter released Vine, the popular video-sharing service has topped the U.S. App Store's list of free iPhone apps. Vine, which lets users create and share six-second videos, debuted to much fanfare in January. The mobile service was acquired by Twitter last October. Rus Yusupov and Bobby McKenna, Vine's respective co-founder and designer, took to Twitter to celebrate the app's achievement.
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| Tumblr for Android Gets a Facelift | | Tumblr unveiled dramatic changes to its Android app on Monday. The blogging platform announced that it has "completely redesigned" the app's interface, added post animations and made images more prominent, among other updates. Now available on Google Play, Tumblr for Android also has a new "post anything" screen that lets users share videos, chats, links, quotes, photos and text by clicking on individual icons.
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| Court Rules Texting Laws Also Apply to Checking Maps While Driving | | Monday, April 08, 2013 11:28 PM | Emily Price |
| Checking the GPS on your phone while you’re driving may be against the law. A California court ruling in late March claims that checking maps on your phone while driving is a violation of the state’s distracted driving law. In its current form, the law simply states that a person may not use their mobile phone while driving, unless they’re using a hands-free device.
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| More Android Apps Downloaded in Q1, But Apple Had Higher Revenue | | Monday, April 08, 2013 10:41 PM | Emily Price |
| Fifty-one percent of the apps downloaded during Q1 of 2013 were downloaded from Google Play, according to a report released by Canalys on Monday. While Google had the majority when it came to the number of downloads, it didn’t earn top honors in terms of revenue. Canalys reported that Apple was the big winner there, taking home 74% of app revenue during the same period.
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| Is Samsung Making a Giant 'Galaxy Mega' Smartphone? | | Monday, April 08, 2013 6:59 PM | Emily Price |
| Samsung is reportedly working on a mid-range smartphone even larger than its “phablet,” the Galaxy Note. According to Korea’s ET News, the handset will be called the Galaxy Mega, and will sport a whopping 6.3-inch screen, putting it almost on par with some of the smaller tablets out there, such as the 7-inch Nexus 7.
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| G-Technology Evolution Drive Pushes Thunderbolt to the Limit | | Monday, April 08, 2013 1:34 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Video and photography pros love G-Technology's hard drives. They'd probably say it's because of their performance, but it's really because they're designed to match the look of Apple's Mac Pro desktops. But with the company's new Evolution system, no one would accuse them of fibbing.
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| HTC One Is a Winner | | Monday, April 08, 2013 12:00 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Android phones are often criticized as flavorless. While they come in a variety of screen sizes with insides that differ even more, they generally all look and feel the same, with many differentiators (ooh, apps that scroll up and down instead of side to side!) actually not amounting to very much. Even the name "Android" implies easily replicated automatons.
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