Portable sensor lets users monitor air pollution on their smartphone 24/12/2012, 08:13:39 AM (Gizmag)-The CitiSense sensor provides smartphone users with real-time air quality readings for their immediate environment

Want better posture? There's an app for that 24/12/2012, 08:12:09 AM (Gizmag)-When you think of smartphone accessories, images of Otterboxes, camera lenses, and health monitors may dance through your head. Smartphones can also, however, be used to change habits. Startup Lumo BodyTech hopes to do just that, with the Lumoback posture-correcting gizmo.

Using Facebook makes us more likely to eat unhealthy snacks by lowering our self-control 24/12/2012, 08:04:44 AM (Dailymail)-Using Facebook makes you fat - but not for the reason you might think. Researchers found those who socialised regularly with their friends on the networking website had higher levels of self-esteem but lower levels of self-control.

Modern technologies make it as easy as anything to tap phones 21/12/2012, 10:29:13 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The software pieces and devices allowing to bug phone calls, read others’ messages or record sounds from a distance have been available in the open air.

E-commerce businesses in Vietnam face the risk of being acquired by foreigners 18/12/2012, 09:15:14 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Vietnamese e-commerce businesses, while calling for foreign investments in their businesses, keep a constant anxiety that the foreign partners would swallow them one day.

Bluetooth Stickers Track Your Stuff 17/12/2012, 09:11:05 AM (Discovery)-Can't find the keys -- or the family dog? A new project can help track them and other easy-to-lose objects using Bluetooth-enabled buttons.

Paper USB Drive Is Disposable 17/12/2012, 09:09:30 AM (Discovery)-Despite a lot of talk about society going paperless, paper is still around. Humans still hand out paper versions of business cards, birthday cards, invitations and resumes. Corporations still send direct mail and catalogs to consumers. Intellipaper is a project on Indiegogo that's looking to add a whole lot of info to that paper, without taking up more space.

Mujjo leather touchscreen gloves add a touch of style 17/12/2012, 09:07:58 AM (Gizmag)-Using a touchscreen in wintertime or on the ski slopes is annoying because screens are designed to work with bare fingers. True, there are numerous gloves available that work with screens, so you don’t freeze your fingers while surfing the internet, but they tend to look like cheap woolly things.

Internet opens the door for national development 16/12/2012, 03:15:38 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-If Vietnam takes full advantage of internet services, the national economy and e-government in the country will develop exponentially in the coming years.

Proposals to develop Vietnam’s nuclear infrastructure 15/12/2012, 04:32:18 PM (VNA)-The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has made a number of recommendations, suggestions and proposals to develop Vietnam ’s nuclear infrastructure.

Ministry pulls plug on mobile firm 15/12/2012, 09:04:57 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The Ministry of Information and Communications on Dec 10, revoked Dong Duong Telecom's licence to provide mobile virtual network service due to its sluggish implementation of services.

Charging fees for online news is a must for publishers to survive 13/12/2012, 02:36:41 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-It’s now not the time to discuss whether to charge fees for online news or not, because the answer is obvious: newswires will have to collect fees, if they want to exist and develop.

Local authorities rush to make e-governments 12/12/2012, 01:07:44 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-E-government has not only been existing on paper, but it has become true when local authorities have been making every effort to implement the model in their localities.

No tsunami risks at nuclear plant site 12/12/2012, 01:05:03 PM (VNA)-There is a low possibility of a tsunami hitting the southern central province of Ninh Thuan that could threaten prospective sites of nuclear power plants planned for construction over the next two years, said vice president of the Vietnam Association of Geophysicists under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association's, Cao Dinh Trieu.

New technique could make bread last two months 10/12/2012, 02:25:47 PM (Gizmag)-Bread may be the staff of life, but it doesn't keep very well. Left to its own devices, a loaf will start to go moldy in a week – a fact that costs consumers and the food industry millions of dollars each year.