Month: May 2014

The iPro Lens Trio Kit includes three smartphone add-on lenses, but it costs as much as a camera. You can buy the lenses separately if you’re put off by the sticker price. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

OTC Markets Group is the dominant company behind the over-the-counter market in the United States. Read the original post by Seeking Alpha

IBM cloud-based software enables business users to apply advanced analytics to big data without the help of a data scientist. Read the original post by Julie Drummond

Android has intents as a way to request an action from another app. Windows Phone has contracts and extensions to declare supported interactions. Apple added inter-app communication in iOS 7, but only for audio. That’s why more pervasive inter-app communications remains one of the most requested features for iOS 8. […] Read the original post…

Apple says an iCloud breach is not to blame for the recent spate of iOS devices held hostage by malicious actors via Apple’s Find My iPhone service. Many users in Australia and several other countries have reported being locked out of their iDevices by a third party who demanded $100 […] Read the original post…

The company’s new BCM59350 power charging device lets consumers use any charging standard for their devices. Read the original post by Jason

Apple reportedly is close to inking a deal with Beats Electronics for $3 billion, an acquisition that Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty believes is important if Apple wants to further monetize its 800 million iTunes user base and boost revenue in its increasingly important online services division. Apple’s […] Read the original post by Kelly…

Budget U.S. airliner Southwest Airlines has added mobile boarding passes to their mobile apps on Android and iOS. The update brings functionality to Southwest’s app that competing carriers have offered for some time: just load up your boarding pass code on your smartphone and scan it on your way through […] Read the original post…

The Leap Motion Controller is a gadget that lets you interact with your Mac or PC using hand and finger motions in the air, instead of touching a screen, keyboard, mouse or trackpad. Up until now it’s been an occasionally annoying novelty, thanks to less-than-accurate motion tracking and other issues. […] Read the original post…

Apple news doesn’t fall far from the tree, which makes it easy to round up some of the most prominent stories this Wednesday. iCloud not compromised in Apple ID attack: Apple Apple’s responded to this week’s reports of phones being held hostage via the Find My iPhone service; the company says this […] Read the…

The Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter lets you connect your own headphones or headset to your Xbox One gamepad. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Iogear GWAVR adds both Miracast and WiDi streaming to any HDTV. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Big, established venture capital firms dominate the headlines in the startup investing world, but the proliferation of small, new funds is keeping it fresh. Read the original post by Wall Street Journal

Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It’s impossible to keep up with them all, but it’s not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we’ve got social media tool updates, a new version […] Read the original post…

Your smartphone’s camera is pretty incredible, but its limited in what it can do. Wide angle shots and close-ups leave much to be desired, and the digital zoom captures a pixelated version of what you see. Give your stock camera a huge enhancement with this three-piece lens set and you’ll […] Read the original post…