Shoe manufacturer Toms is releasing a colorful lineup of Apple Watch bands made out of grosgrain fabric and leather.For every band purchased, the company will work with SolarAid to provide one year of solar light to an individual in need. And these bands are part of the Made for Apple Watch program, meaning that Toms is using genuine steel lugs and buckles.Toms became popular by providing shoes...

Smartphones are a necessity in modern daily life and an indispensable item when on the go. They’re also an increasingly viable way for marketers to make their pitches to connected consumers. Nielsen recently looked at the demographics of U.S. smartphone owners, including gender, race and age, as well as share of operating systems.In third-quarter 2016, 12% of smartphone owners said they had re...

For the second time in three years, the Tesla Model S has been voted the "Most Loved Model" in the United States.. The electric sedan earned a Consumer Love Index (CLI) of 652 out of a possible 1000, which easily put it in first place; the Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan earned the next-highest index, with a score of 583.In case you've never heard of this award before, the CLI was created by brand...

Smile Direct Club enables users to create a unique series of professionally-approved 3D printed aligners by using an at-home impression kit, to straighten teeth without having to visit the dentist.We’ve seen how a mobile dentistry service can be requested via an app, and now Smile Direct Club is offering users corrective dental work without any dentist face-time.Users can sign up for an ‘impr...

Tucked in Amazon’s big Black Friday news this morning was the announcement of a handy Package X-Ray feature for its iPhone shopping app. The app can now leverage your iPhone’s camera to reveal the contents of an Amazon delivery without having to actually open up the package or hunt down tracking numbers.During the holiday season while you’re likely receiving multiple Amazon packages fairly r...

Japan Display links two LCD panels to expand a smartphone screen.Japan Display has developed a format that allows smartphones to fold open like a book, hinging two LCD panels to double a handset's working size.The Japanese developer and manufacturer of mobile displays is working with a Chinese smartphone maker to create a handset that will debut in the summer. The undisclosed Chinese partner is...

VR COOLPRO1 is a mobile VR device designed for use with the hotly anticipated Le Superphones. Using its own app which supports video content on the LeEco platform, it combines high technology, fine craftsmanship, and discerning aesthetics, designed to bring virtual reality to a new level by providing a superior and satisfying experience.The design is based on a visual optical system with an in-...

Facebook usage and engagement is on the rise, while adoption of other platforms holds steady.Over the past decade, Pew Research Center has documented the wide variety of ways in which Americans use social media to seek out information and interact with others. A majority of Americans now say they get news via social media, and half of the public has turned to these sites to learn about the 2016...

Google's RAISR: a machine learning algorithm that can take a low-resolution, block image and upscale it while enhancing and sharpening the image.From a jagged low-res jpeg to a sharper, larger image file, Google researchers have found a way to use machine learning to upscale images to higher resolutions at lightning speed, and it works so fast it could one day be built into your smartphone.Goog...