As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.
- Slipstream: Legislation Would Regulate Tracking of Cellphone Users
A Senate bill would require phone users’ consent for location recording, which would give people more control over their digital footprints.
- Digital Chinese caves preserve history
Recreating ancient Chinese historical sites in 3D
- Tech firms ready for CES 2013 frenzy
Tech firms gear up for the CES showcase in Vegas
- Windows laptop sales sink — but that’s just part of the problem
Windows 8 laptop sales are hardly on fire. Maybe the absence of the dirt-cheap netbook has something to do with that.
- Google ‘Now Praises The iPad’?!
In a hilarious quirk that may have gone almost undetected for months, Google’s text-to-speech engine often ends sentences with the peculiar phrase “he now praises…
- Novelties: Pilot Plant in the Works for Carbon Dioxide Cleansing
A Canadian company plans to build a pilot plant to determine whether removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere can be cost-effective.
- Steve Rosenbaum: Looking at the Web From a World Away
Traveling outside of the U.S., you quickly get a sense of just how much the Internet has changed how we gather and validate information. Our access to information, and how we use crowd knowledge has changed dramatically in a few short years.
- The 9 Most Popular Viral Videos Of The Week
If you’re looking to see the most popular YouTube videos of the week, look no further. Once again, we’re bringing you the week’s most-watched videos,…
- Crowdfunding for Small Business Is Still an Unclear Path
For new businesses, the regulatory path to crowdfunding — Internet-based financing that involves ordinary investors — is still far from clear.
- Europe Isn’t Going To Be Peer Pressured By U.S. Decision On Google
(Reuters) – A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the…
- Chris Hadfield Chats With Students From Space
A group of eager students from Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S. were excited to be going to school on a Saturday. They…
- Driverless Cars, Connected Homes And Everything Between Will Be On Display In Vegas
By Noel Randewich and Sinead Carew SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – At the world’s largest technology conference that kicks off on Monday, the most intriguing…
- WOW: What Mars Might Look Like With Water
The Red Planet re-imagined as the Blue Planet? A New Hampshire software engineer endeavored to do just that by creating a series of stunning renderings…
- Football Players’ Rape Case Spurs Website As Outrage Mounts
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities investigating rape accusations against two high school football players in eastern Ohio launched a website Saturday as interest in the case…
- Peter Scheer: Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason — Right Reason: Google Search Results Are Free Speech
First Amendment considerations should have stopped the FTC’s investigation at the outset. That freedom-of-speech is never mentioned in the agency’s statement is, well, bizarre.
- Report: Iran Building Software To Control Social Networking Sites
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites. Gen. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam was quoted…
- Andy Plesser: CES Preview: Super HD "4K" TV’s on the Horizon, GroupM’s Irwin Gotlieb
Consumers can expect to find 80-inch TVs for less than $3000 in retail stores in the next few years, says Irwin Gotlieb, chairman of global…
- Andy Plesser: Starcom’s Amanda Richman on CES and a "Big Year for Digital Video"
Digital video is poised for a "big year" says Amanda Richman, President of Activation and Investment at the giant global media agency Starcom, in…
- Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages
A new technique embeds secret data in the silent gaps between words during a Skype call, making it very hard to detect
