October 2014 cell phone news

News New Technology Operates Your Smartphone With Hand Gestures

ETH Zurich researchers built an algorithm that reads hand gestures through the phone camera, letting you swipe, zoom and tap without touching the screen.

News A Lense That Moves Sideways to Zoom Could Revolutionize Smartphone Pictures

DynaOptics built a lens that zooms by sliding sideways instead of extending, a way to get true optical zoom into a phone thin enough to sell.

News Trade Your Cell Phone for Cash at an Eco ATM

Outerwall's 1,100 eco ATMs pay cash for old phones and tablets on the spot, grading the device and checking it against stolen-device records.

News Study Shows Millennials Addicted To Their Smartphones

A Zogby study found 87% of millennials keep their phone with them at all times and 80% reach for it first thing in the morning.

News BlackBerry Sells 200,000 Passport Smartphones within Hours of Launch

BlackBerry sold out its 200,000-unit Passport launch in hours, a real win for the company and still a rounding error next to Apple's weekends.

News Texting While Driving Just as Dangerous with Google Glass as Smartphones

A University of Central Florida simulator study found drivers texting through Google Glass braked as late as drivers texting on a phone.