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January 30, 2014

Facebook today introduced a new mobile app called Paper that presents users a personalized stream of news and information. The app will launch for the iPhone in the U.S. on Feb. 3. The news content in Paper comes from curated news sources and outlets posted publicly and on friends’ news feeds. Users can customize Paper […]

January 29, 2014

It took but 2 inches of snow to turn metro Atlanta into the largest commuter parking lot in the South. A critical convergence of snow, freezing weather and an exodus of hundreds of thousands of homeward commuters wreaked havoc on the region Tuesday afternoon, leading to colossal traffic jams on the interstates and access roads and stranding […]

January 29, 2014

Google Glass can now be used with prescription lenses. The company early Tuesday announced it will begin selling several designer pairs of glasses that are compatible with the wearable mobile device. Google is also partnering with vision insurance giant VSP to make the prescription lenses and subsidized frames for the computer-powered eyewear. The new styles will be available […]

January 28, 2014

The coded plastic key, which replaced metal keys in hotels years ago, could soon be a thing of the past as well. The Starwood lodging chain is trying out a new lock system in a couple of its hotels that connects via Bluetooth to an iPhone or Android app, the Wall Street Journal reports. Guests at these properties […]

January 27, 2014

Those living the mobile life at the Super Bowl, you’re in luck. Chicago-based tech company Power Tower is partnering with McDonald’s to provide free mobile device charging stations at five Manhattan locations in the days leading up to the big game. The Super Bowl is at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., this year, and […]

January 24, 2014

Apple introduced its App Store in July 2008. Google opened its Android Market for business a few months later in October. We mention this as we consider the findings of a new report from Gartner on where things stand with the future of mobile apps. Gartner believes that by 2017 mobile apps will be downloaded […]

January 24, 2014

In less than two weeks, some 82,000 fans will descend on MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the Super Bowl. And many of them will be tweeting, Pinteresting, Instagramming and Facebooking the experience from their smartphones, iPads and tablets. The NFL is getting ready to accommodate them. Here’s a piece from Time Warner Cable’s NY1 […]

January 24, 2014

The earbud headphones you wear are as essential and practical to your mobile lifestyle as the device you use them for. But sooner or later, you’ll have to take them out of your ears and leave them dangling around your neck, or tangled in your pocket. This is where Zipi comes in. The Zipi is the […]

January 23, 2014

Apple reportedly plans to release two iPhones this year that will feature bigger screens. The Wall Street Journal says that Apple will unveil an iPhone with a screen size bigger than 4.5 inches, and another one that features a screen bigger than 5 inches. The Journal report cites people with knowledge of the company’s plans. The […]

January 23, 2014

So, ladies, what’s in your purse? Makeup? Check. Sunglasses? Ditto. Smartphone?  Gotta have it. How about a smartphone charger? Definitely, if you have a Mighty Purse. The Mighty Purse is made of quality leather, comes in a number of colors and — this the functional, mobile-tech part — has a hidden self-contained battery source attached […]