There was a time when I was over Angry Birds. Something about the combination of its seemingly unearned popularity and its ubiquity on the ugly clothes of equally ugly children that I would see while out and about really turned me off. But then Rovio…
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Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun. The yellow hypergiant star HR 5171 A is also in the top-10 of the largest stars known and about one million times brighter than the sun…
Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska held on for a three-set victory over Jelena Jankovic to book a semi-final clash with Romanian starlet Simona Halep at the BNP Paribas Open. Radwanska, ranked third in the world, downed Serbia’s seventh-seeded Jankovic…
An Indian guru declared dead has been in a deep freezer in his ashram for nearly six weeks with followers confident he will return to life to lead them, his spokesman said. Devotees placed Ashutosh Maharaj, whom authorities declared clinically dead…
Planes searching an area where Chinese satellites spotted possible debris from a missing Malaysian passenger jet have found no sign of wreckage, officials said Thursday, dimming hopes of a breakthrough in the mystery. China said late Wednesday its satellites…
Just when you thought a patchwork defense couldn’t play any worse than the United States national team’s back line did in last week’s loss to Ukraine, the back four for the Red Bulls on Saturday night proved to be an even bigger disaster in the…
ABU DHABI, 6th March 2014 – The 6th Global Financial Markets Forum, organized by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), was ended on 5th March at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development said the two-day forum, which attracted the world’s leading experts and decision makers, had bolstered UAE’s image.In the opening speech of Nasser Ahmed Al Suweidi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and Board Chairman of the NBAD, delivered on his behalf by Dr. Al Tahir Musabah Al Kindi, he said…
Nigeria has seized the passport of ousted central bank governor Lamido Sanusi, an ally of the outspoken government critic said Friday, a day after he was removed from office in a move that sparked fears of economic turmoil. President Goodluck Jonathan…
About an hour ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page that his company was buying WhatsApp, a cross-platform, non-SMS messaging app that’s gaining a million new users every day. According to a report from Reuters, Facebook is ponying up…
Today, Canonical—the maker of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system—announced two companies that will soon be making phones based on its Ubuntu Touch mobile OS. Spain’s second biggest smartphone maker bq and China’s Meizu will be creating…
We have several gamers here at BestTechie, and over the past few days, a few of them took part in Respawn’s Titanfall beta. Shawn did so on the Xbox One, where the beta was actually open to anyone with the console. Both Brian Hough and Landon played…
Nigeria’s population of 170 million is a growing market for smartphone manufacturers. But there’s a lack of locally-made games with Africa-centered content and in stepped Nigerian entrepreneur Hugo Obi. VOA’s Laurel Bowman brings us his story.
Nigeria is winning the war against Boko Haram Islamists in the restive northeast that has claimed thousands of lives, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday, dismissing suggestions the insurgents were having the upper hand. “We state authoritatively…
Lately all the talk has surrounded the impending reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S5, and the Apple iPhone 6—but that doesn’t mean other OEMs aren’t working on their own flashy handsets too. Case in point: HTC will reveal its next flagship smartphone…
Even as we march closer to Samsung’s planned Unpacked event later this month, the rumor mill stops for no man – as today we have two new reports about the potential new phone from Samsung, the Galaxy S5. The first report, from SamMobile, claims…
Patent filings are a great way to get a sense of tech firms’ visions for the future, especially when those companies are notoriously secretive. That’s especially true for Apple, whose innovations tend to be ahead of the curve. Today, a post on CNET…
Partnership with Foursquare, Digital Activations and Retail Offerings to Enhance Experience for Fans Heineken unveils Heineken Fan Footprint, an interactive digital heat map to connect UEFA Champions League fans across the U.S. Heineken revela el Fan…
Everyone’s favorite mobile leaker @evleaks is at it again, this time supplying some interesting new information about Sony’s upcoming Android tablet flagship, the Sony Xperia Tablet Z2, just days after leaking some interesting new Samsung Galaxy…
Today, one of the biggest names in toys, the Pawtucket, RI-based Hasbro, announced a new partnership with 3D Systems, one of the few companies in the business of selling 3D printers to consumers and businesses. A press release published today explains…
A post on BGR today points the way back to a listing from a Vietnamese online phone retailer, which pegs Nokia’s Android-powered phone, the Nokia X, as costing about $104. If true, the Nokia X could wind up being one of the most simultaneously inexpensive…