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02-29-2012

iPad 3 To Be Announced March 7?

by: Tony Donaldson
Will Apple's iPad 3 be released at a special event March 7th? A recent invitation from Apple teasing the special event sure seems to point at that.
 
02-28-2012

Your Car Will Have A Backup Camera By 2014

by: Tony Donaldson
Lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a law that requires that all new passenger vehicles have backup cameras by 2014. Kidsandcars.org claims that two children are killed and 50 injured per week.
 
01-16-2012

Americans Wrongly Assume Elderly are Most Gullible to Internet Scams

by: Nellie Day
Internet scams that target younger, uneducated Americans are more likely to work than those aimed at the old, a new study says.
 
01-09-2012

CES 2012 Photo Gallery

by: Tony Donaldson
Some of Eldergadget.com's photos from CES 2012. Behind the scenes, new products, and more.
 
01-08-2012

CES 2012: ASUS' New Padfone Lets You Decide

by: Tony Donaldson
ASUS offers a tablet that lets you insert your phone into it, allowing you to have all your information in one device, but offering two form factors.
 
01-04-2012

“Sunbelievable” Energy Producing Paint

by: ElderGadget
University of Notre Dame scientists have created paint that can convert the sun’s rays into usable electricity.
 
01-04-2012

Seniors Prove You’re Never Too Old for a Flash Mob

by: Nellie Day
Senior citizens engage in a flash mob at Target to 'Last Christmas.'
 
12-23-2011

Verizon Hit With Data Outages

by: Tony Donaldson
Verizon customers have been dealing with outages of 3G and 4G data networks and have been having issues even with calls according to Verizon support forums and Verizon twitter feeds for the past few days
 
12-23-2011

Consumers Now Take More Than a Quarter of All Photos and Videos on Smartphones

by: Tony Donaldson
A new NPD study shows that more than a quarter of all photos and videos are now taken with smartphones, up from 17 percent last year.
 
12-21-2011

2012 Marks Final CES Keynote for Microsoft

by: Tony Donaldson
Microsoft Corporate Communications VP Frank Shaw posted a blog announcing that 2012 will be the last year for Microsoft at CES. The giant will not have a booth at the biggest tech show of the year.
 
11-09-2011

Oregon Lets Disabled Residents Vote Via iPad

by: Nellie Day
Oregon election officials are accommodating disabled voters with iPads.
 
10-19-2011

Mayo Clinic Creates Living Lab at Senior Center

by: Nellie Day
Seniors living in a retirement care home in Minnesota can participate in "living lab" trials and programs that aim to create wireless health devices.
 
10-07-2011

Ice Cream Sandwich Delayed

by: Tony Donaldson
The launch of a new Samsung smartphone running Android's new Ice Cream Sandwich, code name for it's version 2.4 of the operating system, has been delayed "out of respect for Steve Jobs' passing".
 
10-04-2011

Apple Announces iPhone 4S, Not iPhone 5

by: Tony Donaldson
Apple announced the iPhone 4S today, instead of the expected iPhone 5. It offers a ton of new features in the same form factor, including dual-core processor, 8 megapixel camera and more.
 
09-20-2011

Elderly Couple Fiddling with Their Webcam Becomes Internet Sensation

by: Nellie Day
What do you get when you cross a webcam with two seniors who aren't exactly confident in their abilities to set it up? One popular YouTube video.
 
 
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