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| HTC Launches Dual-Sim Desire 600 | | HTC has launched the Desire 600, a dual-sim Android smartphone and the company's first mid-range device that offers HTC's Sense 5 UI. The HTC Desire 600 sports a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera coupled with a 1.6MP front-facing one and a 4.5-inch display. The device also features dual front-facing speakers (just like its high-end cousin, the HTC One) and Beats Audio integration, making it a nice choice for music lovers.
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| Kindle Fire HD and HD 8.9 Now Available for Pre-Order in 170 Countries | | Amazon has made its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9'' tablets available for pre-order in more than 170 countries. So far, these devices were only available in the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Japan. Now, they're available (almost) everywhere, with the shipping date being June 13. As for the pricing, the Kindle Fire HD costs $214, while the 8.9-inch version of the Fire HD will set you back $284.
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| HP Thinks Giant Tablets Are a Good Idea | | Windows 8 has officially created a new category: the monster tablet. Last fall's Sony Tap 20 could have been dismissed as a one-off aberration, but others have since launched giant screens equipped with batteries, including HP, who just unveiled the Rove 20. Why Rove? Because it can do exactly that — the 20-inch display is fully portable with almost 4 hours of battery life.
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| Teen's Invention Could Create 20-Second Phone Charge | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:01 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Tech manufacturers that boast how fast their devices can juice up might want to listen up: A California teen has developed a super-capacitor that could lead to a 20- to 30-second phone charge. Super-capacitors are energy-storage devices that have a long cycle life, and have the potential to store a lot of energy per unit volume. Sounds dandy, right? Not quite.
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| 99.9% Of New Mobile Malware Targets Android Phones | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:00 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Android, the world's most popular smartphone operating system, has malware issues. We knew that already. But a new report suggests these issues are only destined to worsen. In fact, 99.9% of new mobile malware detected in the first quarter of 2013 is designed to hit Android phones, according to a new report released by online security firm Kaspersky Lab.
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| Vertus Makes Any Speaker Bluetooth Friendly | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:57 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Syncing audio to Bluetooth speakers is common, but sending it wirelessly to two old school speakers at the same time is a thing of the future.
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| Quantum Dot Technology On Its Way to Smartphones, Tablets and TVs | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:29 PM | Charlie White |
| Just when you thought display technology could hardly get any better, along come quantum dots, making screens more colorful while consuming less power. This is not just some pie-in-the-sky dream of scientists and geeks. Nanosys and 3M have put this Star Trek-like tech to work, and it's gone way beyond the experimental stage, to where it's now almost ready to be built into smartphones, tablets and TVs.
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| Storm-Penetrating Drones Could Fly Into Tornadoes | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:55 PM | Discovery News |
| Engineering students at Oklahoma State University (OSU) have designed three concept drones that could one day help storm trackers and researchers better understand tornadoes. Led by professor Jamey Jacob, three teams of students outlined plans for Storm Penetrating Air Vehicles (SPAVs) that would penetrate thunderstorms, including the supercells that generate tornadoes, to collect vital meteorological data for better storm forecasting.
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| Why 'People Movers' Are Popping Up in Cities Everywhere | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:25 PM | Lauren Hockenson |
| Rushing to your gate and making your flight, it’s easy to forget just how you got there. But, the next time you’re on your way to the airport, take a look around you. You might find that some of the most high-end and cutting-edge technology is taking you right to your destination.
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| IBM's Watson Is Now a Customer Service Agent | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:58 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| IBM will turn its cognitive super computer Watson into a fast and reliable customer service agent, which will be accessible via a smartphone app.
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| Scientists Build a Robot Cheetah | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:53 AM | NowThisNews |
| Scientists built a robot can sprint 13.6 miles per hour, making it the second-fastest robot on land.
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| 4 Ways to Convert Your Site to Retina | | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:29 AM | Grace Smith |
| A new generation of Retina displays with high pixel densities is now on the market. Unfortunately, that means your website imagery could instantly become ugly and pixelated if you don't take action. With the introduction of the iPhone 4 in 2010, Apple no longer measured its screens in pixels, but in points. The scaling factor of the screen changed, which determines how a point relates to a pixel.
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