The rumor mill is turning fast on an upcoming Facebook phone after a report revealed the recruitment of former Apple engineers to revitalize the project.
Facebook-friendly handsets – most of which are phones with dedicated buttons to the world’s largest social networking site – exist, but the company, which recently had its IPO, plans to release a mobile app that is operational on as many smartphones or tablets as possible.
However, Facebook could be looking into a mobile device that …

We’ve seen a lot of novel approaches to smartphone technology but the Kyocera Urbano Progresso is still very memorable to us. This is because the smartphone from the Japanese handsets manufacturer actually does not have a traditional speaker like other smartphones have.
What it has is a new technology being dubbed Smart Sonic Receiver which makes the smartphone’s whole screen its speaker when making calls.
Those who may want to try this technology first by buying the phone should be in …

Two new independent reports are saying that Apple will soon begin selling the Nest Learning Thermostat in its Apple Stores.
The first to come out with a report about the Nest Learning Thermostat inclusion in Apple Stores is iLounge which said that the device will soon be sold through retail stores of the Cupertino, California-based iPod maker for $249.
Speaking of iPod, Nest founder and CEO Tony Fadell was previously Apple’s Senior Vice President for the iPod division.
Next to confirm the …

Those who were wishing there were more Nokia PureView phones coming from the Finnish handsets maker are in for a treat.
According to a new report from Engadget, the struggling mobile phone maker – which recently saw its crown as the world’s biggest phones vendor by volume taken away by Samsung – will make more Nokia PureView phones.
The information comes from Vesa Jutila who is  Head of Product Marketing for the upcoming Nokia 808 PureView, the publication says.
Jutila told the site that …

Raspberry Pi USB Microcomputers will receive a camera module add-on later this year. (Image: Raspberry Pi Foundation)

Raspberry Pi USB microcomputers will receive a camera module add-on this year.
According to a post and an image shown on the official Raspberry Pi Foundation blog, the gadget will get a self-contained camera in combination with other components as an add-on.
The announcement by regular Raspberry Pi poster Liz says,
It’s not a terribly exciting photo – until you …

Those anxiously waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S III should consider going to Dubai – or having someone there buy it for you – as a report says that the Samsung flagship is now on sale in the territory.
According to The Verge, the news that the Galaxy S III is now on sale in Dubai came first from a Reddit user who posted on the site that he saw a “Now Available” sign on the Galaxy S III in a store in Dubai.
Here’s the person’s whole account:
Posted by user TheRealJohnMatrix on …

Honda has offered a glimpse of its UNI-CUB and it’s apparent that the new machine is like a chair for the lazy.
What the UNI-CUB offers  as a “personal mobility device” as Honda calls it, is the ability to go to any place in your office or your home without ever getting up.
Think of it as a chair with wheels that’s controlled by where you shift your weight.
According to Honda, the UNI-CUB does this by use of the “Honda Omni Traction Drive System”.
In tandem with Honda’s …

The Sony Tablet P ICS Update (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) will be released by Sony on Thursday, the Japanese tech veteran has revealed.
The move from Sony comes after the ICS update for the Sony Tablet S was released last month bringing with it new features to the higher-end Tablet S like panoramic camera view, enhanced lock screen, a revamped home screen with new icons, an better Android internet browser, Face Unlock and the Chrome browser for Android.
The Sony Tablet P ICS update was …

Samsung has scored a hit with the Galaxy S III if preorders for the newest flagship smartphone from the South Korean manufacturer are an indication.
According to the Korea Economic Daily, more than 9 million people have already preordered the Samsung Galaxy S III, Reuters reports.
The Galaxy S III was launched by Samsung earlier this month.
The feat was achieved through preorders from over 100 telecommunications companies which Samsung has partnered with to launch its newest flagship …

When Siri unfaithfully proclaimed the Nokia Lumia 900 the best phone ever, she may have foreseen this.
Kidding aside, the Lumia 900 is apparently one tough smartphone as a new video making the rounds actually shows the phone passing a nail-hammered-to-screen test and it being used as a hammer.
In the video, TechCraver’s Jason Harris took a nail, a hammer, and started “banging around the screen” of the Lumia 900 to see if it will break.
“No cracks, glass is still intact,” he said after …