Further proving there’s truth to the trope of German efficiency, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have engineered the world’s fastest wireless connection, pulling off transmission speeds that rival fiber-optics. Clocking in at an astounding 40gbit/s (which is about 5 GB a second, or 1,600 more »

So we’re fairly certain that the event LG has planned in New York City on May 1 is to reveal their newest updated flagship smartphone, the Optimus Pro G. In line with that speculation is a new leaked image of the alleged device, brought to us from Twitter account @evleaks. Here we have what looks more »

A report from the Next Web published on Monday points out that Google seems to be pushing their personalized life assistant widget, Now, deeper into the mainstream. And by doing so, they could be taking away the now-classic, simple Google.com home page — you know, the site with all the cool Google Doodles, the search more »

Comic strip publisher Universal Uclick has created a digital place on the internet for old-school readers who are avid for their Sunday newspaper cartoons. And now to further plant the print staple into the modern world, they’ve introduced their GoComics website to the mobile web sphere. Launching the GoComics application for iOS, Android and WP8, more »

You read that correctly, friends. Hoodie-weather is officially here in Philadelphia and we’re so excited, we can’t help it but to give stuff away. And this give-away is especially awesome — pay attention! Celebrating with us, the wonderful folks at Z!NG Revolution have so graciously provided us with some promo codes for free laptop skins more »

For some people, a cellphone is possibly the most intimate item in their lives. Understandably so, especially considering how much personal information we sift through them each day. Personal interests and private conversations, favorite applications, media, social networking and so much more; by adding ‘smart’ to the mobile phone, we’ve turned our portable, pocket-sized telephones more »

Though remaining “mysterious” about it, LG Mobile has recently been circulating invitations around the tech community, hyping guests up for an ‘unknown’ event. Although we have absolutely no clue as to what the Korean company could be announcing  (‘wink’), we’re thinking that this invite (seen below) is foreshadowing an introduction of a new product. Captioned more »

If you’re like us and are currently itching for a pair of Google Glass, hang in there, friend. We’re getting close to our special day (though it’s still undetermined as to which day that will be.) But for now, those 4,200 or so lucky #ifihadglass participants (or Glass Explorers as Google says) will be receiving more »

Four fresh-faced seniors at Carnegie Mellon University are trying to bring biometric scanning to a convenience store near you. Or, for now at least, to a convenience store near Carnegie Mellon. Start-up PayTango is slated to bring fingerprint purchasing to their founders’ home campus. It’s interesting to compare this venture with previous previous biometric point-of-sale more »

Do you hate super dry air? Or how dry air leaves your hands dry, mouth dry, skin dry and flaky? Everyone likely has come across these sensations a few times in the life, and some of us have to deal with it on a daily basis. This is why we have humidifiers, but one of more »