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Lilbits (3-05-2014): Google Android finds its voice

One of the key features of Google Android is its voice recognition and text-to-speech engine which lets you talk to your phone and receive spoken replies. But if your phone’s voice has always sounded a bit… basic, the latest version of the Google Text-to-Speech app could improve things dramatically. Instead of voice data files that […]

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Streaming game service OnLive returns from the dead with new plans starting at $10 per month

OnLive is an online video game service that lets you stream games to a PC, Mac, or Android machine… or at least it was until OnLive pretty much fired its staff and shut down about a year and a half ago. Now OnLive is back, and this time they’re doing things a little differently. Not […]

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Asus Transformer Pad TF103 and TF303 break cover

Asus appears to be prepping two new 2-in-1 tablets. The Asus Transformer Pad TF103 and TF303 showed up recently at the website for design firm red dot 21, along with a (very) brief product description. These new tablets are said to be “renovated from last generation,” which suggests that they’re updates to the Asus Transformer […]

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OnePlus One smartphone launching in 10 countries in Q2, 2014

The folks at Chinese startup OnePlus plan to launch their first smartphone in the second quarter of 2014. The OnePlus One is expected to be a very geek-friendly device which will ship with software developed by CyanogenMod, and the folks at OnePlus are promising that unlocking the bootloader, rooting your phone, or installing stock or […]

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FreedomPop’s Privacy Phone encrypts your (cheap) phone calls for $189

FreedomPop’s claim to fame is the company’s low-cost wireless plans. But now FreedomPop is jumping on the privacy and security bandwagon, offering a new phone that it says offers more secure communications. It’s called the Privacy Phone, and while the hardware is kind of dated, it’s loaded with features to help keep your voice calls […]