Today’s Tech Sightings: Intel Readying Charging Without Wires for Laptops Intel is looking to kill cabled charging with a new system to recharge laptops without a single wire in sight. The product is expected to launch sometime next year. The Case That Has Microsoft, Apple and Amazon Agreeing for Once Microsoft has lost two bouts […]
Intel Wireless Charging; Wikipedia; Android Malware; D&D
Posted September 2nd, 2015 at 3:56 pm (UTC-5)
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IFA 2015; Shifu; Windows’ Spying Tools; Adobe Flash
Posted September 1st, 2015 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Tech’s Biggest Names Descend on Berlin for IFA 2015 The Germany-based consumer electronics show, IFA is coming up this September 4, with participation from some of technology’s biggest brands. The show will feature an array of wearable technology and smart devices, large screens, virtual reality gadgets and a whole lot more. Here’s […]
Cuba on the Web; Indonesia’s Poaching Games; Mobile Addicts
Posted August 27th, 2015 at 3:04 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Cuba’s Internet Dilemma: How to Emerge From Web’s Stone Age Cuba is finding its way to the Internet highway the rest of the world has been using, albeit very slowly. The challenge now is for the country to embrace the Internet as a vital tool for business and commerce and a host […]
Internet.org in Kenya; Intel; GitHub; YouTube Takes on Twitch
Posted August 26th, 2015 at 3:02 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Internet.org Seeks Ties With Kenyan Telcos Facebook’s Internet.org has been in touch with several of Kenya’s telecommunications companies for partnerships that could benefit the country, as part of its efforts to connect remote parts of the world to the Internet. How Intel’s Future Goes Way Beyond the PC As the PC market […]
Superhero Robotics; Linux; China’s Gaming Vernacular
Posted August 25th, 2015 at 5:02 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Superhero-Inpsired Robotic Hand Wins UK Dyson Award British inventor Joel Gibbard of Open Bionics has won the UK’s James Dyson Award for creating low-cost robotic hands inspired by comic superheroes. The idea was to create prosthetics for amputees, which they would not be afraid to show off. Crash-Proof Computers Could Be On […]
Kim Jong Un; China Mobile Banking; Android’s ALPs; Privacy
Posted August 20th, 2015 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Kim Jong Un Has His Own Cellular Network According to a former technical director at North Korea’s cellular network Koryolink, Kim Jong Un and other high-ranking officials have their own private cellular network to secure their communications. The 3G network, according to the source, has its own algorithms and operating system. Many Apps […]
Hawking’s Voice; Google in Africa; Bitcoin Split?
Posted August 18th, 2015 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Stephen Hawking’s Voice Now Available as Open Source Software Intel is making astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s distinctive voice available to the public for free. The technology developed for Hawking, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is called the Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT). Intel will now make the source code open for people to […]
Facebook; HTC; Windows 10 Privacy; the Cult of Apple
Posted August 13th, 2015 at 3:07 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Axes Internship for Student Who Exposed Location Flaw Facebook did not appreciate an app created by enterprising Harvard student Aran Khanna that exploited a privacy flaw in Facebook’s Messenger. The flaw allowed Messenger to automatically share the location of users whenever they chatted. The plugin Khanna created allowed buddies to see […]
Tech in Ghana; IoT Privacy; Mobile Churn; Lenovo
Posted August 12th, 2015 at 3:06 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Simple Technology Offers Rural Ghana Communities Powerful Communications In Suke, a remote village in northern Ghana, American entrepreneur Cliff Schmidt and local technologist Andy Bayor have found a way to help communities access services not provided locally. Equipped with Talking Book devices, villagers can access agricultural content, health and social messages for […]
Sundar Pichai; Alphabet; IoT Security; Microsoft’s Funny AI
Posted August 11th, 2015 at 3:51 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Who Is Sundar Pichai, Google’s New CEO? Out of the blue, Google announced Monday that it is restructuring. The Google you know will now be a subsidiary lead by a new CEO – Sundar Pichai. The new parent company is called Alphabet. Pichai has been with Google for the past 11 years. […]