The team was able to successfully charge a smartphone from across a room using nothing more than lasers. Right now, their approach has an effective range of about forty feet. Devices are detected by way of acoustic “chirps” which occur below the...
Apple has long been focused on the education market, and recently chose Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago to announce an affordable new iPad and share educational news with students and teachers. Click to watch the entire event (just over an hour), an...
The company is Qbix, and their freemium app is called “Calendar 2.” It’s a solid calendar app with more features than Apple’s default app, and the Qbix offers its users premium features if they’re willing to allow the company to make use...
Marvell Semiconductor has a new product out, and it’s a game changer. Their new “Alaska” chip (the Alaska C 88×7120) is the first on the market to support the new 802.3 standard. The 802.3cd is on tap to eventually replace current Ethernet...
The popup message touts the Microsoft Movie and TV app’s advantages, which includes better battery life if running on a phone or laptop, better compatibility with more modern video formats, a mini-view, and support for 360-degree video on Augmented Reality...
You can now set content-specific PINs to lock movies or TV shows. So for example, if you don’t want your children watching “Zombeavers” (yes, that’s a real movie, by the way), you could lock that content with a PIN. This is in addition to the...