We recently wrote a detailed piece on GameStick, a new ultra-portable TV game console that had launched a KickStarter crowd-funding campaign. The campaign sought out to gather $100,000 to start large-scale production of the device and now, it has met this funding goal within 30 hours!
Back in August, we reported that despite a much-anticipated launch, Android Jelly Bean’s adoption rate has been rather slow. Back then, the new version was running on a mere 1% of the Android devices. Flash-forward to today and Jelly Bean has already captured more than 10% of the Android hardware.
Apple’s smartphone market share had taken a slight hit just before the launch of iPhone 5. The sales growth had apparently slowed down in anticipation of the launch of the new phone. Now that iPhone 5 is gaining momentum, Apple has yet again grabbed 35% of the market share.
A number of GPS solutions are currently available in the market. With most smartphones equipped with GPS, most people can look for directions on the go. But some may need it more quickly and in a less bulky package than others. To cater to such audience, comprising of athletes and sportsmen, a group of ex-Nokia engineers has unveiled Leikr GPS sports watch.
The CES 2013 is going to be held from Jan 8 to Jan 11. While people are eagerly waiting to see what new things will be unveiled at CES 2013 South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced that it’ll unveil enhanced Series 7 Chronos with AMD graphics and a 13-inch new Ultrabook at the CES 2013.
Tobii has earned quite a repute in the tech arena for creating some of the best eye-tracking technologies. The company has formerly showcased hardware which can enable eye-tracking on Windows 8 laptops; now, with Tobii REX, it has brought eye-tracking tech to all kind of Windows 8 PCs.
Canonical, the company that has been developing the Ubuntu flavor of Linux and releasing its subsequent versions, has claimed in the past that it intends to launch a mobile OS for smartphones and tablets. The company may be on the verge of doing so, hinting a touch-enabled surprise on January 2.
Where technology has brought us comforts and progress, it has certainly made the process of parenting quite difficult. Kids want gadgets, parents don’t want them to waste their time on these gadgets and there’s a standoff. A mom found an interesting solution to this by giving an iPhone to her son together with an 18-point contract.