Thorsten Heins is out of a job. Again. Heins, who stepped down as BlackBerry CEO in 2013, resigned as CEO of wireless charging company Powermat. The company confirmed the move, which was part of a broader revamp and settled a long-standing dispute between investors, on Monday. Powermat champions one of the key standards in wireless …

What if you never had to remember another password again? That’s the promise coming from LogMeOnce, a company that says it can store all your passwords in one secure place and has developed a new feature called PhotoLogin. Just as its name suggests, people’s passwords are protected by a picture. If you want to log into a website or an …

Lyft, the second-largest ride-sharing service in the US behind Uber, might be looking for investors. Or, maybe, a sale. The company has hired investment bank Qatalyst Partners, according to a report Monday from The Wall Street Journal. Qatalyst has been involved in sales of other tech companies, including LinkedIn’s recent monster deal with Microsoft. Qatalyst declined to comment. Lyft did …

If you’re in the market for high-capacity and superfast miniSD cards, Western Digital has something to offer. The company announced today two new 256GB miniSD cards, the SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I and the SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Premium Edition. According to Western Digital, the SanDisk Extreme card (MSRP $199.99) is for pro users and has a read speed of up …

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Want to know if you really do have a nice smile? A company in Japan now has an app for that. Tokyo-based cosmetics giant Shiseido is launching an app that rates smiles on a scale from 0 to 120. You’ll use the front camera of a smartphone or tablet like a mirror, and the app will score your smile accordingly. …

Pinterest on Tuesday previewed camera-search tech that could make your hunt for the perfect red couch much easier. “Soon you’ll be able to snap a photo of an object in the real world and get related recommendations on Pinterest,” the digital-scrapbooking site said in a news release. Users can snap a photo of just one object or even a whole …

Google may make its own phone. Or not. Either way, we talk about why (and why not) a Google Phone would make sense. This comes after a report that Google may move beyond its Nexus program and actually take a more hands-on approach with mobile hardware. The truth may be more complicated than that, though. We also discuss Volkswagen’s settlement …

Now playing: Watch this: Don’t let Facebook use your location to find friends 1:26 Facebook’s Suggested Friends category is usually full of casual acquaintances, old friends from high school and other random people. Lately, however, you may have seen random suggestions of people you don’t know, yet somehow vaguely recognize. It turns out, Facebook is using your phone’s location to …

The high-tech convenience of an e-reader means you miss out on some of the classic, comforting qualities of a regular ‘ol book, like the ability to peek ahead while using your finger as a temporary bookmark. While it won’t exactly replace the tactile feeling of flipping through pages, Amazon’s new Page Flip feature seeks to similarly satisfy the wandering eyes …

If it’s on the internet, Facebook wants to make sure it gets its blue-trimmed hands on it. So the social network is releasing new buttons for Google’s Chrome web browser, which has more than 1 billion users. With the new “Save to Facebook” extension, you’ll be able to save any link — for articles, videos, product listings — you come …

Just in case you thought you led a pretty exciting life, three Russian thrill seekers (illegally) scaled the Eiffel Tower and captured their climb using a drone and a few body cams. Not only is climbing the 1,063 foot (324 meter) tower an accomplishment on its own, but getting past security was also an endeavor. To gain access to the …

When everything is operating smoothly and all your devices and services are working together, it’s still cumbersome, at best. Whether you’re traveling for business or setting up a complex smart home, taking the time to set up some IFTTT recipes is worth the investment. Things you used to spend several minutes doing will happen in the background, automatically — thereby …

Norton is pushing hard on mobile with the launch of a new mobile VPN, but forget about torrents and accessing overseas Netflix catalogues: The company says it just wants you to stay safe on public Wi-Fi. The company on Tuesday announced the global launch of Norton Wi-Fi Privacy — a subscription-based app that encrypts all the data you send over …

Some people who ordered an Oculus Rift headset awhile back because they couldn’t wait to get their hands on one may still be waiting. For those who can’t wait any longer, there’s some good news. The virtual-reality headset is back in stock on Amazon for $599, with one-day shipping. The Rift first became available on Amazon in early May in …