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Are you are saving your pennies to get a sink at Lowe’s for that bathroom redo your spouse has wanted for quite a while?  How about a new dishwasher from Sear’s, or perhaps a Carnival Cruise? Well, you can say bye-bye to your piggy bank with the Seashells app, an...

Samsung recently filed a patent application for a smartwatch that can project a display onto users' hand, a wall, or any nearby surface. The company’s filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describes a wearable device that comes with a feature that can...

If you've started to think twice about what you type into a search engine or whether you should hit that Wi-Fi hotspot, you're not alone. Literally. A new report reveals that almost half of Americans are deliberately curtailing their Internet use due to privacy...

Hyper-convergence (hyperconvergence) is a type of infrastructure system with a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources and other technologies from scratch in a commodity hardware box supported by...

The vast majority of smartphones around the world are Android devices, but few of them are what you’d call modern. Way back in October 2015, Google officially released Android Marshmallow, the latest version of its smartphone and tablet operating system. It’s packed...

What you need to know to speak intelligently on Blockchains and their growing importance, particularly in financial enterprises Known by many as the technology underpinning the bitcoin digital currency, blockchain has acquired a new identity in the enterprise. At a...

Marty Cooper, who built the first handheld cell phone, says his invention has a glaring flaw: You have to keep charging its battery. "Keeping your phone charger around is a real annoyance," Cooper told CNNMoney in an interview. "And I think it's going to be an...

The Internet of Things market (IoT) is starting to have an impact in businesses across the US, but not necessarily in the ways many have predicted. A recently-completed survey of 620 professionals involved with IoT within their respective organizations, conducted by...

Scientists have developed a tool to accurately measure lung function through a simple phone call. According to Shwetak Patel, Washington Research Foundation Endowed Professor of Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of...

Sony has filed a patent for a contact lens that will allow users to record and play back video images. The proposed design would build on both contact lens and smartphone technology, and will be controlled by the user blinking. The US patent application reads as...

While the threat from ISIS-inspired cyber-attacks is a high concern, especially in light of the formation of a new United Cyber Caliphate composed of previously disparate pro-ISIS hacking collectives, these hacking groups still operate unofficially, remain poorly...

Almost any ATM in the world can be illegally accessed and jackpotted with or without the help of malware. According to research conducted by Kaspersky Lab experts, the widespread use of outdated and insecure software, mistakes in network configuration and a lack of...