Research In Motion (RIM) today announced two new smartphones featuring the BlackBerry 7 OS. These two phones are the BlackBerry Bold 9790 (pictured above) and BlackBerry Curve 9380. According to RIM these two new smartphones feature slim and stylish designs with the compact and more powerful Bold 9790 sporting a 1GHz processor, 8GB of onboard more »

Amazon just won’t stop picking on physical stores. The rise in Kindle books did its fair share of damage at bookstores (Borders for example), and its prices are starting to rival that of department stores. This is especially true if you’re an Amazon Prime member and get free two-day shipping. Today, a new Amazon-powered app called Flow was released in the Apple App Store. Think of it as your guide to finding a better deal when you’re shopping this holiday season and beyond.

Amazing. That’s pretty much the easiest way to describe what Quest Visual has accomplished with their new iOS app Word Lens. The video below shows off just how cool and effortless translating text in augmented reality – that’s right – the text is replaced in near real time. The app is currently free but Spanish more »

San Diego Comic-Con 2009 is kicking off and Mattel is introducing a new set of toys based on the movie “Avatar” that brings augmented reality to kids. Here’s how this works: each toy (vehicle, action figure, etc.) has a 3-D tag which can be scanned using a webcam. Then the computer will display info about more »