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Can your mobile phone become a replacement for manually typing in a password? That’s the promise of a new application called Knock, which launched on Tuesday, which uses an iPhone paired with a Mac desktop or laptop computer to log you in to your locked machine. The system takes advantage of the newer low-energy Bluetooth Continue Reading →

Nokia’s Lumia 1520 looks set for a release on AT&T next week. The Microsoft Store is now accepting pre-orders with a release date of November 15th for $199 on contract. Following similar deals for the Lumia 900, 920, and 1020, AT&T is the exclusive carrier for Nokia’s latest Lumia 1520 Windows Phone. The 6-inch handset Continue Reading →

Los Angeles is about to unleash one of the most ambitious city-led broadband projects to date, with the goal of bringing fiber to all of its 3.5 million residents and all businesses. Next month, the city plans to issue an RFP (request for proposals) “that would require fiber to be run to every residence, every Continue Reading →

When Intel recently predicted $99 tablets for the upcoming holiday season, it must have forgotten last year’s deals. Those included a $49 7-inch Android tablet Black Friday special from Walmart, not to mention a $69 one from OfficeMax. A year later, such deals look like they’re coming back. Walmart already has some pre-Black Friday online Continue Reading →

It’s time to start getting used to discussing WQHD resolution, or 2560 x 1440 pixels, in relation to smartphones. Samsung’s Analyst Day gathering today shed some light on the company’s future plans, and the display category was highlighted by the promise of 560ppi AMOLED panels for phones. Combine that with the 1440p resolution and you Continue Reading →

Microsoft again put the scare into Windows XP users, telling them that after April 8, 2014, the chance that malware will infect their PCs could jump by two-thirds. The claim, made by Tim Rains, director of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, came on the heels of the release of the company’s twice-annual Security Intelligence Report. Following Continue Reading →

Is this the end for Hints From Heloise? No, the nationally syndicated household-hints column is still up and running. But I imagine that after Tuesday, it’ll have a bit more competition. That’s because Google launched its Helpouts service this week: The initiative aims to bring live video tutorials, instructions and services to users via the Continue Reading →

I go to see a lot of movies in theaters. I’ve seen 28 different movies in theaters since the start of August. That’s a lot of movies to see in theaters in a short amount of time, but I chose the August 1 cutoff for a specific reason: It was the first day I was Continue Reading →

Longtime Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn is currently testing a new, large-format iPad with the purportedly king-sized device slated to debut next spring, according to a new report out of Mainland China. The tablet would sport a display diagonal of either 11.4 or 12.9 inches and is in an advanced stage of testing, according to Chinese Continue Reading →

Four days after fashion designer Michael Kors became the first brand to run ads on Instagram, Nitrogram, a company specializing in analytics for Instagram, has taken a peek behind some of the key metrics of the inaugural campaign. Just to recap, Instagram revealed it would begin offering sponsored posts in its app last month, before Continue Reading →