If you're anything like me, you're on the edge of your seat every day waiting for info on the next generation iPhone.  And over the past few days, several sources have reported that the new device will feature a 4-inch screen.  Could the rumors be true?

According to CNET.com, a trusted source for tech news, "...Apple has been tapping into its suppliers for screens larger than the ones used in the current iPhone. The new screens are at least 4 inches, compared with the 3.5-inch displays used on the phone since its debut in 2007."  A larger screen could have several benefits including a bigger keyboard and easier web navigation.  And some sources are reporting that, depending on the phone's design, it could potentially still fit into user's old iPod covers.

But more importantly, a 4-inch iPhone screen could help Apple compete with its rivals, especially Samsung.  CNET reports: "The latest smartphones are increasingly inching up in screen size, making them look and feel like mini tablets."

For example, according to the New York Times, Samsung announced that an updated version of its wildly popular Galaxy S smartphone will feature a 4.8-inch screen.  Samsung also boasts the largest Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy Note, making it the "king of the phone market."

If the rumors about the next iPhone's larger screen are true, could Apple reclaim its position as the top mobile device retailer?

Thirteen-year-old Internet company Google is finally old enough to drive a car.

One of the search engine giant's self-driving cars, which utilize a laser radar to detect people, cars and obstacles on the street, has been granted a license from the state of Nevada. According to Mashable, "With the help of GPS and a bit of artificial intelligence, the car can drive itself with very little or no intervention from the human sitting inside." Those are some serious custom auto accessories!

Still, Nevada requires that two people sit in the test cars -- one individual in the driver's seat, and the other monitoring the vehicle's route, stop lights, and potential hazards on the street.  With a simple touch of the brake or wheel, whoever's in the driver's seat can take over.

Watch a test drive of the super-smart vehicle here:

Would you get in a self-driving car?

Or should I say "happy promotional products day"?  Cinco de Mayo is a day of Mexican heritage, pride and to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American civil war.  ORRRR better known as the day where we eat lots of Mexican food and drink sangria, tequila and coronas.  Everywhere you go on Cinco de Mayo there are promotional products.  From beer companies to restaurants (including my favorite place, MOES, see below) even local radio stations get in on the action.  There are hats and beads and cups and any other promotional item you can think of being passed out on this extremely fun day.  Plus this year, it's on a Saturday!!  Have fun, be safe and enjoy all the swag!!

This is almost embarrassing to admit, but I've had an iPhone for approximately four years, and I've never been big on apps.  Sure, I have the standard stuff:  Twitter, Facebook, Pandora, etc.  But I rarely venture outside of what I know and use on a daily basis.

Last night my friend who's only had the iPhone for a few weeks gave me a great piece of advice:  Download Appsfire.  The free app calls itself "a leading and pioneering marketing platform for mobile apps through visual and social discovery."  After playing around with it for a few hours last night, I can confidently say that it's an incredible tool for finding and sharing iPhone apps. 

My favorite part about Appsfire is that it suggests downloads based on your interests.  It also displays an app's rating and if/by how much its price has been slashed.  All of these features help users determine whether or not an app is meant for them.

If you're like me and have mortifyingly low number of apps on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, check out Appsfire!

I love driving with my music blasting in the background. It helps me to relax and have some ME time. But not any kind of music will do it for me. It must be Turkish music which I can listen to for hours on end. You might ask where I am able to find the turkish music in the car. My favorite thing about my car (Nissan Sentra) is that it has a USB cord which I can attach to my iphone and load turkish radio. I set my iphone on my promotional mobile device holder so I am safe and can change stations with a click. After a long day at work, this is one of my musts!

While Toshiba is hoping to find its own niche in the tablet market with the super-sized Excite 13, Apple seems to be heading in an entirely different direction.  Rumors are flooding the Internet, stating that an iPad Mini may be released in 2012. 

According to Mashable, "The latest rumor to make the rounds is that Apple is planning to produce 6 million smaller iPads for sale some time in the third quarter."  The information is based on orders that iPad creator Apple has placed to factories in Taiwan.  Officials from Samsung are backing up the rumors, claiming that a 7.86-inch screen iPad will be out later this year.

A smaller iPad would compete with the fairly new Kindle Fire which is available at a much lower price than the full-size Apple tablet.  If Apple can pull it off, the pocket-sized iPad could become the ultimate custom travel accessory.

Still, Mashable reports that there's reason for skepticism.  Let's look at some of the facts:

First, rumors of a smaller version of the iPad have circulated since Apple’s initial introduction of the product in early 2010 and have not come to pass. Second, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was famously skeptical of 7-inch tablets, calling such devices "tweeners" that are too big to compete with smartphones and too small to vie with the iPad. Finally, Apple would likely cannibalize sales of its pricier iPads if it released a smaller, cheaper model.

What do you think?  Could a tiny Apple tablet compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire?

After I got my iPhone in December, I initially ordered a 4G iPhone Case to make sure that my phone was safe and sound. Since then, I have been taking countless pictures and posting them on Instagram. I especially love taking nature and street pictures, and posting them daily. It has become a part of my daily routine. So far, I have been able to get over 500 followers. Everywhere I go, I look around - at the sky, clouds, trees, animals, cars, buildings, etc. - trying to find something different to capture. Yesterday, as I was reading the news headlines online, I saw that Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. After using Instagram, I have actually strayed away from Facebook. First of all, I do not like the new timeline format Facebook is converting everyone to. I find it difficult to use and pointless.  Secondly, I have not been as interested in people's comments and check-ins (and so on) as I used to be. Now I am more intrigued by the pictures posted on Instagram. I love the fact that people from all over the world, just like you and me, can take any picture anywhere and immediately post it on Instagram, and I am able to view it seconds later from millions of miles away. In a way, it is like being in many places at once.For that reason, I am afraid this buyout will result in changes to the whole concept of Instagram.

Because of this new hobby of mine, I have been trying to practice my photography skills, not just out in nature, but also with my family and friends. Being that I am one who usually hates having pictures taken of myself, I used to never even remember that I had a camera with me. Now, because of Instagram, I don't ever put my iPhone down. I am constantly taking pictures of everyone and everything. I currently have over 1000 pictures on my phone and I need to routinely upload the pictures onto my laptop. Luckily, I have plenty of custom USB flash drives, so I can transfer over all of the pictures and make sure all of them are backed-up. Though I have a feeling I am going to have to order quite a few more of the promotional flash drives to keep up with all of the pictures I have been taking lately.

Tablet PCs were originally designed for people on-the-go, people who wanted to take their technology with them on the road.  But a new Toshiba tablet that sports a 13-inch screen seems to defeat the purpose.  The super-sized Excite 13 manages to dwarf even the Apple iPad, and begs the question:  Is it too big? 

Fox News reports that the "2.2-pound device was designed primarily for home use, whether you’re surfing the web, playing games, video chatting, or watching movies." That's why it's got such a huge display, a Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and two cameras -- a five-MP back camera and a front-facing two-MP one.

But if you're interested in the huge Toshiba tablet, be prepared to shell out some serious cash.  According to Fox News, "The 32GB model costs $649, while the 64GB model will run you $749."

Sony Computer Entertainment has had a large percentage of the video game market for almost 20 years. (the original Playstation system was released in the US in 1995) But with rumors on its new entertainment system, that could very well shift in favor of Nintendo, Microsoft or even another company.

Despite rumors of a Playstation 4 press conference at the E3 convention (Sony quickly confirmed that this wasn't the case) Sony Computer Entertainment officials have confirmed that a new system is in the works for Christmas 2013. The system will be called the Playstation Orbis, avoiding the mistake Nintendo did with their upcoming Wii U. While December 2013 is a while's away, rumors on some of its features have already leaked. 

As expected, there are amazing features that will make this more appealing than the previous Playstation consoles. Unlike the Playstation 3, which succesfully plays 3D games and films at 720p, the Orbis will be able to play its 3D features at 1080p. Best of all, the Playstation Orbis will feature an AMD 64x CPU and an AMD Southern Islands GPU - pushing gaming resolution to a futuristic 4096 x 2160! Any television released with the 4096 x 2160 resolution (still waiting on that) in the future will allow the Orbis to perform in tip-top shape. 

But are we so ready to take the bad with the good? The Orbis is rumored to also not be backwards compatible - something that set back the Playstation 3 during its original release. But what is almost shocking is that the Orbis will not be able to run pre-owned games unless an additional fee for each game is paid to Sony in advance. This is as a result of popular lending/trading services like Gamestop, Redbox and Gamefly. 

It's hard to say if these features will make it onto the Orbis. All I know is that I won't be packing my Playstation 3 away for a long time.

Note: the image is only an artist rendering of what the Orbis might look like.

Seventy-five years ago, Amelia Earhart's plane crashed somewhere over the Pacific Ocean during an attempted around-the-world flight.  Now, researchers are planning to piece together new clues to determine where exactly Earhart's fatal trip ended. 

According to Discovery News, "The tall, slender, blond pilot mysteriously vanished while flying over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 during a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator."  Until now, experts had agreed that Earhart's plane most likely ran out of fuel, causing it to crash in the Pacific.  But thanks to new evidence, some are beginning to wonder if an alternative scenario took place. 

ABC News reports that a photo of a plane crash just off of the Kiribati islands might show parts of the Electra, the plane Earhart flew. The photograph, which was discovered in 2010, has not yet been unveiled. But Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the foreign minister of Kiribati, and renowned subaquatic explorer Dr. Robert Ballard are expected to make the picture public at an event and presentation set for today.

The three will also announce an upcoming expedition that will be supported by the US State Department and the Discovery Channel and carried out by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). "The new expedition will use high tech underwater equipment to search for pieces of Earhart's plane," reports Discovery News. 

Perhaps most exciting is the idea that Earhart may not have died when her plane vanished and that, rather, she and navigator Fred Noonan made an emergency landing and became castaways.  According to Ric Gillespie, Executive Director for TIGHAR, the duo may have survived for weeks, if not more, with very few travel promotional items.

A statement released by the State Department asserts that the "event will underscore America's spirit of adventure and courage, as embodied by Amelia Earhart, and our commitment to seizing new opportunities for cooperation with Pacific neighbors founded on the United States' long history of engagement in the Asia-Pacific region."