[ad_1] Samsung could soon be rolling out its mobile payment platform to more of its handsets as it looks to take on the likes of Apple Pay and Android Pay – so you won’t necessarily have to buy a top-of-the-range Galaxy to be able to use it. Markets in developing countries, where the number ofRead more about Samsung Pay is coming to a mid-range phone near you[…]

[ad_1] WPS Office Free If you need an office suite but don’t want or can’t afford Microsoft Office 365, you have several options. You can go for Google Docs and accept its limitations in favour of its collaboration features and decent storage. You can download an Office-a-like program or suite that kicks it old schoolRead more about Download of the day: WPS Office Free[…]

[ad_1] A low power antenna impedance detection technique enhances radio performance, especially for wearables or implantable applications. The receiver  has sub-1nJ/bit energy efficiency and low supply voltage operation at 0.85V while maintaining RX sensitivity. The receiver employs digital phase-tracking to directly translate the RF input to demodulated digital data. A digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) is usedRead more about Imec develops phase-tracking receiver for 802.15.4 radio ICs[…]

[ad_1] Think Bates Motel, but with more koopalings – Hotel Mario is almost as horrific. A shoddy puzzle game developed for the Philips CD-i console, this one thankfully wasn’t developed by Nintendo, but Philips Fantasy Factory instead. Featuring unresponsive controls and bizarre full-motion video cutscenes, Mario has to work his way through a series ofRead more about The weirdest Super Mario games ever[…]

[ad_1] InvenSense’s CMOS-MEMS Platform can now be extended to pMUT devices and enable a biometric authentication solution for mobile and IoT products. Mobile OEMs are looking for highly durable, button-free solutions that require fingerprint sensors to be placed behind the cover glass or under metal on the back of phone. Capacitive sensors, incapable of sensingRead more about Invensense and GloFo make pMUTs[…]

[ad_1] There was a lot about Earthworm Jim that was ahead of its time. The hand-drawn animated look was far different from the other 16-bit games that were around in 1994 and the gameplay was, for a 2D side-scroller, highly original. It didn’t go the way of Sonic and make speed the order of theRead more about Retro resurrection: the classic console games that need to be brought back from the dead[…]

[ad_1] The antenna measures 20 x 11 x 1.6mm, and is built to a novel design which allows it to perform well within a device, whilst being easy to integrate onto a small PCB. This is a chip antenna in the company’s lamiiANT antenna family. Narrow Band IoT is the latest mobile broadband standard. It usesRead more about Antenova sampling antenna for NB-IOT[…]

[ad_1] Update: There appears to be confusion around Google’s plans for the consumer version of Hangouts. Amit Fulay, head of product for Google’s Allo and Duo messaging apps, tweeted this the day Hangouts Meet and Chat were announced, as spotted by 9to5Google: This further crystallizes our efforts around Allo and Duo for consumers and HangoutsRead more about Google Hangouts just got promoted to be your ultimate workplace chat service[…]

[ad_1] There’s also a camera interface, which has been added to the Zero since its original launch, and that will bring in a wide range of possible applications. Having received feedback that users often ended up adding a USB hub to the Zero, for keyboards and network adapters, the Zero W was targeted to fixRead more about Welcome, the wireless Raspberry Pi Zero W[…]

[ad_1] Shotcut We’re often critical of app names, usually because they’re silly. But Shotcut has a different problem: when you Google it, the search engine automatically corrects it to shortcut and looks for something else. So it’s handy that we’ve got it right here. It’s a surprisingly sophisticated video editor that’s quick and efficient toRead more about Download of the day: Shotcut[…]