Even though Samsung has yet to announce even the existence of the Galaxy S5 smartphone, we know it’s coming, and we know we’ll probably hear all about it at the Unpacked 5 event next week. So with the impending unveiling suspected to be so close…
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If you’ve ever run or contributed to a campaign on Kickstarter, chances are you got an email from the crowdfunding site this past Saturday. According to the message, Kickstarter was hacked last Wednesday, and the intruders were able to gain “unauthorized…
The governor of Nigeria’s embattled Borno state warned President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday that the military is outgunned in its fight against Boko Haram and more troops are urgently needed. Governor Kashim Shettima travelled to the capital Abuja…
Gunmen suspected of being Boko Haram Islamists have reportedly killed dozens of people, mostly Christians, in a village in northeast Nigeria, an official and local residents said on Sunday. “They killed many, many people in the attack late on Saturday…
Originally published on Planetsave. President Obama meets with Kenguru CEO Stacy Zoern (photo: kenguru.com). More than three million Americans can celebrate when they hear this story. Made in the USA but in demand worldwide, the Kenguru—a driver-only…
Constitutional scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig, whose march through New Hampshire to get money out of politics is featured on our broadcast this week, often says that his crusade is the most urgent in America because it impacts virtually every…
Ever notice that xfinitywifi seems to appear on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop pretty much anywhere? Well, the reason for that is because in mid-2013 Comcast started turning customers’ Internet connections (home and business) into public WiFi…
Residents of a northeast Nigerian town said Saturday hundreds of them have fled their homes for fear of attacks by Boko Haram militants who killed 43 people this week in a nearby village. About 400 men fled Bama on Friday to Maiduguri, the Borno state…
BMW Motorsports has signed a partnership deal with GermanPV GmbH, one of the Germany’s leading renewable energy and solar concept companies. While the deal is basically for a decal on one of BMW’s many race cars, the deal also opens the way for…
A post on the Verge today reports that the talks between tech giants Apple and Samsung to try and resolve their patent disputes out of the courtroom have failed. Citing a few different news sources out of Korea, it seems that Samsung’s co-CEO JK Shin…
Though we’re quite early on in the next-generation console wars, the clear front-runner is still Sony with its PlayStation 4, beating Microsoft’s Xbox One in console sales for the month of January, and potentially, overall. The research firm responsible…
I’m here today to talk about something very troubling. Millions of people are affected by this issue, and today, especially, one question begs to be asked. Why on earth can’t we download videos from Netflix? When I’m away from home, I constantly…
From heroin stashed in human hair to drugs concealed in tins of sardines, Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency is used to having to deal with increasingly ingenious attempts at smuggling. But where once the west African nation was only a key staging post…
It’s no secret that kids need to learn more about how to code to make the next generation of programmers. The rush to make the next great app or game is like a new gold rush, and educators are taking notice—a fact exemplified in the Kentucky State…
The last we wrote about Streamnation the company had just launched its digital locker product to the world. At the time Streamnation allowed you to upload your media to the company’s servers and then stream that media from any device, regardless…
Moderate or heavy smokers who quit tobacco get a boost in mental wellbeing that, for people who are anxious or stressed, is equivalent to taking anti-depressants, a study said Thursday. British researchers examined 26 published investigations into the…
Boko Haram gunmen killed nine Nigerian soldiers after launching an ambush on a military convoy in the troubled northeast, a local official and a hospital source told AFP Thursday. The troops were responding to a distress call late Wednesday in the Madagali…
Skype is an old technology trying to fit in a new world, and as such, the service has been going through some growing pains recently. Between all the numerous issues – the slow transition to high definition video conferences and an often subpar mobile…
Little by little, more evidence of Microsoft’s initiative to bring its disparate Windows experiences in line with each other keeps hitting the web. Just under 24 hours ago, leaked images of info-slides made by Microsoft for application developers…
Comcast has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in an all stock deal. The acquisition would effectively combine the two largest U.S. cable companies, leaving many consumers and US regulators with questions. The deal is somewhat…