20 best Android apps and games this week
Clarisketch, Roblox, Wiper, Magic 2015, Guardians of the Galaxy: TUW, Tastemade, Wear Camera Remote and more It’s time for our weekly roundup of the best new Android apps and games to have emerged on the Google Play store. As ever, prices are correct at the time of writing, but may have changed Link to story
A Future Smartphone System Could Warn Oblivious Pedestrians Of Oncoming Traffic
Using Wi-Fi signals, it would alert pedestrians who can’t hear an oncoming car. Researchers at the University of Missouri, Kansas City are designing a system to alert pedestrians and drivers of potential crashes before they happen. Wi-Fi Honk, an Android system recently presented at a conference Link to story
MIT’s new robot glove can give you extra finger
Have you ever wondered if five fingers is really enough? The folks at MIT have. Researchers in the institute’s department of mechanical engineering have created a robotic glove that adds two additional digits to the standard human claw, positioning two long fingers on either side of the hand. It’Link to story
Verizon boosts FiOS uploads to match downloads
Verizon is boosting the upload speeds of nearly all its FiOS connections to match the download speeds, vastly shortening the time it takes for subscribers to send videos and back up their files online. Starting Monday, all new subscribers will get “symmetrical” connections. The Link to story
Whirlpool’s new machine freshens your clothes in 10 minutes flat
Odds are that you’re used to ironing some of your clothes to keep them wrinkle-free, or taking them to the dry cleaners when you can’t (or just won’t) put them through a washing machine. No great shakes, right? Well, Procter ? your duds should be (almost) as good as new in roughly 10 minutes. It Link to story
Microsoft Confirms Decision To Kill The Surface Mini
Remember the Surface Mini, a device that got axed at the last minute? Microsoft gave it a shout out in its earnings report today. The company noted in its hardware section that its “[c]urrent year cost of revenue included Surface inventory adjustments resulting from our transition to newer Link to story
Apple Granted Patent For ‘iTime’ Smartwatch Design
Apple has never publicly acknowledged that it’s working on a smartwatch, although it’s widely expected that an “iWatch” could be introduced as soon as this September. On Tuesday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a Patent to Apple for a smartwatch concept referred to as Link to story
Google may win the contract to turn NYC pay phones into free Wi-Fi hotspots
New York City has over 9,000 public pay phones that are slowly decaying. So it’s little wonder that the city wants to find a new purpose for these ubiquitous devices. The plan so far, is to get a private company to step in and turn the entire fleet of pay phones into free Wi-Fi hotspots. Free? Link to story
iPad Sales Total 225 Million Units Since 2010 as Apple Claims ‘Significant Innovation’ Coming
During today’s earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared new information on the state of the iPad, including details on overall sales since the product launched a little over four years ago, recent growth in different markets, and hints at future plans. It was revealed earlier that sales of the Link to story
