Sure, your smartphone has a camera. It takes awesome 8-megapixel photos that you can upload to Instagram or Facebook where they’re tagged, liked, and commented upon. But everybody’s phone does that stuff. To truly stand out and claim your own hill on the island of photo-nerd coolness, you need one of these miniature cameras. Tools … Continued
LG’s Optimus LTE gets NFC variant, wants to be known as Optimus LTE Tag
The original Optimus LTE caught our eye with its 4.5-inch AH-IPS display, but now LG is throwing something different into the mix: a lower-specced version that does away with that lovely 326ppi display and then attempts to make up for it with the addition of NFC. This lets the handset communicate with “special stickers” that … Continued
7-inch Eden Tab launches in Japan this weekend, could become the Xiaomi tablet
For those who’ve been keeping an eye on Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, you should already know that after the Xiaomi Phone’s successful launches (most recently in collaboration with China Telecom), the man’s been pondering over whether the Chinese tablet market is worth tapping into. Funnily enough, it turned out that during CES, Kingsoft’s Japanese subsidiary … Continued
Latitude Leaderboard: Does Google Want to Be the New Foursquare?
Google is expanding its reach across social media — first with Google+, now with Leaderboard, a new feature allowing users to earn points for checking in to a location via Google Latitude. Last week, Google launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android, equipped with the new feature similar to Foursquare. The company hasn’t … Continued
20+ Online Networking Opportunities for Job Seekers
Mona Abdel-Halim is the co-founder of Resunate.com, the world’s only resume builder to score and tailor your resume for every job. You can find Mona and Resunate on Facebook and Twitter. Social networking for career enrichment is on the rise. With online networking, you have access to more professionals — and will inevitably make faster … Continued
Georgia Tech researchers turn an iPhone into a Braille writer with BrailleTouch app
It wasn’t all that long ago that we saw a student turn a tablet into a Braille writer, and now some researchers from Georgia Tech have done the same thing for smaller touchscreens, too. The Yellow Jackets produced a prototype app, called BrailleTouch, that has six keys to input letters using the Braille writing system … Continued
Does your browser feed the cookie monster–or starve it?
by Seth Rosenblatt February 18, 2012 4:00 AM PST Not all tracking cookies are created equal, and as Google just reminded us, neither are the ways in which your browser handles them. Here’s what the five major browsers do for your cookie ‘problem’. Firefox’s Privacy options. (Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) Google’s latest public display … Continued
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 flexes its imaging muscle (video)
While we already know that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 will offer a quad-core variant, incorporate LTE and use a 28nm manufacturing process, the company posted an article to its media blog ahead of Mobile World Congress showcasing the new features provided by the chipset’s Image Signal Processor. You’re likely familiar with some of the imaging functionality … Continued









