Articles by Mark Lelinwalla
Update To Gmail's Inbox Includes Answers At A Glance And Streamlined Search Results
The upgrade is meant to save users time when searching for a specific piece of information. The annoying thing about trying to find a specific number or address within your email inbox is having to sift through whatever individual emails your search tool pulls up .
Xiaomi Confirms February 24 Release Date For Mi 5 Smartphone
This marks the Chinese mobile manufacturer's first product launch of the New Year. Less than a month away and counting. Xiaomi's global vice president, Hugo Barra, took to his Twitter account Tuesday morning to make it official — the Chinese mobile manufacturer's first product launch of the year, its Mi 5 smartphone, will be available soon.
Oakland University Develops Underwater Drone
The Loon Copter is capable of flying, floating on water and being completely submerged. Getting wet or worse, being completely submerged in the water, could be enough to spell doom for most drones.
Uber To Collect Data From Smartphones To Verify Passenger Complaints
The ride-hailing service is running a pilot program that collects data from smartphones' gyrometers, GPS and accelerometers that can be compared to users' quibbles about their drivers.
Soundnode Launches, Essentially Serving As A SoundCloud Desktop App
Soundnode allows users to stream music, but not upload nor comment on tracks. Back in January 2011, SoundCloud launched a free desktop app. Without much — if any — warning at all, the music-streaming platform terminated its desktop app, relegating users to its website alone.
What Will The Rock Do At 'WrestleMania 32'? We Look At Five Possible Scenarios
We cook up a few different scenarios for how Dwayne Johnson might make his mark at the highly-anticipated April 3 pay-per-view event.
Berkeley Researcher Uses Graphene To Filter Water In A More Energy Efficient System
Baoxia Mi is developing a graphene membrane that could effectively remove wastewater contaminants and be used toward wastewater reuse, treating storm water and the desalination of water.
Robot Solves Rubik's Cube In Record-Setting Time Of Less Than 1.2 Seconds
To put it in perspective, the previous fast time by a machine solving the Rubik's Cube was 3.253 seconds, so this more than shattered that.
Volkswagen Shareholder Gives Company Three Months To Come Clean About Emissions Scandal
Getting to the bottom of the origins of the automaker's diesel cheating is the only way for the company to move on in the United States. As it stands, VW could face regulatory fines of up to $18 billion in the country.
A Broadway Musical About Steve Jobs And Bill Gates Is On The Way This Spring
Nerds, slated to hit New York City's Longacre Theatre on April 12, may even include holograms, projection mapping and smartphone app customization.
Microsoft's Cortana Now Features Commitment Update, Reminding Users To Get Their Tasks Done
The company's digital assistant worked with Microsoft's Research leg to incorporate a commitment-sensing feature that combs through emails and offers up reminders and alerts, so users can keep better track of their day and assignments.
Google Shuts Down Social Media Accounts For The Glass, While Continuing To Work On Enterprise Edition Eyewear
The continuation of the Glass currently lives under the umbrella for Project Aura, according to reports.
Google Invests In Virtual Reality, Hires 'Global VR Evangelist' For YouTube
Scott Broock formerly worked with virtual reality startup Jaunt, negotiating partnerships between the company and new content in the VR space.
Tecmo Super Bowl Unleashes Gameplay Simulation Of Super Bowl 50 Matchup Between Broncos And Panthers
The classic video game has Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers squeezing past Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on February 7.
NASA Satellites Capture Telling 3D Views From Major Northeast Blizzard
The shots show moisture enveloped into winter storm Jonas from the Atlantic Ocean in daytime and night-time views.
Spotify To Introduce Video Content For Both Android And iOS Apps
The music-streaming platform has been testing short clips in the past several months, preparing for a launch later this week for Android users and next week for iOS.
Hands-On With Facebook's New Sports Stadium Hub
The goal of the new Facebook Sports Stadium is for sports fans to have one place that they talk about the big game and get coverage of it in real-time.
Royal Rumble Recap: Triple H Inserts Himself Into The Action, Screws Roman Reigns Once Again
'The Game' wielded his corporate influence, being the 30th entrant into the over-the-top, 30-man pay per view and leaving with the WWE World Heavyweight title in tow.
AJ Styles Actually Made His WWE Debut Over A Decade Ago
'The Phenomenal One' wrestled on the then-WWF show Metal back in January 2002, before opting for a career in Total Nonstop Action.
Amazon Echo’s Alexa Now Equipped With Movie, Super Bowl Knowledge
Go ahead and ask Alexa who she likes to win Super Bowl 50. An update to Echo's Alexa now empowers the system with sports and movie knowledge.
Jeff Bezos Personally Escorts Freed Washington Post Journalist Back Home On Private Jet
The Amazon CEO, and owner of the Washington Post, personally escorted Post journalist Jason Rezaian back home to the U.S. after he was imprisoned in a Iranian jail for nearly two years.
Apple's Asian Suppliers Projecting Losses Could Result In Annual Sales Decline Of iPhones
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, which manufactures some of the chips in iPhones, expects an 11 percent drop for its year-to-year first-quarter revenues and that could spill over into Apple reporting its first smartphones' annual sales decline in nearly a decade.
Uber Will Cap Surge Pricing During New York's Blizzard Warning Under Two Conditions
Either a state of emergency has to be declared or the attorney general has to activate their agreement for the ride-sharing service to put a limit on its surge pricing.
Microsoft Introduces Surface Book And Surface Pro 4 With 1TB Of Storage And Special Gold Pen
The new Surface Book will set you back $3,200 fully-loaded, though. If you're the type to run nothing but bulky, demanding applications — and have $3,200 to spare — Microsoft has the apt 2-in-1 for you.
Vine Celebrates Third Year, Looking Back At Its Top Clips
The most-looped clips of 2015 range from awkward to weird, hilarious and even one serious Vine heard around the world.
ComfyLight Smart Bulb Touts Motion Detection That Alerts Home Owners Of Break-Ins
The startup company behind this light bulb is touting this as a security device that learns home owners' routines, while alerting them if something's wrong via an accompanying smartphone app.
The Race To Build The Hyperloop Is On As Rival Companies Consider Insane Cost And Locations
One of the competing firms, Hyperloop Technologies, estimates the price of a track to run up to a mind-numbing $20 million per mile.
Google Launches Free, Three-Month Course On Deep Learning
The company promises users who take the course will emerge from it with a clear understanding of deep learning and be able to design intelligent systems from large datasets.
Interview: The New Day's Xavier Woods Talks WWE Royal Rumble, YouTube Gaming Channel, And Making His Own RPG
One-third of the WWE tag-team champions dishes on his love for video games and gaming competitions bringing the WWE's locker room closer together.
One Aston Martin DB10 From The James Bond Film 'Spectre' Can Be Yours For About $2.1 Million
Unfortunately, this dynamic ride doesn't have the road certifications to drive it, so it will remain a collector's item for whoever has the money to buy it.
