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“Smart Bullet” Tracks Its Intended Target, Ready For Commercial Testing

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have finished designing a ‘smart bullet’ that can consistently hit targets more than a mile away.

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Samsung’s Other Voice Recognition Technology Shouldn’t Have IBM In A Cold Sweat

Not much attention has been paid to the Galaxy S III’s other voice recognition technology, a surprisingly advanced system that can wake the phone up from sleep mode.

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Diaper Vending Machines, Innovative Energy Conductors Emerge From UC Davis Business Plan Competition

This year’s Big Bang! Competition at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management announced its four big winners, including a vending machine for toddlers and a cancer treatment drug.

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Google-Backed Incubator To Build First Kenyan Supercomputing Cluster

A Google-backed innovation community in Nairobi, Kenya, plans to build the first African supercomputer outside of South Africa, which backers hope will be a step toward a more self-sufficient technological infrastructure and community in the region.

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Learn How To Capitalize On Mobile At GeneXus’ June Event

GeneXus, software development company and Techli sponsor, will be holding their 7th annual GeneXus USA event at the Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy in downtown Chicago on June 6th.

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Half Of Pregnancies Are Unplanned. Fortunately, MyPill Is The App For That

Some of the most common methods of contraception are also the most likely to fail, according to new research at Washington University — and those failures are due to user error rather than anything inherently ineffective about hormonal birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. But without resorting to other birth control methods, is there any way mobile developers can increase the effectiveness of common contraceptives?

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Internet Traffic To Quadruple In Four Years. And What The Hell Is A Phablet?

Internet connectivity is nowhere near leveling off, according to an annual Cisco forecast, though future growth will be increasingly driven by mobile devices.

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Android Malware Genome Project: Norton Detects Just 20 Percent Of Malware

Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.

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S Voice Released, Promptly Hacked To Run On Other Android Devices

Hackers wasted no time in releasing S Voice for other current-generation Android phones, casting a shadow on Samsung’s day in the sun while potentially opening up the functionality to a much wider range of users.

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Bitly Overhauls For Social Sharing, Curation (Don’t Worry, You Can Still Shortlink)

In what could be the most significant pivot in the company’s history, bitly overhauled its services today with a fresh focus on social sharing and curation of viral links.

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