Oh no. I hope it isn’t true.
The U.K.’s first cell phone contactless payment system went live today.
The founder of Facebook is coming to China. Time to bust out the fireworks, firecrackers and fanfare… except Facebook is blocked to China (and has been, for a while).
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: We end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse and Graeme McMillan talk about the first issues of Rocketeer Adventures and Gates of Gotham.
This post originally appeared on Technologizer.
Over at TIME.com, my Technologizer column this week is about using smartphones as universal remote controls–and especially about using Peel, a neat software-and-hardware package that turns an iPhone into an uncommonly slick TV remote. As we move towards an era in which just about everybody has a smart phone on his or her person at [...]
In the past we’ve pointed out that Apple’s veil of malware-immunity was likely to be lifted at some point. It isn’t anything personal (I use iOS everything), it’s just that when anything scales as big as Apple has, there’s bound to be pesky folks out there trying to stir up trouble.
If you’re an avid gadgethead, chances are you’ve got a few misfires in your gear bin. A point-and-shoot that you quickly upgraded past, a few extra Xbox 360 controllers that your lonely, single self doesn’t really need or maybe a first-gen Kindle, even?
Once again, leave it to hackers to turn something trivial and fun into something useful. A group of French hackers have repurposed a Kinect to become, as they call it, “a gesture recognition system” – in other words, something that can potentially read and translate sign language.
If you’re an AT&T iPad or iPhone user, you’ll want to double-check your statement, because AT&T may be charging too much for monthly mobile data usage. In fact a new class action lawsuit ostensibly backed by extensive research alleges that’s exactly what AT&T’s been up to.
Windows Phone 7 is finally getting some love from the United States’ largest wireless carrier.
