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SmartWorld Weekly: Amazon’s Home Automation Store, Cars that Wirelessly Charge Smartphones + More
If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and anything related to the Internet of Things. This week’s SmartWorld Series features Amazon’s ...
iPhone 5c Now Ready for Pre-order: Fanbois Already Camped Out
Apple fanbois can now head onto Apple’s page and pre-order the iPhone 5c. You can choose to purchase either a white, yellow, pink, blue or green device, and get the 16GB for only $99, or the 32GB for $199, with a two year contract on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. For T-Mobile subscribers, you can get ...
Wondering Why The New iPhones Look So Freakishly Familiar?
If you attended the Apple event last Tuesday, or you were tuning in on a live blog, did you get a sense of familiarity when the two iPhones were finally unveiled? You didn’t? Are you sure? Think far back into your childhood and you’ll probably understand what I’m saying. Remember these? Yes, the new iPhone ...
5 Top Data Jobs of the Future : $marts for Hire
As we move forward into the age wherein everything is connected to the Internet and the cloud is everyone’s go-to, this era is opening up a set of new jobs that will be vital to support this new ecosystem. In an infographic created by ClickSoftware (full graphic below), it was pointed out that there will ...
Smart Jewelry for Commuters + Unlock Doors with your Heartbeat
This week’s SmartDevice roundup features: a ring that gets you to your destination; a bracelet that unlocks phones, doors, and cars using your heartbeat, and a camera intended to capture all your memories. Sesame Ring Ever missed the train because you can’t find your transit card? Well, that’s something the makers of the Sesame ...
Where to Get the Best Trade In Price for Your Old iPhone
If you’re already an iPhone owner and looking to upgrade to either an iPhone 5c or 5s, you’re probably wondering how you can get a hold of the device as cheaply as possible, right? But unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem to be too keen on giving away any discounts just yet, which means that the best ...
More Questions Raised After Apple’s Touch ID Security Brief
Apple’s new fingerprint sensor, known as Touch ID, has been received with both skepticism and awe. This is the first time biometrics has been used in a very popular device, but it still raises the question of how secure it will prove to be. Now, the Cupertino-based tech giant has released a statement that aims ...
The True Cost of iPhone 5c Nearly $600 : Apple May Never Sell Low-End
Before Apple revealed its two new iPhones, there were rumors that one of the devices would be the cheaper or more affordable version. When Apple finally revealed the iPhone 5c, it was indeed priced cheaply – on contract. In reality, it still costs $549 for the 16GB version without a contract. Looking at the iPhone ...
Cars that Wirelessly Charge Smartphones + More
This week’s SmartCar roundup features: a smartwatch that connects the car and the driver, a way for people to wirelessly charge phones while driving, and a gadget that lets you avoid speed traps. Nissan’s smartwatch On the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show, Nissan unveiled a concept smartwatch that would connect drivers to Nismo, ...
The iPhone 5s vs Galaxy S4 vs HTC One vs Xperia Z vs BlackBerry Z10 vs Lumia 1020 vs Optimus G Pro
Aside from entering the budget market for the first time with its iPhone 5c, Apple also revealed its’ latest flagship high-end device, the iPhone 5s. This is the device that everyone’s been talking about, mostly because of its new Touch ID feature. But apart from that, is there anything else that the iPhone 5s has ...