Samsung 2014 smart TVs to support single-finger gestures

Samsung is moving away from the gimmicks of gesture control and seems to want make it more useful for users. The Korean tech giant aims to integrate single-finger gesture support for next year’s line of smart TVs. For example, you can return to a previous screen or stop a video by motioning your finger counterclockwise. Next year’s Samsung TVs will also feature improved voice control capabilities, like just mentioning the channel number to switch channels.

Source: Samsung Tomorrow

CyanogenMod phone now up for sale

The Google-approved modded smartphone is now up for sale around the world for US$599. The Oppo N1 does not look quite like the Android devices out on the market with its swiveling camera with separate button accessory and a baby blue back. But what makes it stand out is it allows you to pick between Android and the heavily modified Android version called CyanogenMod. You can check Oppo store to order your device.

Sony and Panasonic reportedly calls off OLED TV collaboration

The Verge reports that Sony and Panasonic have cancelled their partnership deal to co-produce OLED televisions. Eighteen months after the two tech companies signed the deal, The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources claiming that Sony and Panasonic might concentrate on developing LCD-based 4K TVs.

Olloclip's CEO Patrick O' Neill chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year 2013

The man behind Olloclip lenses, which are iPhone exclusive three-in-one camera lenses has been chosen as Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year. Patrick O' Neill decided to create a clever way to mount lenses on the iPhone's camera and as a result gave millions of photographers a wider range of options in their mobile photography.