Microsoft has debuted a new video that shows what it imagines the future of technology will hold in the next five to 10 years, and it includes massive touchscreens, Siri-like voice controls, and Microsoft's Surface tablet.
Developers should design their games for touch from the ground up, not port them from the consoles.
Viewsonic debuted a new line of touchscreen display monitors at the 2013 CES today that are targeted at the next generation of PCs.
Editor's Pick This year's Consumer Electronics Show is shaping up to be strikingly different from previous years -- and it may just hint at changes for the entire technology industry in 2013.
There's a lot of tech news to watch this week, but the company I'll be keeping my eyes on is Microsoft.
Amazon will make a number of hardware and software announcements Thursday all with the same goal in mind: to convince consumers and the media that its Kindle Fire tablet is only cheap in price.
It's clear now that design is a big part of the mobile experience, but it's still difficult for developers to balance touch functionality with an attractive interface. Plunk fixes that.
Editor's Pick With Windows 8, Microsoft favors tablets, touchscreens, and laptops with modern touchpads. Traditional desktops with a keyboard and mouse, on the other hand, have been left in the dust.
Consumers have been slow to adopt haptics (aka force feedback), but one startup believes in the technology and its value.
Editor's Pick Touchscreens will double to a $31.9 billion market by 2018.
Launching a new operating system may not require reinventing the wheel, but it could mean reinventing the keyboard.
That’s the conclusion Microsoft reached as it developed Windows 8, an operating system whose reliance on the touchscreen forced the company to …
Apple won a surprising patent today for a finger swipe motion that seems second nature to smartphone users. The company, which is embroiled in a number of patent lawsuits, is seemingly only adding fire to its arsenal.
The patent encompasses …
Copy and paste is for squares. The future of search on Android-powered mobile devices will be all about circles, if a recently filed patent by Google is any indication.
Google has invented a new way to search on touchscreens with …
Cambrios Technologies is announcing today that it has hired John LeMoncheck as its new chief executive and raised $5 million in a fourth round of funding from strategic investor Samsung Venture Investment.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.,-based company uses nanotechnology to create …
Synaptics showed off how touch controls will change in the next year at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Synaptics has a big market share in touch application hardware and it showed off its latest products at the show.
In the …
Chip maker Atmel is delivering technology advances at the Consumer Electronics Show that will result in better touchscreens and chargers. This means we’ll soon have thinner, more accurate and more battery-efficient gadgets to buy.
Each year, touch technology is getting …
Now that capacitive touchscreens have become the standard in mobile devices, many are looking for the next big innovation.
3D is one possibility — smartphones featuring the technology like the Evo 3D are already available. But according to Synaptics technology …
Microsoft’s Surface touchscreen technology for large displays has shed a lot of bulk in its newest iteration, and in the process it has also given liquid-crystal displays — the ubiquitous screens used in everything from laptops and smartphones to smart …
Editor’s note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored series on cutting-edge innovation. Dr. Andrew Hsu is Technology Strategist for human interface company Synaptics.
Until recently, a device designer wanting to add a touchscreen to a device would have faced …
