Unlock Your Smartphones Using Palm Scan Technology [Video]

Mobile manufacturer, KDDI, has recently launched an Android app that increases the security of smartphones. The app was unveiled at the recent conference in Chiba, Japan. KDDI has created an biometric app that utilizes the smartphone’s exisiting camera to scan an individual’s unique palm print.

Samsung To Unveil Android-Powered Digital Camera

Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy Camera, a digital camera that runs on an Android OS. This small and compact digital camera showcases an impressive 21.2mm (4.77″) touchscreen LCD display, 23mm lens with a 2.8 aperture, and a 21x optical zoom.

Device Attaches a PSP Game Controller to Your Smartphones [Video]

GameKlip is a device that was developed by University of Washington student, Ryan French. It is made of ABS plastic. It easily snaps onto a game controller, allowing it be connected to Android smartphones.

Unlock Your Smartphone Through Facial Recognition

Android 4.O, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, offers Android users the “Face Unlock” option.

The “Face Unlock” is a new screen-lock option that lets users to unlock their Android devices with facial recognition. It takes advantage of  “the front-facing camera and state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to register a face during setup and then to recognize it again when unlocking the device.” All you have to do is hold your device in front of your face to unlock it, in case this does not work you can make use of a backup PIN or pattern.

Android’s latest platform, the Android 4.1 (Jellybean) requires users to blink before your Android device unlocks. It makes use of a special feature called the “Liveness Check” to make sure that static pictures can’t be used by someone else to unlock your device.

Sony Xperia Ion Now Available Via AT&T

Sony’s Xperia Ion hits the U.S. through AT&T.

New App Warns user of Incoming Mean Messages

Computer scientists from the University of Portsmouth have created a mobile phone app that can predict the tone of a incoming messages and warns people before they read it by using color codes.

Facebook Launches App Center

Facebook has officially launched its own application store, called App Center.

According to Facebook’s official announcement, the App Center showcases “more than 600 social apps, including Nike+ GPS, Ubisoft Ghost Recon Commander, Stitcher Radio, Draw Something, and Pinterest. You’ll only see high quality apps, based on user ratings and engagement.”

The App Center can be accessed on mobile via Facebook apps for iOS and Android, or by accessing Facebook.com.

Diablo III Server Checking App Now Available

Die hard Diablo III fans can now breathe. App creator Eluamous has developed a Diablo 3 server-checking app, named “Diablo III Server Checker”.

This app checks if the server is up and running by pulling up status messages from US.Battle.net to view updates from Diablo 3 servers in the US, Europe, and Asia.

The “Diablo III Server Checker” app for android devices, can be downloaded for free on on Google Play.

Rovio Celebrates Billionth Angry Birds Download

Hit mobile game, Angry Birds has reach over a billion downloads on Wednesday, according to Rovio. The 1 billion count includes all free and paid versions of the Angry Birds games, in all platforms. These are: Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Space.

Instagram Garners 50 Million Users

Facebook’s $1 Billion acquisition is worth every cent because Instagram is blazing! The popular photo-sharing app has garnered over 50 Million users and gaining 5 Million more, per week. This record breaking numbers maybe attributed to the fact that they are now available to Android users, after being exclusive to the ioS App Store for [...]