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| Samsung Galaxy S 4 Beats HTC One in Teardown Test | | Friday, April 12, 2013 10:40 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The Samsung Galaxy S 4 will launch globally this month, but someone has gotten their hands on one of the phones early... and has already taken it completely apart. TechnoBuffalo posted a teardown video, revealing that the Galaxy S 4 is actually fairly easy to disassemble should owners ever need to repair it.
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| 6 Tech Tools to Tackle Distracted Driving | | Friday, April 12, 2013 9:59 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Sending or receiving a text while driving distracts a person from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, which at 55 mph is the equivalent of driving the length of an entire football field, blind. Distracted driving is an epidemic with increasing fatalities each year, with a growing number of teens texting behind the wheel.
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| New Spy Tech Keeps Satellites From Bumping Into Each Other | | Friday, April 12, 2013 9:29 PM | Discovery News |
| An Estonian software team has invented a program that will allow countries (or private space companies) to keep their satellites from bumping into each other without revealing the location of their own eyes in the sky. Known as Sharemind, the program recently completed a prototype demonstration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is funding the project with $700,000.
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| Getting Started With Facebook Home | | Friday, April 12, 2013 8:26 PM | Emily Price |
| Have you been itching to give Facebook Home a try? Now you can, as long as you currently have one of the supported HTC or Samsung handsets, or are willing to shell out $99 for the HTC First, which you can buy from AT&T as of Friday. For HTC first buyers, Facebook Home is going to come pre-installed, so to get started you only need to sign into your Facebook account.
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| Job Listing Hints Apple Is Working on Flexible Screens | | Friday, April 12, 2013 4:21 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| In a job listing that appeared and then disappeared, Apple seemed to hint that it really is working on bendable or flexible screens. The job listing, which was first reported by 9to5mac.com, seemed to confirm recent rumors about the Cupertino company working on this kind of technology, perhaps for the much-rumored iWatch. "Apple Inc.
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| Still Rocking an iPhone 3GS? Pimp It With a New Case | | Friday, April 12, 2013 3:37 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Apple sold millions of iPhone 3GS units, only stopping production of the handset late last year. This means even as we're looking ahead to the potential iPhone 6 launch, there are still plenty of 3GS phones out there. If you're still rocking a 3GS, give your Apple mobile an instant makeover — we have found 10 cool cases still available from some savvy retailers.
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| Build Your Own iPhone-Controlled Toy Cars | | Friday, April 12, 2013 3:09 PM | Camille Bautista |
| In a mix of old-school design and new technology, you can relive your childhood days of do-it-yourself block-building while controlling creations with your iPhone. iHelicopters.net offers a selection of mini-brick cars to construct and control on any iOS device. Test out your creativity to build your tiny dream car and charge it up via USB. Check out the video, above, for more.
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| Facebook Home Available for Download | | Friday, April 12, 2013 1:54 PM | Christina Warren |
| Facebook Home is now available for select Android devices in the Google Play store. Facebook Home is Facebook's new Android launcher that aims to bring a more "people-centric" view to your smartphone. While Facebook Home is available for a smattering of Android devices — including the HTC One X, HTC One X+, the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung Galaxy Note II, it's also launching alongside the HTC First.
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| How Wireless Carriers Monetize Your Movements | | Friday, April 12, 2013 1:48 PM | MIT Technology Review |
| Data that shows where people live, work, and play is being sold to businesses and city planners, as mobile operators seek new sources of revenue.
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| Twitter Music Site Goes Live, Teases Imminent Launch | | Friday, April 12, 2013 1:11 PM | Emily Price |
| A Twitter Music website is now live, confirming that a music service from the company will arrive soon. Attempting to sign in on the site redirects users to an authorization request for an app called “Trending Music Web,” although it does not grant users who try to sign in access to the site itself. The authorization request also indicates that this is a "web version" of the app, implying a mobile version is also in existance.
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| Don’t Blame Windows 8 for All PC Sales Woes | | Friday, April 12, 2013 11:19 AM | Lance Ulanoff |
| I won’t deny it, things are bad in PC land right now. The IDC is reporting the biggest drop in PC shipments since the firm started tracking such things in 1994: a 13.9% decline year over year and much steeper slides for individual manufacturers. The first quarter of 2013 is a stinker for PCs. It’s the truth. What may not be, though, is everyone’s insistence on pinning this on Windows 8.
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| Chinese Scammers Turn Fake iPhones Into Real Ones | | Friday, April 12, 2013 10:40 AM | Tech in Asia |
| Apple has gotten a lot of flack over the last month for its after-sales service practices in China, and perhaps rightfully so. But instead of being exploited by Apple, police have discovered that some Chinese criminals used Apple’s return system to turn more than 100 fake iPhones into real ones.
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| Injectable Electronics Light Up the Brain | | Friday, April 12, 2013 8:41 AM | Discovery News |
| Making electronic implants for the body is hard to do: Tissue is delicate and stiff components can irritate it. Then there’s getting those implants into the relevant organ without invasive surgery. To help solve these problems, John A. Rogers, a materials science professor at the University of Illinois, and Michael Bruchas, an anesthesiologist at Washington University in St.
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| 7 Responsive Design Tips to Revamp Your Workflow | | Friday, April 12, 2013 8:41 AM | Grace Smith |
| Responsive design is rapidly becoming the new standard in our industry, along with its evolving carousel of best practices, platforms and tools. The movement has caused a shift in thinking, especially as we adapt our workflows for a more efficient project process. Dissecting the responsive design workflow, though, can be difficult — it's highly individual and iterative.
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