As neat as they are, the Lytro camera's re-focusing tricks aren't going to convince most of us to replace our highly pocketable cameraphones. So a California company called DigitalOptics has found a way to give us the best of both worlds with a new ultra-thin sensor that promises Lytro-like tricks. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"It combine them all into a single image so you can get every focal point between the focuses too, I think. If not, you have a point." More »
Relying on your tablet's on-screen keyboard saves you from having to carry clunky accessories, but it also gobbles up a good chunk of usable screen real estate. So Fujitsu researchers are working on a happy medium that uses the tablet's camera to track your finger movements on a desk, as if you were typing away on an invisible keyboard. Read More >>
Featured comment by resis:
"Hang on, how do you know where your fingers are in relation to the keyboard? By looking at the picture on the screen... which uses up as much space as..." More »
If you had to guess how many files people were adding to Dropbox on a daily basis what would you guess? A million? Five million? Nope. It's a freaking billion. Read More >>
According to Evleaks, on UnwiredView, this is a render from a start-up video for the much-rumoured HTC M7. The new flagship will apparently pack a 4.7-inch 1080p screen, along with a 1.7GHz quad-core chip backed by 2GB of RAM and LTE. If it ends up looking anything like the render with those specs, HTC might have a winner on its hands here. Read More >>
Featured comment by dgcorp:
"I was always a big fan of HTC and would welcome a return to their phones (especially after my SGS3 just died completely with a case of Sudden Death Sy..." More »
Here's a curious one. Ifrumours are to be believed, LG's actually stopped producing Nexus 4s, and has turned manufacturing efforts to its incoming next-generation phones instead. Does Google have another Nexus right around the corner? Or has LG simply had enough of flogging hardware for next to nothing? Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"Thats quite possible since I don't think they're subsidising the prices for the carriers - I was under the impression they were only doing that for th..." More »