Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new iPhone cradle and software piece that can turn an average iPhone into a biosensor. The sensor can test for toxins and pathogens and can perform other forms of medical testing. The cradle is made up of a wide variety of filters and lenses that work with the iPhone’s camera. Though the case is only made of roughly $200 of materials, it is as accurate as $50,000 laboratory spectrometers. According to U of I’s website, the case could bring a whole new form of portable scanning to field researchers,

The week started off with a lot of sound and fury when Yahoo announced that they had acquired Tumblr. In Apple news, they announced that they had hired Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg. It was also revaled that the WWDC keynote will be on June 10. On the rumor front, we got a rumor on a possible production date for the next iPad, and another possible spec for the iWatch. Our Features, Tips, and Funny Posts Infographic: The Evolution Of The iPhone Here’s How To Identify Your Apple Gear How To Numb the Pain Of The Apple Waiting Game Feed Wrangler

Google is taking steps to finally close down Buzz, its first attempt at a social network (Wave doesn’t count). According to the company, Google will be moving all Buzz posts to users’ Google Drive accounts. The move won’t count against Drive storage quotas, and the data consists of public and private posts made by users. At a later date, public posts will be accessible by the public, and probably Google’s search engine. From those Kool Kats over at Engadget: In an email that just went out to former users, Google noted it’s packaging Buzz data into two files which will

In this week’s edition of lifestyles of the rich and stupid, someone has purchased a working Apple 1 computer for a whopping $671,400. Or, sliced differently 1346 full-sized, intro level, iPads. Ahhh, the lifestyles of the one-percenters. So refreshing. Steve Lohr, From the New York Times: The buyer, Mr. Breker said, was a wealthy entrepreneur from the Far East, who wishes to remain anonymous. Part of the allure of the earliest Apple machines, Mr. Breker said, is not what they are, but what they represent. “It is a superb symbol of the American dream,” he said. “You have two college

If you weren’t a fan of Wake, an alarm clock app that tries its hardest to not let you sleep in, you might like the Snooze Dock by Distilunion a bit more. The Snooze Dock is a wooden iPhone stand that has a built-in functioning snooze button. The dock is crafted from real wood and is paired with a sleek, two-color design. The top of the dock houses the soft plastic snooze button while the rear of the device lets you run a sync cable to your phone, allowing you to charge your iPhone while you sleep. Not only is the

If you have trouble getting through the day without your phone dying, the PowerBar is here to help. It’s a powerful little portable charger that works with all of the most popular smartphones. It charges easily by USB, and then transfers the charge to your smartphone whenever you need it most. Normally priced at $70, for a limited time you can get one for just $39. You can get your PowerBar here in black, silver, red or blue.

Apple isn’t known for giving hints on future product releases, though they tend to do so when sending out invitations to WWDC or one of its many other press events. In previous years these hints have been pretty easy to spot, though this year it hasn’t been so easy. Weeks after invites were sent out, entrepreneur Joshua Merrill thinks he may have scouted it out. Merrill thinks that each of the many stacked tiles on the invite are each of the preloaded apps that come with iOS. For instance, the green tile is for Messages, the purple is for the

With the excitement of a new console comes the disappointment and harsh reality that the system you now own is on its way to becoming obsolete.  That may not be the case with the Xbox 360 though, according to an interview Microsoft conducted with the Official Xbox Magazine, Microsoft believes that they can keep the Xbox 360 around for another 5 years. Even more surprisingly, it want to sell another 25 million of them. What exactly will Microsoft be doing to make its goal a reality though? No details were revealed in the Official Xbox Magazine piece, though gamers are

AT&T has announced that it will finally begin offering Apple’s iPhone on its prepaid GoPhone plans. People who wish to use the iPhone on the GoPhone service plans will have to pay the full, unsubsidized price of an AT&T iPhone or bring their own SIM unlocked model.These customers will be able to use AT&T’s current $25 and $50 per month plans, though data packages will have to be purchased separately. AT&T will also allow iPhone to be used on the $65 per month GoPhone plan that includes data access. Previously, iPhone users on GoPhone plans were unable to take advantage

We all know where Apple and Mr. Scott Forstall stand on the flattening of iOS. The real question we need answers to is whether or not ole’ Forstall would install iOS 7 on his iPhone 5. At this point it could go either way. What do you think? Would the man above, once rumored to push Tim Cook out of the CEO seat at Apple by moron’s, do the unthinkable and install a something without leather or felt as its primary design motif? Have your say! Will Mr. Forstall Install iOS 7 On His iPhone?

Its been a little over a week since Larry Page told us that there needed to be more collaboration between companies in the technology sector, and then saw his company turn around and send a cease and desist letter to Microsoft for creating a YouTube application for Windows Phone that didn’t display ads. Microsoft played the honey badger, and kept the application up anyway. Turns out that they’re actually besties now, and they’re collaborating on a new YouTube app for Windows phone with advertisements. The app should be out in a couple of weeks From the sounds of it, the