Phonebloks – A smartphone that’s truly customizable Upgrade, modify and repair your phone block by block – Lego style Everyone is talking about the latest iPhone with fingerprint sensor, Xperia with a stunning 20.7 megapixel camera and Note phablet with a 5.7 inch Full HD 1080p Super Amoled display. What if there is a smartphone Continue reading “Phonebloks, designing your own smartphone”
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Nissan unveils Nismo concept smartwatch, connects car and driver
Nissan Nismo Concept Smartwatch The smartwatch to unit car and driver, to enhance their driving experience and Nismo ownership Nissan would be the first car maker to introduce a smartwatch. Announced before the Frankfurt Motor Show 2013, Nissan said the idea is to monitor driver performance and efficiency of the vehicle. The bangle like device Continue reading “Nissan unveils Nismo concept smartwatch, connects car and driver”
How to check who viewed your Facebook profile app
How to check who viewed your Facebook profile app Most Facebook users would like to know who viewed their Facebook profile, and for how many times their Facebook profile is viewed. This info is searched by thousands daily and the very keyword appeared in search engines millions of time. With such high demand, those Continue reading “How to check who viewed your Facebook profile app”
SolidRun’s $45 CuBox-i tiny PC runs Android or Linux
CuBox-i tiny PC from SolidRun A variety of open source platforms in the form of a tiny PC. Tiny PC has a place in the modding community, like the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone are gaining fans, but one that runs Android and Linux is pretty impressive and outright unique. It’s been two years since SolidRun release Continue reading “SolidRun’s $45 CuBox-i tiny PC runs Android or Linux”
Hesperbot trojan siphons money from Bank accounts in Europe and Asia
Hesperbot trojan Hesperbot trojan sending phishing emails to obtain login credentials Security firm ESET has reported the discovery of a new and sophisticated banking trojan targeting the online banking users in Europe and Asia. The potent banking trojan, known as Hesperbot is detected as Win32/Spy.Hesperbot has features such as keylogging, video capture and setting up Continue reading “Hesperbot trojan siphons money from Bank accounts in Europe and Asia”
Wristband to unlock devices with your heartbeat – Nymi
We have to deal with passwords everyday, to unlock devices, websites, emails and services. Bionym unveiled a wristband which can identify the user from the heartbeat alone. Dr Karl Martin, the chief executive of Bionym developed a wristband called the Nymi that measures the electrical activity generated by the heart through electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors. ECG is completely unique Continue reading “Wristband to unlock devices with your heartbeat – Nymi”
Pressy is here, the Almighty Android button
Within a day, Pressy managed to surpass it’s kickstarter goal of $40,000. It brings back simplicity to your smartphone, with a single click to toggle flashlight or double click to snap a photo and upload it straight to a social network. Pressy is a tiny physical button that fits into the headphone jack. With the Continue reading “Pressy is here, the Almighty Android button”
Java 6 vulnerable to zero-day exploit
The vulnerability of Java 6 has been the target for hackers recently, exploiting a bug in the platform and has been added to the commercially available Neutrino exploit kit. Qualys chief technology officer Wolfgang Kandek said the use of Java 6 is still prevalent, opening up a significant number of users to the threat. F-Secure senior analyst Timo Hirvonen Continue reading “Java 6 vulnerable to zero-day exploit”
China hit by largest ever DDOS attack
Early Sunday morning, China was hit by the largest distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack in it’s history. The attack began at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, followed by a more intense attack at 4 a.m. It lasted up to four hours, disrupted China’s internet service and left many sites with the .cn extension down. Continue reading “China hit by largest ever DDOS attack”
Minuum Keyboard : Next-gen of typing
After a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, Whirlscape is finally making its Minuum Keyboard available to the public. At the moment, Minuum Keyboard is only offered to Android operating system. Minuum threw away the standard three-row QWERTY keyboard and came up with a single-line keyboard, while keeping the same general order of QWERTY, minimizing the need to re-learn how to Continue reading “Minuum Keyboard : Next-gen of typing”