The next generation of wearables could be powered by an unlikely energy source: you. Two new devices that fit inside the sole of your shoe can harvest energy from your movements as you walk or run, and then use that energy to power sensors and…

Apple’s pick for the best app of 2014 is Elevate, which promises to strengthen your brain through daily games on your smartphone.Elevate, which launched in the App Store, has been downloaded over 5 million times. Elevate CEO Jesse Pickard says he’s “beyond thrilled and…

Indian smartphone brand Xolo from Lava International has launched a new series with its Omega 5.5 smartphone, offering a 5.5-inch HD display, octa-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear camera and 2,600mAh battery at a pocket-friendly price of Rs 9,999. Sounds great, right? Except that if…

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has met with Xiaomi and Lenovo in China, where it’s speculated he may have discussed future partnerships to help spur growth. News of the meetings comes shortly after Chen dismissed the idea of signing up celebrities to endorse its products, following…

Some of the most enticing Apple Black Friday deals will come on Apple’s newest iPad Air.Big box retailer Best Buy will offer $100 off “on all iPad Air 2” models on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.That will bring the $499 Wi-Fi model…

What if you could swallow a pill that regularly sweeps your bloodstream for diseases at their earliest points of development, warning you of cancer or a heart attack? Researchers at the semi-secretive Google X, a branch of Google a half-mile from its headquarters in Mountain…

A 31-year-old enlisted service member who recently checked himself into the US Navy’s Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program for alcohol addiction began suffering an entirely unexpected withdrawal during the 35-day program.It turns out that when the program stripped him of Google Glass, which he'd been…

Samsung SDI, the mega-corporation’s division dedicated to all things energy and battery related, has shown off a thin, rollable, and bendable battery during the InterBattery 2014 convention in South Korea. It’s calling it the world’s first truly flexible battery, and claim it’s so versatile, it…

The vast haul of Snapchat images obtained by hackers in a breach discovered last week should serve as a massive wake-up call to consumers, warns an expert, noting that users may have been lulled into a false sense of security.“More clearly needs to be…

A bug found in one of the flagship features of iOS 8 put the dampeners on the launch of the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system on Wednesday.The company has made much of HealthKit and the associated health and fitness features behind its…