Everything is always 100% better after a nice little nap, and Wi-Fi is no exception. By allowing smartphones to take sub-second naps while waiting to transfer data, it's possible to double battery life with just a clever piece of software.

With NFC wireless payment technology taking its sweet time to integrate itself into anything useful, the market is wide open for some clever new system to save us all from the hassle of having to carry around and use credit cards to pay for stuff. One company has hit on a way to make payments without any fancy hardware, using music only machines can hear.

When you're camping, there's a pretty obvious shortage of power outlets around for you to charge up your gadgets with. But if you bring along the Hatsuden-Nabe, you can juice up your phone using only a campfire.

Following in the footsteps of AT&T, Verizon is planning to kill off its unlimited data plans, instead switching to a tiered system that will charge heavy users more to download via their phones. Sigh.