INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
“Surveillance-Proof” Encryption: Silent Circle by PGP Creator & a Navy SEAL

Silent Circle pledges to never provide law enforcement access back-doors & operates in such a way that the company retains almost no user data.

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E02 – R2D2 Raspberry Pi, Google Driverless Car, & HTC 2nd Phone: Red-Headed Geek Show

Daria the Red-Headed Geek here! I’m back this week to tap into some neat Google news topics that have happened this week. First, the incredible driver-less car idea by Google is sprouting many advantageous effects, as well as rippling ones. … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Pebble Smartwatch is Hitting the Streets

The Pebble is basically a Bluetooth secondary display and controller for a users’ smartphone. Unlike its closest competitor, the Sony Smartwatch, the pebble operates with both Android and iPhones.

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
World’s Fastest Mobile Processor: Nvidia Tegra 4 With 72 GPU Cores – The Chips Are Up

With brute force of 72 GPU cores & real speed improvements, the Tegra 4 is not dancing the Hokey Pokey: & that's what it's all about.

 

SMARTPHONES & MOBILE DEVICES
Facebook Messenger App Becomes a Voice Messaging and Free Phone Service

Facebook recently updated its Messenger iOS and Android app with two new features; an option to record short voice messages, and a free calling service.

 

APPLE
HTC J Butterfly Smartphone Emerges From Cocoon as DLX or DROID DNA – Verizon USA

Here's to hoping for a furious flurry of flocks of phablet sized smartphones with PPI counts higher than a gaggle of migrating geese.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
2013 Smartphones Trend: Smartphone LapDocks or Webtops = Convergence or Just A Fad?

Bring-Your-Own-Brain is a concept that refuses to die, because its soul is PC device convergence, the number one technology trend in 2012 & continuing into 2013 & beyond.

 

APPLE
HTC J Butterfly 440 PPI Smartphone Could Fly to USA Punching Above Its Weight

Apple may want to hide in a bunker & batten down the hatches, because if pixels were projectiles, Apple would be punched full of holes.

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Calxeda Low-Power ARM-Based Servers Mean Datacenter Savings: Austin Technology

Calxeda's innovations are aimed at increasing density of datacenter computer resources while markedly reducing the need for power, space, and cooling.

 

APPLE
2013 Smartphones With 5-Inch 443 PPI Full HD 1,080p Displays Will Kick Glass

2013 smartphones will apparently include a bevy of products good enough to eye for.

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Battery Technology Snap Update – Do the Math

UCSD researchers are developing sophisticated algorithms that should result in lighter battery designs that will cut charge time in half, while reducing cost by 25%.

 

APPLE
World’s 1st 441 PPI Full HD 1,080p Smartphone – Oppo Find 5: Just Say El-Wow-Zoid

Apple should be wincing right about now, because the Oppo Find 5 will provide a 35% improvement over Apple's so-called "retina display".

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Blokket in Your Pocket – Signal Blocking Pouch Has You Covered

Blokket is simply a pouch made of silver mesh embedded in a nylon material, and that is the reason it is able to block electromagnetic fields and data transfers.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Booster Brolly Tech Umbrella – ‘The rain, the park, & other things’

The Vodafone Booster Brolly umbrella certainly works in the rain and at the park, but it's the other things that make it useful, even if you are not a gadget aficionado.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
ClamCase ClamBook BYOB Laptop Shell Uses Smartphone as CPU

Bring Your Own Brain, because the ClamCase ClamBook smartphone dock is leaving you to your own devices, and your urge to merge.