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A senior executive at Skype has confirmed to BBC News that the company is developing 3D video calls, though he warned it could be many years before the technology is widely available for consumers. Microsoft’s corporate vice-president for Skype, Mark Gillett, told the BBC that Skype has carried out work in the labs related to Continue Reading →

Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5S and all new iPhone 5C smartphones will likely launch on Friday, September 20th. An earlier report from Nikkei pointed to the 20th as Apple’s target launch date in Japan, which was among the company’s initial launch markets alongside the United States last year when the iPhone 5 debuted. Now, TmoNews reports Continue Reading →

The day you’ve been waiting for is finally here. You can now post GIFs on Facebook thanks to a workaround from Giphy. Basically, Giphy (a search engine for GIFs), created a code that makes GIFs actually loop on Facebook. It works simply like posting a link to a video. Either copy paste the URL of Continue Reading →

Just about everyone knows that sending texts while driving is an incredibly bad idea, but a New Jersey court has just decided that not only drivers should be held liable for texting-related accidents. According to a just-released opinion from a New Jersey court of appeals, someone who sends a text message to another person can Continue Reading →

As if selecting a wireless router isn’t daunting enough, there are now 802.11ac routers on the market to choose from. 802.11ac is the latest 802.11x wireless networking standard designed to provide faster wireless signal throughput and reliability. While the technology will take a while to mature before we see 802.11ac products with performance anywhere near Continue Reading →

If you think you’ve watched everything Netflix has to offer, think again. Netflix recently released a major overhaul to its Instant Queue, the place you can save everything you want to watch later. The Instant Queue is now called “My List,” and it’s designed to help you quickly find the next show or movie you Continue Reading →

Amazon is taking a fight over sales tax in the state of New York to the U.S. Supreme Court. Exactly why is a little unclear. The online retailer on Friday filed documents to appeal the issue to the nation’s highest court, arguing that Amazon customers shouldn’t be subject to sales tax in New York because Continue Reading →

  I recently wrote about the decline in what used to be called privacy. The definition of privacy is mutable, ever-changing. What was considered private 100 years ago, even 20 years ago, is practically non-existent today. As I wrote in 2006, before the iPhone and all devices that have followed, “Technology Increases, Privacy Declines.” One Continue Reading →

E-reading company Kobo is releasing a new e-reader and three new tablets and launching a book discovery tool called “Beyond the Book,” the company announced at an event in New York Tuesday evening. It’s also partnering with read-it-later service Pocket and plans to launch a children’s digital bookstore and a digital newsstand this fall. The Continue Reading →

The cheapest unlocked stock Android phone you could buy just got even cheaper: Google has dropped the price of the Nexus 4 8GB to $199 (£159) from $299 (£239), and the 16GB model to $249 (£199) from $349 (£279). It’s fast approaching the anniversary date of the latest Google phone, so the timing is about Continue Reading →