Google Apps users, take notice: Gmail and Google Calendar will start working together, with Gmail automatically adding travel-related events to your schedule, the company announced Tuesday. … [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin Developing U-2 Spy Plane Successor
Lockheed Martin is developing a successor to the U.S. military’s legendary U-2 surveillance plane, according to a media report. Flightglobal reports that Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, better known as Skunk Works, is planning a new version of the U-2. … [Read more...]
Pricing and Ship Dates Set for Samsung Tab S2 Tablets
Samsung's new Tab S2 tablet is thinner and lighter than its key rival, the Apple iPad Air 2, and now it’s ready to engage in battle in the U.S. market. On Wednesday, Samsung announced pricing and availability for the 9.7-inch and 8.0-inch tablets. … [Read more...]
Best Buy Will Now Bring Apple Watch to All Stores
Best Buy is increasing the distribution of the Apple Watch in its stores after seeing strong demand for the wearable just weeks after the chain began carrying it, according to Fortune. The electronics chain initially said the device would be available in just 300 stores by the holiday season. … [Read more...]
Transform Any Bicycle into a Smartphone-powered Smart Vehicle
Amid the rush to create new modes of transportation and launching apps to augment existing modes of transport, an opportunity to enhance a simple yet efficient vehicle, the bicycle, has mostly been missing — until now. … [Read more...]
Amazon’s Prime Now Brings 1-hour Delivery to Seattle
Amazon announced Tuesday that it has expanded its one-hour delivery service to Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland. Prime Now is a benefit available through the mobile app exclusively for Prime members. It offers free two-hour delivery in addition to one-hour delivery for $7.99. … [Read more...]
Cortana Freed from Windows 10, Now in Standalone Android App
You no longer need to use Windows to take advantage of Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft released an early version of Cortana on Google Play Monday, the first time the app has been available to all Android users. … [Read more...]
Verizon’s Hum Will Make Your Dumb Car Smart
With your cellphone, you upgrade every year or two when your device becomes obsolete. With a car, that's a little bit trickier. Older cars don't get to enjoy the latest in connected tech that new ones do, and upgrading is incredibly expensive. … [Read more...]
Superhero-inpsired Robotic Hand Wins UK Dyson Award
A British inventor who is creating low-cost, advanced robotic hands that are inspired by superheroes and comic books has won the UK round of the James Dyson Award. Bristol-born Joel Gibbard of Open Bionics set out to make low-cost robotic hands that amputees would want to show off after he became terrified as a teenager about what would happen if he one day lost a hand. … [Read more...]
Olympus’ Mirrorless Digital Camera Looks Like a Film Camera
The OM-D E-M10 Mark II is Olympus doing what it does best: Keep pushing the mirrorless camera envelope with design and practical features. As the entry-level model in the OM-D family (the E-M5 is for intermediates and E-M1 for serious pros), the E-M10 series is aimed photographers who want to ditch their bulky DSLR as well as beginner photographers who want to graduate from … [Read more...]