You can measure objects on an iPhone using Apple's Measure app. The app is free and works with specific versions of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. You may be able to ...

Standing with my eyes closed in the bathroom, I aim my phone in the air. It vibrates, more and more, until it’s buzzing with excitement. “Toilet,” it announces in a female robot voice. “Shower,” it ...

For someone who is blind or partially sighted, everyday tasks can be a pain — choosing the right can from the pantry, for instance, or picking up the right book from the table. A smartphone could help ...

If you’re looking to learn English or maybe to improve your command of this ubiquitous language, then there a few apps that you could try out. But if you are curious to try out other creative ways to ...

Epic Games has debuted a new tool for developers that will allow them to turn any real-world object into a usable asset in their creation. Epic Games has released its RealityScam app for iOS, enabling ...

In the latest move to make history more accessible, the British Broadcasting Corp. Thursday launched its first augmented reality app, Civilisation AR. The app, developed by BBC Research and ...

LAS VEGAS — The first time you point your smartphone at an Iron Man comic book and watch Tony Stark step off the cover and begin to fly, you’ll be sorely tempted to look past the phone’s screen to see ...

Imagine being able to shop a cornucopia of carefully curated, stellar vintage from top-tier dealers—and, yes, mega Instagram influencers—all in one place. Now, to quench that industry need, there is ...

Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

The book, Object Oriented Application Development Using the Caché Postrelational Database, spotlights a database system that runs on Red Hat or TurboLinux with an unusual set of both object-oriented ...