The official Skype app for Android has been handed a useful update, with tablet users running Google's mobile operating system now able to enjoy picture-in-picture video calling capabilities. The new feature is somewhat based on the Snap View found in Windows 8.x, and will certainly enhance the general usability of Microsoft's popular chat service. Full details, as well as the download info, can be seen after the break.
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Privacy will always remain a major concern among mobile device owners, and with more and more apps seemingly requiring your location in order to function properly, it can be disconcerting to consider just how readily we give offer this information up. With theories of NSA tracking smartphone owners also serving as an unnerving afterthought, it stands to reason that some might wish to take action and thanks to the Scottevest Blackout Pocket, you can apparently stop yourself from being GPS pinpointed.
A short while ago, we checked out the incredibly cool - not a term I use lightly - smartphone-controlled paper airplane by the name of PowerUp 3.0. The concept was simple: make yourself a paper airplane, connect it to the precision-crafted hardware, and, using the app, fly it around for half an hour. With that product having raised over $600,000 (of a $50,000 goal) with many weeks still to go, another product has emerged to try to pique the interest of flight enthusiasts, and it's arguably even more exciting than the PowerUp 3.0.
We've been hearing a great deal about Apple's supposed smartwatch endeavors, with reports earlier on in the year suggesting that up to 100 members of staff had been assigned as a dedicated team tasked with building the foundations of the project. Some months on, and we're now hearing that the device, naturally suspected to be called the iWatch, will be making its way to the market later on next year, and will be the first piece of Apple hardware - unless another product arrives between now and then - to feature wireless charging.
Every year, Microsoft holds its BUILD conference, consisting of a series of workshops for developers as well as a few keynote speeches outlining upcoming products and releases. Next year, BUILD will be held from April 2nd to April 4th in San Francisco, the Redmond company has confirmed, and with talk already circulating about the next version of Windows and indeed, Windows Phone, the conference will certainly mark a significant couple of days in the tech calendar.
It's a sad fact of the fast-moving tech world that a device doesn't even need to have released nowadays before we deem it acceptable to begin talking about its eventual successor, and despite the iPhone 5s being lauded by many as the best thing since sliced bread, we've already heard reports of the next iPhone boasting a larger display. Until we have any solid evidence, though, everything we hear or see is more than likely the figment of somebody's imagination, and the concepts below, which are most certainly conjured from deep within the creative minds of one design agency, show us what a curved iPhone 6c, alongside an iPhone Air, may look like.
Google's Nexus 5 recently made its long-awaited début after the Nexus 4 had held the fort as the flagship Nexus smartphone for well over a year. As per the release before it, the Nexus 5 has provided many Android fans with powerhouse of a handset for a very reasonable price, but as with its predecessor, it's far from flawless. Thanks to these shortcomings, it had been rumored that the search giant will come through with a revised version of the handset very soon, and this now appears to be the case as the image below shows.
OS X has long since been the de facto, Apple-based alternative to Microsoft's domineering Windows, but despite becoming more popular over the past decade thanks to some innovative, MacBook-shaped hardware, it's fair to say that the Cupertino's desktop operating system now plays second fiddle to its very own iOS. Week after week we get to take a look at varied OS X concepts of what the next version of iOS might entail, but in something of a rare treat, and one designer has pieced together an idea for OS X 11. Check it out after the break!
Nintendo may be playing hard ball with regards to releasing and re-releasing titles on mobile devices outside its own DS portable console, but other celebrated gaming outfits have adapted their games rather nicely to the touch-screen. SEGA is one such company, and having already released several variations of games featuring the speedy, spiky character of Sonic, the remaster of the classic Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has just been readied for those on iOS and Android. Details, as well as the download link, can be seen after the fold.
The HTC One has definitely been this year's surprise package. With the Taiwanese company struggling to deal with the tidal wave of high-end Samsung handsets flooding the market, as well as Apple's iPhone, it was looking like the quietly brilliant maker of Incredible, Desire smartphones was about to fall by the wayside. But offering the slickness of a Galaxy S, allied to design finesse that even the Cupertino company would be proud of, the HTC One has won many awards, and is considered by many to be the smartphone of the year. So, what's next?
