Fraudsters persist regardless of the consequences.ROBOCALLS, the pre-recorded phone messages peddling debt-reduction and timeshares, have irritated consumers in America for over a decade. According to YouMail, a call-blocking service, 3.4bn robocalls were blasted out in April, equivalent to nearly 1,300 every second. The Federal Trade Commission receives 500,000 complaints about such calls ever...

Young people are used to smart devices that do a variety of tasks for them, from tracking their workouts to measuring their emotions to managing their pain relief. Although drinking water may seem like a basic task, it can be difficult to remember to take in as much H2O as needed throughout the day. These smart water bottles help keep consumers on track to stay hydrated.Water.io + visy Packagin...

Vesper Technologies, a new microphone technology developer, has raised $23 million from some of the biggest names in audio technology to finance the commercialization of its piezoelectric microphones.As audio technology and voice controlled devices become more ubiquitous, manufacturers are hoping to turn to higher performance MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems) microphones that use acoustic...

Apple Watch Series 3 models with LTE have dominated the cellular-enabled smartwatch market since they were released last September. Specifically, the Apple Watch accounted for an estimated 59 percent of the worldwide cellular-enabled smartwatch market in the first quarter of 2018, according to data shared by research firm Canalys today. Canalys senior analyst Jason Low says the cellular capabil...

DROP I Shower Tap is a concept that aims to raise awareness on how we use water. This shower tap would remind you again on how much time we spend while taking shower and how much water wasted in the process, this project wants to educate people to pay more attention to their water usage. Keeping track on how much water we have used in the shower is easy, thanks to the companion app, you can eas...

Augmented Reality has reached an inflection point in time for AR to take the spotlight. In fact, it has tremendous impact for many industries. Learn more about the latest new applications within the following infographic from Lumus Vision.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/augmented-reality-trends.png[lumusvision]

New Voicebot Report Says Nearly 20% of U.S. Adults Have Smart Speakers.Voicebot collaborated with PullString and RAIN Agency to conduct an in-depth national survey of 1,057 U.S. adults to find out more about who owns smart speakers, which products they prefer and what they do with them. The result is the Voicebot Smart Speaker Consumer Adoption Report 2018, sponsored by PullString and RAIN.The...

Walmart has filed a patent for a blockchain-based marketplace for reselling purchased products, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO patent filing from May 17.The application describes a service that would record a customer’s purchases in a blockchain ledger, thus allowing the customer to resell the items on a sales platform using the record of purchase.The patent notes that sin...

People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments users, beating out Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, according to a new reporter from eMarketer. However, Starbucks’ lead over Apple Pay is only a small one – in 2017, it had 20.7 million U.S. users compared with...