Every once in a while you see a phone that’s so impressive you can’t ignore it, even if you know it’s not going to be your next phone. Such is the case with the Turing Phone, a Lollipop-powered Android handset that’s not only supposed to be more durable than any other smartphone on the planet, it's also seemingly far more secure than rival handsets.
The Tap Map, similar to our heatmap on SwiftKey Keyboard for Android, shows how SwiftKey uses artificial intelligence to adjust the keys on your keyboard 'behind the scenes' to better fit your typing style. For example, if you typically hit the right half of the F key when you're aiming for G, the shape of G on your Tap Map will probably be larger and skewed to the left.
If you decide to escape the freezing cold this weekend by heading out to an arcade, you better hope you don't run into and challenge this guy to a game of Arcade Basketball. If you think you have a little bit of skill when it comes to shootin' hoops, this guy will have you questioning everything you ever thought you knew about Arcade Basketball strategy.
"If I had to pick right now, I think I'd get the 38mm," writes MacRumors forum member Technodynamic. "I just wonder if I'd rather the slightly larger screen for using the watch. Added pixels for the same image means you will see more detail on the 42mm versus the 38mm and I feel like I am missing on some clarity, but... I like the way the smaller one looks, from a jewelry perspective. First world problems."
It's amazing how quickly the Apple Car story has gone from insane rumor to established fact. Following both The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, Reuters has now come out with its own report that offers some key new details about Apple's top-secret Applemobile project.
If you're someone who goes to live music shows frequently, you're going to love what Google is doing. 9to5Google notices that Google has started adding direct links to Ticketmaster sales pages when you search for bands and venues. This means that if you search for your favorite artist on Google and they're playing nearby in the near future, Google will give you an easy way to buy their tickets with a minimal number of clicks.
"The Department of Education had a number of common-sense suggestions ... such as better planning, better testing and evaluation of technology, and better training," said school board member Monica Ratliff, who chaired a panel that reviewed the technology project last year. She produced a report that raised issues similar to those of the Education Department, but it was discounted by some Deasy allies as unfair to the superintendent.
Even if you're glued to news from CES 2015 this week, you should still have time to download some free paid iPhone and iPad apps, right? We've once again scoured the web to find you six more iPhone and iPad apps that would normally cost you $23 but are free to download right now for a limited time. Check them out below!
Meet the Turing Phone, a secure smartphone that’s stronger than steel