[ad_1] Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh Crunch Network Contributor Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh is working on Virtuleap, a VR startup in the edtech space, and is a co-founder at Gameguise, a Dubai-based publisher of online games in the Middle East and a consultancy for global game developers and publishers. More posts by this contributor: How ...
Read More »South Korea fines Qualcomm $850 million for its patent licensing practices
[ad_1] American chipmaker Qualcomm is in trouble in South Korea. The country’s antitrust regulator has fined the company roughly $850 million (1.03 trillion won) for its patent royalty activities in South Korea. Many of you are familiar with Qualcomm for its chips. The next time you read the tech specs ...
Read More »IoT redux… this time, it’s personal
[ad_1] As we advance toward 2017, a quick analysis of our connected landscape indicates that the IoT is taking a short break from destroying the internet and is now letting Mark Zuckerberg take a shot at it. All joking aside, the process of rapidly restructuring our world via technology — ...
Read More »LG’s headset that doubles as a wearable speaker is peak CES before CES
[ad_1] LG will be bringing a collar-like wearable wireless speaker to CES, which also includes in-ear buds for when you don’t feel like being a complete jerk. The sonorous neck horseshoe connects to your phone via Bluetooth, and contains “wearable speakers capable of delivering 3D surround sound” when the attached ...
Read More »The new Barnes & Noble Nooks come with free malware
[ad_1] Barnes & Noble began outsourcing its Nook e-readers a few years ago after a partnership with Samsung and their latest $50 Nook 7 android tablet, announced last month, shows us how that has worked out for them. Their latest e-reader includes ADUPS, a firmware that sends user data back ...
Read More »Going to CES? Join us at the official Hardware Battlefield Party in Las Vegas
[ad_1] There ain’t no party like a TechCrunch party ???? because at a TechCrunch party you can meet investors who may or may not give you a term sheet for your hardware startup ????. That’s why we’re inviting 150 lucky readers to our event in Las Vegas to be held ...
Read More »Android Wear 2.0 debuts on two partner flagship smartwatches in early 2017
[ad_1] Google will debut two “flagship smartwatches” running Android Wear 2.0 in the first quarter of 2017, according to a new report from The Verge, citing information direct from Android Wear product manager Jeff Chang. The two new watches won’t be Pixel devices, as some have speculated, but will sainted ...
Read More »Wolfprint 3D raises $500K to bring scanning pods to an airport near you
[ad_1] 3D body scanning isn’t very exciting right now – you can’t really use your scan anywhere except maybe on Thingiverse where people can print you out and create a shrine to you (hint hint!). Wolfprint, however, wants to bring 3D body scanning to the masses by putting their pod-shaped scanners ...
Read More »This battery is powered by bacteria
[ad_1] Researchers at Binghamton University in New York have created a “bacteria-powered battery on a single sheet of paper.” The project is aimed at creating batteries for disposable microelectronics that can run for weeks using a little bacteria-rich liquid. “The manufacturing technique reduces fabrication time and cost, and the design ...
Read More »Raspberry Pi’s Pixel for PC and Mac breathes new life into old computers
[ad_1] Pixel is a lightweight operating system with a clean desktop UI released by the foundation behind the affordable, tinker-friendly Raspberry Pi $35 computer in September, and now it’s available for PC or Mac users who might want to throw old hardware into renewed service. The lightweight Linux-based OS now comes ...
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