Forrester Finds That Despite The Tablet Invasion Of The Workplace, Workers Would Prefer A Keyboard, Too

Tablets! They’re everywhere you look, and fast replacing PCs, which are suffering dwindling sales. But just because tablets are rising in popularity doesn’t mean enterprise IT departments should go all-in on touch based interfaces. A new Forrester report suggests that people want keyboards with their tablets, however, which makes sense because...

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YC-Backed Amulyte Is Building A Better Lifeline For Seniors On The Move

Commercial catchphrases like “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” have become the stuff of legend, but it’s not funny when one of your grandparents have been in that same situation.University of Waterloo alumni Jaclyn Konzelmann and Perry Haldenby have been there with their own grandparents, and after discovering that most senior monitoring systems...

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ShopAdvisor Closes $5M Funding Round As It Grows Roster Of Magazines Using Its Comparison-Shopping Tech

ShopAdvisor has closed a $5 million investment round led by Pittco Capital Partners, with participation from Seavest Capital, Rationalwave Capital Partners, and the Boston-based investors Rob Soni and Bob Davoli. The company, which originally launched as an app to help consumers remember and shop for products later, has moved in a B2B direction...

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Canvsly Rewards Parents For Saving Photos Of Their Kids’ Art

A new mobile app for iPhone called Canvsly wants to encourage parents to photograph, save and share their children’s artwork by snapping pictures of it with their phone. Yes, just like direct competitor Artkive, which has caught the attention of more than a few mommy bloggers already. But this latest entrant has a slightly different take on the...

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Announcing Disrupt SF’s Startup Alley, Hardware Alley, And International Pavilion Companies

Startup Alley is the loud and boisterous marketplace of Disrupt. Young companies, huddled around cocktail tables demoing their wares, are vying for attention and a spot on the Disrupt stage. All of these startups are amazing and we invite you to visit this amazing group at Disrupt SF early next month. As in years past startups covering nearly...

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Startups Apparently Do Not Care That Android Is Better

In a must-read post for the tech industry, Twitter experience designer and serial startup founder Paul Stamatiou writes: “Android is Better.” His op-ed serves as something of a wake-up call for the industry, where developers building the next generation of mobile applications still heavily prefer the iPhone, not only as their personal smartphone...

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Beddit, The Sleep Sensor You Tape To Your Bed, Looks To Build Cloud App With Indiegogo Stretch Goal

Smart pedometers are just the beginning. Sensors of all kinds are emerging to track the way we move, what we do at home and the way we sleep. Last week, I wrote about a Helsinki-based company called Beddit that ran an Indiegogo campaign for a sleep sensor you attach to your bed. They say it is so sensitive, it can pick up a person’s heart-rate....

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Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson Departs As Company Shifts Focus From Content Creation To Curation

The CEO of Waywire — the startup co-founded by Newark mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker — is stepping down, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation comes as the company is in the midst of a strategic shift from content creation to content curation, according to a source familiar with the company’s strategy.Richardson was one of three founding...

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Moto X Moto Maker: How I Designed My Own Smartphone

“The Royal Blue looks tight.” “No, get the Crimson!” Those were some of the comments I heard from excited colleagues as I used Moto Maker, an online tool for designing your own version of the Moto X. Available exclusively to AT&T customers for now, you can choose from 18 back colors, 7 accent colors and 2 front colors. Then you can add an message...

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Apple iPhone 5S Fingerprint Scanner Allegedly Leaked

If you’re not already convinced that Apple’s next iPhone will come with a fingerprint scanner, a newly leaked set of photos will probably change your mind. Images of what claims to be the internal components of Apple’s iPhone 5S have appeared online, hinting that a fingerprint scanner could sit right near the home button.French blog Nowhereelse.fr,...

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Nokia Windows RT Tablet Could Launch in September

It was just yesterday that we heard rumblings of a possible Nokia Windows RT tablet coming out next month. Today, we’re hearing that the slate may be introduced by Nokia during a Sept. 26 event in New York. The tablet, which has yet to be confirmed, has also appeared in a leaked image sporting a Verizon Wireless and 4G LTE logos, indicating that...

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Motorola Skip Unlocks Your Moto X With Just a Tap

Google made it clear in January that it was dissatisfied with password authentication, as reports revealed that the search engine giant was working on new tech to replace traditional PINs. Now, we could be seeing the first product of that effort in the newly announced Motorola Skip for Moto X.Skip is a small thumb-sized clip that pairs with your...

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Moto X Release Date Slated for Aug. 23 on AT&T

AT&T has officially announced it will begin selling Motorola’s Moto X phone on Aug. 23 for $199 with a two-year contract. In addition to being the first of the Big Four carriers to offer the handset, AT&T will also have a short-term lock on Motorola’s Moto Maker customization service. Moto Maker allows users to completely customize the...

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Moms Use iPads, Singles Use iPhones, Study Finds

If you’re reading this story on an iOS device, you’re probably doing it on an iPad, sitting comfortably at home. Chances are you’re also a mom, pet owner or small business owner. Mobile data research firm Flurry tracked 44,295 iPhones and iPads in May and found that people with different lifestyles tended to favor different devices.Flurry developed...

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Deal of the Day: Sony Xperia Tablet Z with Free Headphones

Sponsored Content: Each day, LogicBuy brings you the hottest technology sales and coupons on the web. Whether you’re shopping for a new Ultrabook, looking to grab a new tablet or just want to see the biggest discounts online, we’ve got them 7 days a week.It’s finally Friday and we thought some killer deals would help get you ready for the weekend....

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Next Amazon Kindle Fire HD Specs May Include 2560 x 1600 Display

With the newly announced Google Nexus 7 and rumored Retina Display iPad Mini, it looks like Amazon may be stepping up its game. An allegedly leaked set of benchmark results for an unreleased Kindle Fire HD suggests Amazon will launch a slate with a 2560 x 1600-pixel resolution.The results refer to a tablet called “Amazon KFAPWA” with graphics powered...

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Apple iPad Mini vs. Google Nexus 7: What’s the Best Small Tablet?

Tablet shoppers are thinking small, with slates that measure less than 9 inches expected to account for more than 66 percent of sales this year. And if you want a tablet you can take anywhere, the iPad mini and Nexus 7 are the two leading options. The latest Nexus 7 from Google packs a class-leading 1920 x 1200-pixel display and dual speakers into...

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