Like the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening, the feud between Apple and Samsung seemed like it would be with us until the end of time, an evergreen source of tech news fun. But a post on Neowin today points the way back to a report…
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A post on the Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog reports that LG, electronics manufacturer and chief Samsung rival (behind Apple, of course) is gearing up to revive webOS, the mobile operating system built by the now-defunct Palm corporation for its…
Microsoft’s Games With Gold promotion, which gives away two Xbox 360 games a month to Xbox Live subscribers, has been widely criticized for its lack of new titles. There’s no arguing that titles like Halo 3, Gears of War and Assassin’s Creed…
The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday. A Pew Research Center survey found 73 percent of Americans over age 18 on the Internet use…
I love music, I just can’t play it. But my lack of musical talent is okay, I enjoy music as a fan. Concerts are great and I’m always stoked when a band I like releases new music. I even have a friends who are in bands. And despite my musical…
We’ve written a few times about the wickedly efficient (perhaps most efficient car in the world) Volkswagen XL1. I recently got to see the car over at EVS27 in Barcelona. Of course, I didn’t miss the opportunity to take a video and snap a few pics…
By Philippa Nicole Barr On December 30, 2013 Speech is the one of the most important forms of communication between humans. The internet has opened doors for us to communicate with people across the globe – but the technology often leads to misunderstanding…
The eurozone is finally set to return to growth in 2014 but the single currency bloc may not have put its crisis behind it as efforts to shore up its banks could boomerang. After beating back market panic that the eurozone was set to break up, eurozone…
Perhaps I’m just in a good mood, but this video below is great. Aside from being fun and catchy — and very well produced — the video focuses on the fact that technologies evolve, and uses that as a good way of showing that fossil fuels are way…
There are a ton of reasons why electric cars should be the dominant type of car on our roads, reasons why you should really ditch your gasmobile for one. Some of those reasons would slowly sway portions of the market. But logic doesn’t often prevail…
Following up on the top 33 electric vehicle stories of the first half (or so) of 2013, below are the top electric vehicle stories from the rest of 2013. This was a huge year for electric vehicles, but it’s clear that the industry is growing so fast…
Here’s a funny thing I was just thinking: Imagine if the EV–gasmobile story were reversed and EVs were the dominant type of vehicle while gasmobiles were just becoming mainstream. Imagine also that gasmobiles only had a range of 60–80 miles, but…
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Jackson Bond who is the co-founder of Relayr, the team behind the WunderBar. It’s the easiest way to start developing apps for the Internet of Things — without needing to know about hardware. Crowdfunding begins…
On the last trading day of the year, Japanese shares posted their best annual performance for more than four decades, leaving other major markets in the dust. Foreign investors piled into the long-laggard market in 2013 as the government and central…
Microsoft has another big problem on its hands: Chromebooks. You know, those inexpensive laptops manufactured by the likes of Samsung, Acer, and others that run Chrome OS instead of Windows? They are selling like crazy. You may remember how we…
Arik Airlines says it has introduced a mobile and tablet booking app that can provide the airline with booking service.…
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened after the holiday on Friday in an upward trend with the…
Apple still offers its usual App of the Week that it gives away for nothing, but the company is also hooking iOS users up with 12 days of freebies this holiday season. Technically, the giveaway, dubbed “12 Days of Gifts,” started on Thursday, but…
Shareholders of Italy’s troubled Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena — the world’s oldest bank — on Saturday voted to postpone until mid-2014 a giant capital increase needed to stave off nationalisation. Management had wanted the 3.0-billion-euro ($4.…
How technology can help keep you fit – but do watch out for those zombies – and what’s coming next after the likes of Call Of Duty and Halo.