Articles by Mark Lelinwalla
TappLock Smart Padlock Opens With A Fingerprint Sensor
An accompanying app will allow users to share and grant access to friends or family, as it's able to store up to 100 fingerprints for the lock.
Google Reveals How Much It Paid To Buy Its Domain Name Back
Let's just say Sanmay Ved didn't get set up for life after owning Google.com for one minute last year.
Volkswagen May Resort To Buying Back Diesel Vehicles It Can't Fix In The United States
Since the automaker is struggling to outline ways to repair an estimated 580,000 affected vehicles in the country, a buyback program could be its best resort in moving forward from its emissions scandal.
General Motors Creates Dedicated Team For Autonomous Cars, Electric Vehicles
Under the announcement, GM's vice president for global product, Doug Parks, will assume his new post as VP for autonomous technology and electric vehicles on Feb. 1.
Super Bowl 50's Technology By The Numbers
CBS Sports tells Tech Times how many cameras, production trucks, televisions sets, and employees will be working the big game in San Francisco on February 7. The results are mind-numbing.
Facebook Launches Ability To Share Livestreaming Video For iPhone Users
The social media network's iPhone users will be able to share live clips, and once the broadcast is over, the videos will be saved on their Timelines.
'Angry Birds' Creator Rovio Launching Educational Startup 'Fun Academy'
The spinoff will start with Angry Birds Playgrounds, while readying its Fun Learning Universe for digital learning content.
Huawei Introduces Its Honor Holly 2 Plus Smartphone, Touting A Five-Inch Screen
The Chinese company's new smartphone also boasts a 13 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front-facing camera.
Flowstate Writing App Tunes Out All Distractions, Deletes Everything When Users Stop Typing
If idle for more than five seconds, the app begins to delete your words right before your very eyes.
Fluance Introduces Fi70 Wireless High Fidelity Music System, Touting Concert-Like Sound
The speaker's AptX-enhanced Bluetooth audio allows users to wirelessly stream music from Spotify, Pandora and iTunes, along with their own music library.
Apple Announces Voluntary Recall Of Two-Prong Plugs Over Very Rare Shock Risk
The company's wall plug adapters designed for use in locations such as Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil run the risk of electrical shock if touched. They can be exchanged for a new adapter free of charge.
2K Reaches New Multi-Year Deal With WWE
Fresh after releasing 'WWE 2K16' last fall, the video game developer will continue to host WWE titles for years to come under this new contract extension.
ESPN Fantasy Baseball Offers Player Rankings Live On Periscope And Facebook
For its annual fantasy baseball rankings summit, ESPN Fantasy decided to open its war room to let fantasy owners see how the team comes up with its official rankings.
Volkswagen Gets Emissions-Fix Approval From Germany For Diesel Model
This marks the first German approval in the embattled automaker's fix proposal as part of its emissions scandal. United States' regulators, though, still haven't approved VW's proposed fix for nearly 600,000 affected vehicles.
A Brief History Of NFL Commentators And Players Bashing The Microsoft Surface Tablet
From painfully being referred to as iPads, to being thrown and bashed over the heads of players and even being blamed for a team's loss, the Microsoft Surface tablets have borne plenty of abuse in the NFL. So much for Microsoft paying the league $400 million to be its official sideline tech sponsor.
Amazon Echo Unleashes Super Bowl Teaser Video Starring Alec Baldwin And Dan Marino
The actor and Pro Football Hall of Famer humorously brainstormed ideas for a Super Bowl party using Alexa's updated football knowledge for help.
DeLorean Going Back Into Production, Aiming For 2017 Release
The DeLorean Motor Company, located in the Houston area, hopes to manufacture around 300 cars. The DeLorean is going Back to the Future . . . literally.
Facebook Is Ramping Up On Plans To Support Virtual Reality Videos
The Silicon Valley company will be using open-sourcing hardware to have a network robust enough to support a heavy load of VR videos.
Google Announces It Has Shipped Five Million Cardboard Virtual Reality Headsets
That's only in 19 months. In addition, the company says that, thus far, 350,000-plus hours of YouTube videos in VR have been viewed.
FCC To Propose Overhauling Rules For Set-Top Boxes, Lowering Cable Bills
The expected proposal would give cable and satellite customers more freedom in deciding to use their service provider's set-top box and cable app or go outside and purchase one on the market, like Apple TV or Roku 4.
New York City Subway System To Launch Test-Run Of Roomier Gangway Train Cars
The gangway, centipede-like train system allows for passengers to spread out throughout the train's length and not be confined to one car like the current subway system of the Big Apple. They could present 10 percent of additional room on trains when the test-run begins in 2020.
Facebook's New 'Like' Options Will Launch In The Next Few Weeks
Reactions will be available to the social media network's 1.6 billion users soon, according to Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox. The new emojis range from 'angry' to 'sad,' 'love' and more.
Mitsubishi Electric Develops Innovative Antenna System 'SeaAerial' That Uses Seawater
The SeaAerial shoots a column of seawater into the air, creating a plume for the transmission and reception of radio-frequency waves.
Uber Ordered To Pay $1.3 Million Fine To French Taxi Union
The ride-hailing service violated a part of a French transport law, which stipulates that drivers must return to garages between fares.
'MLB The Show 16' Reveals Update To Road To The Show Mode, Unveils Showtime Feature
Gamers will be able to play an entire series of Road to The Show minor-league games without ever having to navigate the main menu between games. In addition, the Showtime feature will allow them to slow down gameplay to make crucial plays.
Microsoft Denies Surface Tablet Failure On Patriots' Sideline During AFC Title Game
The company's corporate vice president of Windows and devices group claims Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver had a network issue Sunday, but that the Surface Pro 3s were fine and have never had a single failure in two years in the NFL.
iPhone Case Records Calls And In-Person Conversations
Just in Case fits onto the back of an iPhone, touting its own microphone, record and play buttons and charging slot.
Mpower Strength-Training Pods Track Muscle Activation In Real Time
With an accompanying app, users can see how much their muscles are being activated in real time, letting them know just how effective their exercises are.
Japan Planning Special Drone Zones For Conducting Practical Testing
The country's government wants to see if drones can be successfully used to drive monkeys out of farmlands, while delivering food and medical supplies to other areas in need. The blocked-off zones will allow it to further test for those uses and more.
Garmin Introduces Approach S20 GPS Golfing Smartwatch As Your Digital Caddie
The smartwatch comes preloaded with 40,000 golf courses around the world, in addition to touting daily activity training, smart notifications and automatic updates. Its AutoShot feature also tracks the location and distance of golfers' every shot.
