We all live in a time where one of our biggest concerns is the safety of our gadgets. We shell out lots of money to buy and enjoy the latest gadget offering, only to be taken away by pickpockets, muggers and other bad guys. This is why a growing number of companies develop ways to make our belongings more secure. Gadget and gift developer thumbsUp! has announced their newest creation, the Chameleon Case for the Apple iPhone 4. Admit it, we fear losing out smartphones and all the apps, emails and pages stored in it. This is why the thumbsUp!...
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Apple Inc. is reported to be building a 3D camera that will enable users to capture normal photos and make three-dimensional renderings. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has revealed the interest of Apple in capturing 3D images with three new patent applications, namely the Image Capture Using Three-Dimensional Reconstruction; Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Placing an Asset on a Three-Dimensional Model; and Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Integrating a Three-Dimensional Asset with a Three-Dimensional...
News that popular photo-sharing service Instagram coming to Android has been talked about by fans for a while now. Now, its creators are opening up registrations in preparation for its coming release. The registration provides owners of Android devices the chance to be the first ones to get Instagram, reported tech news website The Next Web. “Using nothing more than a single form, Instagram fans can enter their email address to sign up for what could be a beta release of the app before it hits Google Play, Amazon’s Appstore and...
A new Angry Birds game has been released today and is set to take mobile app developer Rovio to places beyond one’s reach. Angry Birds Space was released concurrently on iOS and Android devices, as well as Mac and PCs. The new game takes place in Space, where players launch birds whose trajectory can be altered by nearby planets’ gravitational pull. “We’ve been working with NASA for quite a while already and they’re very keen in cooperating with us,” said Tiina Mikkonen, Rovio’s senior account...
Apple has announced the lucky winner who downloaded the 25 billionth app from its iTunes store. Qingdao’s Chunli Fu, a Chinese iOS device owner, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card by downloading the free version of Disney’s hit game Where’s My Water? This feat only shows how good Apple’s iOS ecosystem is currently performing. “We’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve this historic milestone of 25 billion apps downloaded,” said Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet...
Apple’s voice-controlled assistant, Siri, has the whole world abuzz since it was revealed. It does not need any introduction because it is so popular, everybody knows what it does. Now, Google is planning to launch its own voice-enabled app for the Android OS that is very similar to Siri. Google is believed to be working on a Siri-like app called by the media as the “Google Assistant,” and is planning to launch it by the fourth quarter of 2012. According to rumors, the Google Assistant will not be a standalone app. Google...
If you have speakers just collecting dust in your basement just hanging around the house and you want them to support wireless audio, a new device has been created for you. Designed to be easily set up, the Air DAC Wireless System from NuForce lets convert your old speaker system to wireless in just a few steps. The NuForce Air DAC wireless system is composed of the Air DAC receiver and two transmitters (the uTX USB dongle that can be used on computers and the iTX dongle for Apple iOS devices like iPods, iPhones and iPad). According to...
After battling those green pigs we all hate (or love because of their cuteness) so much, space will be the next fighting grounds for our beloved Angry Birds. Game development company Rovio, creator of the smash hit Angry Birds, said that the next part of the Angry Birds saga will be taking place in space. The company even made a teaser site for it. “Angry Birds Space is a completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love — plus some surprises,”...
One additional rumor on the next-generation Apple iPhone and the unannounced successor of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S III, has recently surfaced, claiming that both smartphones might come out with a new waterproofing technology in the form of Liquipel. Last month, Ubergizmo reported that the iPhone 5 will sport the Liquipel waterproof coating, which covers both the outside and inside of mobile phones to make it water repellent and reduces moisture and liquid damage. Now, the guys over at Today’s iPhone said that one of...
New rumors have sprung up saying that the iPhone 5, the upcoming version of Apple’s smartphone, may be slated for a release summer this year. Apple enthusiast site 9 to 5 Mac reported that a source from Foxconn said that the next-generation iPhone is ready for production. The source also said that a number of sample units, each different from one another, have been made for testing. “We received word from a reliable source at Foxconn in China that the iPhone 5, as it is currently being called, is now gearing for production,”...