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Samsung revealed a washer-dryer controlled by mobile devices, the latest “smart home” concept debuting at the CES. Samsung’s WF457 washer dryer has an embedded touchscreen on its face and offers an app so mobile devices can control the machine using a Wi-Fi Internet connection. Users can remotely choose a wash cycle and duration, pause the [...]
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CES 2012: Control Gameplay with Brain Waves
January 12th, 2012 
admin Haier, a Chinese electronics company, unveiled a video game controller that uses brain waves to control the action, with technology that may run televisions and more. The BrainWave, being shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, is an apparatus that hangs over the head with one extension that presses up against [...]
CES 2012: FCC Chief Urges Spectrum Auctions for More Airwaves
January 12th, 2012 admin Regulators are calling for incentive auctions of wireless spectrum, pushing a solution to ease the loom spectrum crunch for mobile devices. “The incentive auction needs to become law now,” said Federal Communications chief Julius Genachowski, speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday. “We’re going to get swamped by an ocean of demand [...]
CES 2012: Opportunities in Tech… for Women
January 12th, 2012 admin A powerhouse panel of the tech industry’s top women leaders discussed the small number of women in the field, touching on how and why tech businesses can benefit from more female employees. The panel discussion, sponsored and officiated by CNET at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, featured Google vice president Marissa Mayer, Flickr [...]
CES 2012: IPhone Sleep Clock for Better Rest
January 12th, 2012 admin An iPhone dock works as an alarm clock that helps users get the best sleep they can, joining other smartphone accessories to fix sleeping habits. Gear 4′s Renew Sleep Clock uses its sensor along with the iPhone to only wake up users when they are in a light sleep, assuring as little grogginess as possible. [...]
CES 2012: IPhone 5 to Support T-Mobile Network
January 12th, 2012 admin Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 will support T-Mobile’s network, giving the struggling fourth-place carrier an opportunity to gain ground on its competitors. T-Mobile’s chief technology officer Neville Ray at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week told CNET and several other sources the chipsets in the new iPhone 5 will support the Advanced Wireless [...]
CES 2012: Camera Makers Fight Back With Smart Devices
January 12th, 2012 admin Smartphones have all but destroyed the digital camera market, but camera makers are fighting back with a line of “smart cameras” that combine imaging with mobile technology. Polaroid and Samsung both unveiled new cameras at the Consumer Electronics Show this week that capture and share high-end digital images, something even the most expensive smartphones can’t [...]
CES 2012: Apple Checks Out Competition in Stealth Mode
January 12th, 2012 admin Apple doesn’t have a booth at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, but many of its employees are scouting the competition on the show floor. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has more than 250 employees registered for attendance at CES, including vice president Greg Joswiak, according to Paid Content’s Tom Krazit. Joswiak had his name badge cleverly [...]
CES 2012: RIM Pins Hopes on PlayBook 2 Software
January 12th, 2012 admin Research in Motion is hoping to lure developers with its PlayBook OS 2.0 software, helping it transition from a smartphone maker to a broader platform provider. The PlayBook platform’s key features will include a native calendar, e-mail, and contact apps. Owners in the first version had to tether a BlackBerry to their machines to get [...]
CES 2012: NFC Gets Edge in Mobile Payments Race
January 12th, 2012 admin Moneto, a service to make NFC-based payments with any smartphone, is strengthening NFC’s foothold in the mobile payment race. Many phones are not equipped with near-field communications chips, which proponents of alternate mobile payment systems, such as Square and PayPal, are counting on to hold back the technology from becoming a successful competitor. Moneto, a [...]
