Those of us who are addicted to our smartphones often do things we know we shouldn’t do, such as checking our phones during dinner. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay has put together a handy list of 21 dos and don’ts for smartphone dinner tablet etiquette, and while not all of his suggestions will be adopted as cultural mores, some of them are definitely worth heeding.
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The Internet this week has been buzzing about the rise of Yo, the incomparably stupid new mobile app that has raised more than $1 million and whose sole purpose is to let you send a message that just reads “Yo” to your friends. In fact, Yo is such a flat-out brain-dead idea that it’s inspired iMore’s Derek Kessler to do the one thing no one should ever do with apps like these: Think about their broader implications for the future of the human race.
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Conan O’Brien took a slightly different approach to E3 coverage this year than we did at BGR. During his trip to E3, Conan took some time to see big titles like Sunset Overdrive, Forza and Entwined, but spent a majority of his visit harassing attendees, losing himself inside a virtual world and corralling everyone at Nintendo’s booth to watch him use his “fire rod” in Hyrule Warriors.
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If you were looking for glasses that are more obnoxious looking than Google Glass, we may have found just what you’re looking for. Spotted by Engadget at CNET Japan’s Live 2014 event, Matilde’s Fun’iki glasses light up the lenses in different colors to send you alerts about new notifications. The glasses can also emit a beep. But that’s not all. If you want to send a message in Morse code (who doesn’t?), you can type in the text into an app and the glasses will then flash accordingly. The glasses also feature different modes which light up for different environments, ranging from “disco” and “party” to “relax.”
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Star Wars fans who can’t wait for the latest movie in the saga to come out can test their own movie and story-telling skills with a new Disney app for iPad that lets users make their own Star Wars movies. Called Star Wars Scene Maker and available as a free download from the App Store, the app lets users create their own scenes, select their favorite characters, and even control the action and the dialogue before recording everything.
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Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps is not happy with the current state of U.S. broadband service under the watch of former top cable lobbyist and current FCC head Tom Wheeler. The longtime consumer advocate spoke on Wednesday during a meeting of internet industry executives and politicians in Washington D.C. and didn’t mince words when discussing the current state of broadband Internet service in the United States.
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Scanning documents and photos isn’t such a chore anymore, as mobile devices can now be turned into a portable scanners instantly with the help of a simple application. But people who want more from their scanners, and who happen to scan a lot of things on the go, should check out PocketScan, a new Kickstarter project that has already blown past its funding target.
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In case it wasn’t obvious that Apple is working on some sort of wearable device, now we have three newly revealed Apple patents that detail features for a wearable computer like the iWatch. The three patents, first noticed by Apple Insider, were all filed on December 14, 2012, and published on Thursday.
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Apple’s partnership with GT Advanced Technologies isn’t a secret anymore, with the latter expected to provide sapphire crystal to Apple for various purposes related to the company’s iPhone, iPad and iWatch production. And now it looks like GT will have two plants growing sapphire glass for Apple.
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We have to admit that we were surprised a bit by Thursday’s Reuters report claiming that Apple’s iWatch would feature a 2.5-inch display, which seems to be absolutely enormous for a smartwatch. There was at least one person who wasn’t surprised by the news, however: Lewis Dorigo, a frequent poster over at MacRumors’s forum, earlier this year predicted that the iWatch would have a similarly sized display and made up some concepts showing what iOS would look like on such a display.
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