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For someone who is deaf, communicating with a clerk at a retail store or non-ASL-speaking friend over dinner often involves laboriously writing notes. An app called Jeenie offers an alternative: Push a button, and a live ASL interpreter appears in…

The smartphone though has become an extension of ourselves. It goes pretty much wherever we do. There are probably three things most of us leave the house with every day – keys, wallet or purse and our phone. And, thanks…

After years of phone sales stagnating, manufacturers are starting to experiment with new design elements, user experiences, and even new phone shapes. This experimentation got underway at the end of 2018 and is about to bloom in full force on…

There’s no question that smartphones and the apps we use can get us to spend more time, and interrupt Real Life more often, than we’d like. The question is, what’s the best way to curb smartphone addiction? There are five…

The most ambitious technology is from the Melbourne, Australia-based Aipoly, whose app recognizes objects and verbalizes descriptions in seven languages. Maybe this is an eye phone  read mote in fastcompany  Smartphones Are Leading The Global Charge Against Blindness By Sean…

We might also soon see devices that are about the size of today’s smartphones, but unfold into something that’s close to the size of a tablet. Now that, I believe, would catch people’s attention. read more in fastcompany  Smartphone’s Next…

Soon, mobile productivity won’t just be about getting notifications, setting reminders, or scheduling meetings on the go.Those little luxuries usually reserved for high-powered executives will soon be available to the rest of us. Here are three of them. read more…

While there’s money in the parking part, companies see the real gold in extra services like filling a tank, washing a car, performing an oil change, and electric charging. learn more in fastcompany Applications Making Parking Less Painful By Glenn…

A startup called Light uses a cluster of small camera modules to create top-notch photos. First stop: Your smartphone. learn more in technologyreview How TO Squeeze A High End Camera Into Your Smartphone By Rachel Metz was last modified: April…