Smart clothes that speak to your mobile devices? No it’s not Sci-Fi, OMsignal makes it possible

Ladies and gentleman, the era of wearable technology is here, ready or not! While currently in its infancy, wearable technology already exist in various forms from wristbands, to watches or even tattoos. Then of course there is Google's own highly ambitious Glass headware.

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HTC launches T-Mobile exclusive HTC One Trade Up program

If you’re in the market for an HTC One and have been considering T-Mobile as your service provider, then we have some very good news for you. HTC has paired up with T-Mobile to offer a trade in service to allow you to swap your old smartphone for cash when purchasing the HTC One from T-Mobile.

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Want Google Fiber? The Fiber team tells us how to get it!

One gigabit of download speed. It’s easy to talk about, but not easily conceived. We can read all the stats and data we like, but until it’s experienced, none of it really makes sense.
So, how can we actually experience Fiber? Building a fiber optic network is a huge task, so how does Google accomplish it all? More importantly, we want to know how we can get it in our cities. We recently had a chat with the Fiber team, to ask all of our Fiber-y questions. We wanted to know how Fiber came to be, what it means for Google, and what it does for the cities (and citizens) lucky enough to have it.

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Today Only: Get a free lifetime license for security app, Cerberus

For those of you that don’t have any type of mobile security app on your Android device, you should probably think about getting some kind of protection. After all, it’s nice to a little bit of recourse if your phone gets stolen, such as being able to SIM-lock your device, remote wipe it or even possibly track it.

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Why is the NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily?

Every call, every day.
That is the “metadata” the NSA asks of Verizon. Through a court order, which was obtained by The Guardian, Verizon must turn over all telephony records, in their entirety, to the NSA. There is no discrimination, or noted target. There is no geography the NSA is interested in, nor is there any specific reason given for why the information is wanted. Plain and simple, the US Foreign Service Intelligence Court has ordered Verizon to turn over all records, relating to all calls.

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Sony Mobile Munich event apparently set for June 25, is the rumored 6.44-inch Xperia Togari coming?

Sony appears to have a media event scheduled for late June in Munich, although it’s not yet known what the company wants to unveil.
According to German Android News Blog, Sony Mobile Communication Germany has issued press invites for June 25, but we can only speculate on what the company will unveil.

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NVIDIA showcases pure Android experience on SHIELD

With the public release of NVIDIA's SHIELD just around the corner the company has added a new video to its YouTube channel showcasing the Android side of the gaming console. In case you have been living on Mars for the last few weeks and don't know about SHIELD, it is NVIDIA's Android based portable gaming device powered by the TEGRA 4 quad-core Cortex-A15 processor.

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Deus Ex The Fall coming to Android, date not yet announced (video)

Deus Ex The Fall, the first foray of the series into the mobile realm, will be available for iOS this summer, with an Android version also coming.
According to an article on the Deus Ex website, the game is coming to the iPad and iPhone in the following months, with an Android version also planned, “but no timing confirmed” for it. Why a developer would choose not to make a game available on the most important mobile platform, with Google Play Store set to take over iOS in terms of downloads this year, is beyond my comprehension, but the game should still be interesting, whenever it might be coming out.

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Patents are killing innovation, and Obama wants change

Patent lawsuits are a weary subject. It seems that we can’t go a week without hearing about one legal challenge or another. It’s an issue which affects a lot of businesses, especially in the U.S., but the mobile technology industry is undoubtedly the most unpleasant.

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AMD wants to get into Android and Chrome. Literally.

At a Computex conference, Senior Vice President of AMD Lisa Su said “We are very committed to Windows 8; we think it's a great operating system, but we also see a market for Android and Chrome developing as well”. This could bode well for mobile tech fans, as AMD processors can pack a punch.

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