At just 4.85mm, Oppo R5 is the world's slimmest smartphone
Step aside, Gionee, as your record for the world's slimmest smartphone
has just been beaten by a fellow Chinese manufacturer. Oppo's R5, the
successor to the Asia-only R3, comes in at just 4.85mm thick, thus
beating the 5.15mm-thick Elife S5.1 from... Read More ...
Oppo N3's motorized swivel camera takes selfies to the next level
If you thought Oppo was done with making eccentric selfie phones,
you're wrong; the Chinese company is back with a new model dubbed the N3
to replace the N1 from last September. The iconic swivel camera at the
top is here to stay, but this time we... Read More ...
Vimeo plans to offer video subscriptions
You'd think that YouTube would launch a subscription video service
ahead of its rivals given its love of original content, but someone
might just beat it to the punch. Vimeo's Kerry Trainor tells Recode that
his company already has a subscription... Read More ...
Huawei's Honor 6 smartphone comes to Europe to spook the OnePlus One
Huawei's Honor series of smartphones are designed to pack a punch
without punching a hole in your wallet, but these devices typically
don't see the light of day outside of China and other select markets.
Today, that changes, with the announcement of... Read More ...
Nintendo returns to profit thanks to 'Super Smash Bros.'
Super Smash Bros. isn't just fun to play, it finally gave Nintendo a
fun financial quarter, as well. For the first time in a while, the
Japanese company turned a profit, 24 billion yen worth ($224 million) to
be exact. That's a big U-turn over last... Read More ...
Reserve's restaurant concierge app lets you forget about the bill
You can already organize fine dining excursions through a single app
like OpenTable, but you still have to pull out your phone or wallet to
pay when the night's over. You won't have to worry about the bill with
Reserve's new concierge service,... Read More ...
UK's £97 million supercomputer will predict the weather in your back yard
If someone asks you about UK weather, you can probably say "lousy" with
about 75 percent accuracy. But the UK's national weather service, the
Met Office, needs a bit more precision than that, so it just purchased a
£97 million ($156 million) Cray... Read More ...
A single fiber strand could carry the world's internet traffic
Researchers in the US and Netherlands have managed to transmit data at
255Tbps across a single strand of fiber cable over a kilometer (0.6
miles), about 2,500 times faster than any commercial fiber. They used a
so-called multicore cable with seven... Read More ...
LG sells a record-breaking 16.8 million smartphones, doubles profit in the process
As Samsung struggles and Apple starts to encroach on the Android
mainstay of giant screens, LG's smartphones are doing alright. In fact
they're doing pretty darn well. Announcing a record number of
smartphones sold and the best quarter in five years,... Read More ...
AT&T will carry LG's G Watch R in stores
LG may still be coy about when you can strap a US version of the G
Watch R on your wrist, but you'll at least know where you can get it.
AT&T has confirmed that will be "among the first" carriers to
sell LG's nicer Android Wear timepiece in stores.... Read More ...
Chinese artists create counterfeit stock images of artists
Stock Photos are glorious things. Yes, they're an important tool for
sites such as our own, but they're also, perhaps more often than not,
unintentionally hilarious. Services like Thinkstock, Shutterstock and
Getty Images have birthed fantastic... Read More ...
An FCC rule change could put internet TV on a level playing field with cable
Right now internet services don't always have the opportunity to show
the same content as traditional TV, but the FCC might be about to change
that. Chairman Tom Wheeler described in his blog post "Tech
Transitions, Video, and the Future" the "first... Read More ...
Researchers create a virtual screen with touchable objects
A team from the University of Tokyo is putting their own spin on a
touchscreen. By combining an infrared sensor with ultrasound technology,
the group of researches have managed to design a virtual display that's
as thin as air and can let you feel... Read More ...
Bored with words? Bing now lets you search using emoji
Now that you can communicate solely in emoji and even track your daily
activities that way, it stands to reason that you should get to search
the web using those tiny pictures, doesn't it? Microsoft certainly
thinks so. Bing's search engine now... Read More ...
The FBI faked a news website to catch a bomb threat suspect
The DEA isn't the only US law enforcement agency using impersonation on
the web to catch suspects, it seems. The American Civil Liberties
Union's Christopher Soghoian has noticed documents showing that the FBI
created a fake, spyware-laden version of... Read More ...
Whisper CEO denies Guardian allegations that it tracks users locations
While on stage at the WSJD Live conference, Whisper CEO Michael Heyward
defended his company against the Guardian's recent allegations that the
anonymous sharing app stores and tracks its users locations. He told
Wall Street Journal reporter Evelyn... Read More ...
Apple explains its busted iOS 8.0.1 update
Sure, Apple's already fixed that buggy iOS 8.0.1 update that
disconnected devices from their networks and just pretty much broke
iPhones for a while. It's even been a month since then, but you still
can't let it go until you get an explanation, huh?... Read More ...
Engadget Daily: Verizon's Droid Turbo, YouTube's music subscription service and more!
What has a whopping battery, metallized glass-fiber backside and
beautifully crisp Quad HD display? Verizon's Droid Turbo, that's what.
Want more? Of course you do -- read on for all our news highlights from
the last 24 hours, including YouTube's... Read More ...
Verizon's changes to mobile web traffic limit your privacy
Do you work hard to maintain privacy on your smartphone through tools
like Do Not Track? If you're on Verizon, your efforts might not be doing
much good. Researchers have discovered that the carrier has been
modifying some of its cellular web traffic... Read More ...
Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Sunset Overdrive' on Xbox One! (update: game over!)
We've been singing Sunset Overdrive's praises for awhile now and it's
finally time that the rest of the world gets a chance to play it. The
Xbox One exclusive isn't just a killer game, but it's one of the
stand-out releases in this year's crowded... Read More ...
Unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes on liftoff (video)
The Orbital Sciences Antares rocket attempted to take off this evening
at the Wallops Flight Facility (yesterday's attempt was scrubbed due to a
boat that wandered into a restricted area), but it exploded just six
seconds after launching. In a tweet... Read More ...
Hulu adds old episodes from Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and more
If you're like me, you regularly enjoy catching up on favorites from
Comedy Central via Hulu. But what about the older stuff? Well, after
extending its partnership with Viacom, the streaming service is adding a
lot more content for your viewing... Read More ...
YouTube wants Android apps to use its live-streaming tool
It may seem as if YouTube Live is still a work in progress for Google,
and in many ways that continues to be the case. That's far from being a
bad thing, though. Over the course of the past couple of years,
YouTube's live-streaming feature has become... Read More ...
There will be a lot of Marvel and DC Comics movies in the next few years
Earlier this month, Warner Bros. announced its roadmap for DC Comics
movies through 2020, and today, Marvel Studios revealed its plans as
well. Basically, if you're into superhero/comic book movies, you're set
for the next seven years. Need a quick... Read More ...
Mobile pushes Facebook to even greater heights, expect more stand-alone apps
...And Facebook's march towards utter market dominance continues
unabated. While Twitter enjoys plenty of success, and we're sure someone
out there still uses Google+, there's no denying that the king of the
social networking hill is Facebook. And... Read More ...
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