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Amazon has patented a way to unlock your smartphone using your… ear

Jan 30, 2024

Passcodes and patterns have been the standard unlocking method for smartphones since they were first released. A few of the...

Game developers are having a lot of fun working with the Oculus Rift

Jan 30, 2024

Gaming isn't the only potential use for the Oculus Rift, but its definitely the most popular. Even though the virtual...

An actual iCould Drive app is going to be hidden inside iOS 9

Jan 30, 2024

When Apple released iCloud Drive, the service was more of an addition to other services than an actual standalone app,...

Google will now share monthly reports on its self-driving vehicles

Jan 30, 2024

It's hard to believe Google's claims that self-driving vehicles are safer than human-driven ones when the company is loath to actually...

Twitter wants to lure in more businesses with Official Partner Program

Jan 30, 2024

Twitter is an excellent way for businesses to reach their customers, and it wants to get more businesses using the platform...

Freaking finally! Facebook now officially supports GIFs

Jan 30, 2024

Have you guys heard of this new thing called a GIF that's getting popular on the Internet? Oh wait, GIFs...

An empty city is being built in New Mexico to test bleeding-edge tech

Jan 30, 2024

New Mexico is already filled with ghost towns, but a group of investors plan to build an empty city that...

Google and Yahoo are interested in acquiring Flipboard as well

Jan 30, 2024

Hot on the heels of a report claiming that Twitter was in talks to acquire Flipboard, the Wall Street Journal...

How long can SoundCloud maintain its precarious position?

Jan 30, 2024

Content creators, investors, record labels, and users. These four groups are essential to SoundCloud's success, but unfortunately, not all of the...

World White Web wants to diversify Google’s search results

Jan 30, 2024

Searching up the word "hand" on Google gives you numerous results, but all of them have something in common: they're...

Mozilla is bringing Android apps to Firefox OS

Jan 30, 2024

It doesn't matter how cheap your smartphones are, if the operating system they're running on doesn't have any apps, nobody...

You can now live-stream videos at 60FPS on YouTube

Jan 30, 2024

YouTube implemented support for 60FPS videos a while back, but it wasn't until now that the service supported the same...