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A future full of touchscreens? It's all in the software
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...
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Microsoft gives LCDs the power to see with Surface 2.0
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...
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Touchscreen inventor: Forget 3D, haptics is the future of mobile screens
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Now that capacitive touchscreens have become the standard in mobile devices, many are looking for the next big innovation. 3D is one...
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Atmel enables slimmer and more precise touchscreen and charger chips
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...
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Synaptics shows how touch controls will change in the next year
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Synaptics showed off how touch controls will change in the next year at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Synaptics has a big market...
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Touchscreen film maker Cambrios hires new CEO and raises $5M
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...
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Circle to search: Google patents “continuous gestures” for Android
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale 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...
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Apple’s latest patent win is a doozy: scrolling through lists
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...
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The secret to the Windows 8 keyboard design: common sense
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...
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Touchscreen displays will become a $31.9B market by 2018
The touchscreen revolution in display user interfaces has been going strong since Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007. Today, it shows no sign of stopping, and the market for touchscreen modules is...
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Force feedback could be the sequel to the touchscreen craze
Ever since the iPhone came along in 2007, touchscreens have ruled electronic gadgets. Haptics, or touch feedback, hasn’t done as well. Will a new generation of better touch-feedback technologies take...
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Why Windows 8 is terrible for desktops
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Microsoft released the final build of Windows 8, dubbed “RTM,” to developers and manufacturers last week. So how will it work on your...
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Your mobile design is pretty, but is it touch friendly? Plunk lets you find out
It’s clear now that design is a big part of the mobile experience — heck, we dedicated an entire conference to the topic — but it’s still difficult for developers to balance touch functionality with...
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Stoking the Fire: How Amazon will try to make cheap sexy
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Thursday, Amazon will make a number of hardware and software announcements all with the same goal in mind: to convince consumers and the...
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Dylan’s Desk: It’s do or die time for Microsoft
Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat. This week is an epic one for tech news. I’m...
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What CES 2013 will bring: Startups, Qualcomm’s coming out party, and fewer...
For more stories from the Consumer Electronic Show 2013, see VentureBeat's full coverage of CES 2013. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show is shaping up to be strikingly different from previous years...
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Viewsonic announces new line of smart & touchscreen displays
Viewsonic debuted a new line of touchscreen display monitors at the 2013 CES today that are targeted at the next generation of PCs. The company’s TD 40 Series displays are certified by Microsoft for...
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Wooga founder: Touch is a bigger revolution for games than the mouse
The touch screen is going to create a bigger revolution in games than the computer mouse did — so says Jens Begemann, the chief executive of Berlin-based casual game maker Wooga. That’s saying a lot...
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Microsoft shows a new futuristic vision with huge touchscreens & Siri-like...
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...
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Acer launches first 8-inch Windows tablet, plans touchscreens everywhere
Acer took the wraps off the world’s first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet today at Computex, a giant computer tradeshow in Taipei. Continuing the run of lucky 8s, the company also said that 80 percent of its...
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