Davey Alba

Research In Motion, maker of the waning BlackBerry smartphone platform, has always had at least one big thing going for them: Businesses sang the praises of the company's first-rate security feature...

LAS VEGAS -- We've seen some remarkable uses of augmented reality before, like apps that do live translations of street signs (Word Lens) or apps that use your GPS to generate a map layer of constella...

Here's a category of apps that's good for work and play, a little like our best tablet games and 15 productivity apps lists, all meshed in one. With a solid news-gathering app, you can curate a feed o...

Online dating can be creepy, and that's just a fact. But Meexo—a new app selected as a finalist for the SXSW Accelerator Competition—wants to change that assumption. CEO and co-founder Romain Davi...

A gamified app turns everyday activities into a competition, either with yourself,  between  friends, or even among your co-workers. We've explained the trend to gamify everything, from workout go...

It's time to start thinking about replacing that Windows 8 Consumer Preview you installed a couple of months ago. Late Monday, at a Windows Developer Days event in Japan, Windows unit President Steve...

Upgrading to iOS 5 delivered a lot of powerful new capabilities to the iPhone and iPad, from Notification Center to iCloud. But these features can take a toll on battery life. There are plenty of othe...

Beginning May 16th, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is banning all international shipments with lithium ion batteries, including many electronics. If you've got a friend or relative who's been...

According to Digitimes, Intel has notified its hardware partners that the company will "fully release" its Thunderbolt I/O port technology in April 2012, with several major PC manufacturers alre...

Unless you want to be wedded to 802.11n's megabit pace forever, you might want to consider switching over to 802.11ac-enabled tech to suit that gigabit pipe you plan on installing in your home. On tha...

Here's some interesting new intelligence about iOS 6 from 9to5Mac. According to the site's (trusted) sources, Apple plans to debut an "incredible headline feature" for the next iteration of the mobi...

LAS VEGAS — Whether you've got an affinity for watching cat videos on the Internet or you just like sharing short clips online, you've likely heard of Vimeo, the popular video sharing service. What ...

In a blog post this morning, Google announced that it has acquired QuickOffice, a productivity company whose premiere software suite (of the same name) lets users create, edit and view Microsoft Word,...

Despite some possible misconceptions, Heads-Up Display (HUD) technology isn't just fixed in the realm of army combat or gimmicky commercial tech (Google Glasses, anyone?). Apparently, it's involved in...

LAS VEGAS -- SpeechTrans, a multilingual language translation app, just launched a new service—IntreprePhone—at this year's CES. Available in-app on SpeechTrans, IntreprePhone allows folks w...

Apple’s App Store opened its doors on July 10, 2008, right before the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics. Now, four years later, you can watch the 2012 London Olympic Games right on your smartphone or tabl...

Right now, gesture control seems to be neither one of the most desired nor polished features offered in tech, especially among laptops. But PointGrab, principal purveyor of advanced hand gesture recog...

There’s nothing more frustrating than having your desk or bed be just outside the range of your Wi-Fi network. If you face this dilemma, try a cookie sheet. It can extend your Wi-Fi reach by redirec...

Remember Color, that photo-sharing app that garnered heaps of attention for securing $41 million in venture capital funding pre-launch, only to quickly descend into obscurity once it were live in the ...

Remember Clik, that cool little app that let you throw video onto any screen with a browser? Well, they're here at SXSW, exclusively demoing three new apps for attendees — CrowdTube, Tracks and Ethe...

There are times when accessories-makers sacrifice durability for design, or vice versa. But Bracketron's new MetalDock for the iPhone 4 and 4S proves this isn't always the case. Revealed this week at ...

AllThingsD just reported that Jon Rubinstein, ex-Apple executive and former Palm CEO, has left HP. The move isn't entirely unexpected, given that Rubinstein left HP's Palm unit last summer to take on...

Typically, a 100% figure on your battery indicator means it's time to pull the plug. But this may not be true for your new iPad, according to new research by Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technol...

These days, messaging apps are a dime a dozen, and word of any new releases is sure to induce some groans and questions. So is it even possible to distinguish oneself from the gaggle of text apps avai...

In the day and age, owning multiple cards--credit, debit, loyalty, et al.--is just a given. What's really inconvenient is having to bring them everywhere all the time and risk losing one or two of the...