Become an instant comic book artist with Halftone 2

Take your meme-generating skills up a notch and make full-blown comic strips out of your photos with Halftone 2, the sequel to the iPad app, Halftone.

With Halftone 2, you can create multiple page layouts, write stylish captions and customize them with professionally-designed fonts, as well as add the occasional WHAMS, BAMS, and POWS. Share your masterpieces with your friends and upload them on your favorite social network sites and other cloud-based services. Halftone 2 is a free app and can be downloaded on the iTunes store.

New iPhone ad focuses on music, captures spirit of enjoyment

Apple's new series of ads for the iPhone are subtle, visually engaging and mirror the ease of use and ubiquity of the iPhone's main features. The new "Music Every Daty," ad shows how the iPhone still resonates with anyone who loves their music. The variations, nuances and subtleties of this montage of moments is remarkable in its simplicity.

E Ink Launches Spectra, the world’s first three pigment electronic paper display

E Ink, who provides the screens for most eReaders introduced E Ink Spectra, the world’s first three pigment electronic paper display (EPD), featuring black, white and red pigments. Spectra is currently being shown at SID Display Week 2013 in Vancouver, CA. Hit jump for all the details.

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PayPal global study spells doom for the wallet

PayPal today revealed the findings of a global study that paints a dim future for the wallet. A vast majority (83%) of respondents across five countries indicated they wished they didn’t have to carry a wallet. Additionally, nearly one in three Americans (29%) would choose a smartphone over a wallet if they could only bring one item when going out.

While American consumers are keen to move to a digital payment future, the businesses that serve them may be lagging behind. More than two-thirds of Americans (68%) reported they have been unable to pay for something because they didn’t have cash with them; for nearly one in three Americans (30%), this has happened frequently.

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