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Hyundai is the latest automobile manufacturer to announce it will jump on Apple's Siri technology and Eyes Free mode. Eyes Free mode: Hyundai will integrate Siri, the intelligent assistant that helps drivers get things done just by asking, and the much-anticipated Eyes Free mode into its vehicles. Through the vehicle's infotainment system, drivers with a compatible iPhone* running...

eBay for iOS has been updated to version 2.7.0 which brings a new listing flow for selling, a faster checkout along with search enhancements and bug fixes and other various improvements. The What's New in Version 2.7.0 • New listing flow makes it faster and easier to sell - Category, pricing and shipping guidance -...

Apple is reinforcing earlier rumours talking about the company bringing 802.11ac Gigabit Wi-Fi to the next-generation Mac lineup through a job advertisement -- spotted by AppleBitch -- for a "System Test Engineer Wi-Fi (802.11)" required to have experience with the new Wi-Fi standard. (more…)

Queen’s University Canada in collaboration with Intel and Plastic Logic, has developed a flexible 'PaperTab' display, that could lead to a new generation of super thin, bendable tablets and computers, reports the Daily Mail. Gadgets using such displays may be virtually unbreakable and as thin as a piece of paper. The developers plan to launch the screen...

Nvidia, the global leader in graphics processing units (GPUs), has today announced the world's fastest mobile processor to date, the Tegra 4 for smartphones and tablets at CES 2013. The company claims its quad-core chip will out perform any other mobile processor, including the A6X chipset powering Apple's New iPad. Tegra 4 features 72 custom Nvidia GeForce GPU...

Lego Group is set to unveil the next generation of Mindstorms, the company's robot building system which first debuted 15 years ago, at CES 2013 in Las Vegas (via SFGate). The new Lego Mindstorms EV3 is centered around a redesigned “intelligent brick” that can be programmed even without using a computer. The report details that EV3 has more memory...

Being Tim Cook's first hire resulted in John Browett being his first fire, after only nine months of damage to Apple consumer satisfaction. Now Apple is once again in the market for an executive who will oversee its retail stores, which, by the way, are generating more than twice the revenue of Tiffany & Co.,...

Back in the last week of December we told you about Cycloramic, the neat app that spins your iPhone 5 around (on a flat shiny surface) using the vibrator motor to film video. Today, a very, very similar app has debuted called CamAround 360. It performs the same functions but also has filters to jazz...

Netflix has announced today it has signed an exclusive deal to stream Warner Bros. TV dramas in the U.S. The deal will make Netflix the exclusive home of prior seasons of shows from the 2012-2013 season, and customers can expect to see the following shows: Revolution (NBC), The Following (Fox) Longmire (A&E) Political Animals (USA)...

iOS users surely love apps, and the most recent Apple press release just illustrates the fact in raw numbers. According to the Cupertino company, its customers have downloaded more than 40 billion apps, with half of them last year alone. (more…)

60 Minutes has a video interview showcasing IDEO design firm founder, David Kelley. The latter shares some details about working with Apple as a client, and in particular with late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. Kelley's design firm, Hovey-Kelley (as it was known before being renamed to IDEO in 1991) was commissioned by Apple to design...

What do you do when a thief steals your iPhone, and there's an opportunity to retrieve it? You do whatever it takes, even if that means posing as a bodacious babe on a dating site to lure in the iPhone thief. That's what happened recently in Brooklyn, reports the NY Post: Nadav Nirenberg, 27, of...