INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Pepper, Japanese Robot “Will Maximize People’s Joy And Minimize Their Sadness”

Japanese technology company Softbank has been showing the world its new emotion-reading robot named Pepper. Masayoshi Son, Softbank’s CEO, stated that it will be the first robot in history to more-or-less “have a heart”, and emotions that go along with … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Find My Phone iPhone Feature Held Ransom in Australia

Apple’s “Find My Phone” service is meant to help users locate their device if it were to be lost or stolen. Too bad a bunch of hackers have been taking the feature for granted, exploiting “Find My Phone” by holding … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
SCiO: A Pocket-Sized Molecular Sensor Brings Trek Tech to the Real World

“Imagine if there was a way to know the chemical makeup of everything you come into contact with” posits Consumer Physics cofounder Damian Goldring in an initial pitch to Kickstarter. Had time to give that some thought? If your mind … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Sources Say YouTube To Acquire Twitch Gaming Video Site for $1 Billion

Youtube, which was purchased by Google back in 2006, is seeking to acquire Twitch for a good $1 billion dollars. This could end up being the most significant purchase to-date for YouTube, which hasn’t made tons of moves as an … Continue reading →

 

STORAGE & CLOUD
Google Classroom: Online Platform Brings Simple and Easy Teacher / Student Communication

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day on Tuesday, Google celebrated by previewing a new simple system for course work organization. Part of its Google Apps for Education suite, “Classroom” will be a free software option; serving as an easy way … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
The Cassette Tape Dead? Not if You Can Cram 185 Terabytes Into One!

During “simpler” times, when technology didn’t take care of everything for us, we relied on the vinyl record to play us about 5 songs per side. Later, the cassette tape would play us a little more than that before we … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Facebook Launches FB Newswire For Journalists and Newsrooms

Today Facebook announced the launch of FB Newswire, an online trove of hand-selected and journal-verified news, all to help journalists share and embed the kind of content they want floating on Facebook. Andy Mitchell, director of news and global media … Continue reading →

 

SMARTPHONES & MOBILE DEVICES
Eyefi Photo Storage Offers New Eyefi Cloud, Syncs Camera Images Anywhere in an Instant

Eyefi is a company known for providing Wi-Fi enabled photo storage cards for virtually any digital camera. The Eyefi Mobi SD memory cards start at about $45 dollars on Amazon, and have wowed users so far because of how simply … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Rumors Of Google Considering Its Own Wireless Network

Google is probably one of the most familiar names the world knows. Starting off as a search engine, and now the world’s largest and most widely used Internet search engine, Google continues to spread its wings. Google is now a … Continue reading →

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Nvidia Announces GeForce GTX Titan Z, $3,000 Dual-Kepler For 5K Gaming

Tuesday, Nvidia announced a brand new graphics card during its annual GPU (graphics processing unit) Technology Conference in San Jose. Think GDC (game developers conference) for card lovers. They call it the GeForce GTX Titan Z, and it promises to … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Sony And Panasonic Announce Archival Disc, Optical Disc Storing 300 GB to 1TB

We are all well aware digital storage has been moving away from disc long enough for us to say “USB”, “storage drive”, “MP3”, “iTunes”, and even “Pandora”. What about cloud storage? Well, most of everything is there, such as optical … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
SXSW’s 2014 Interactive Festival Kicks Off This Week: Here Are Some Things You Shouldn’t Miss

In 2010, SXSW’s Interactive Festival surpassed the Music portion for the first time in attendees.  Considering the droves of humans that flood the incomparable music hub of Austin, Texas for the Music portion of the festival, this was no easy … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Blackphone: Says “NO” To Data Collection, But Don’t Think It’s NSA-Proof

Among the multitudes of technological innovations, gadgets, and other high-profile launches at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the encrypted Blackphone had it’s turn to create attention. Phil Zimmerman is not only one of the Blackphone’s creators, he is … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Netflix Streaming Problems Associated With ISPs, Particularly Verizon

Binge watching your favorite show sure is a large benefit of Netflix, but when there is lag and spinning wheels of waiting time, things get frustrating. Whether or not you have noticed, the streaming service has been slowing in speed … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Load Your Wallet Into Your Smartphone With Loop

Loop first came about back in October 2013 when it was launching its Kickstarter campaign. They invented the first mobile payment app that is accepted everywhere. Unlike other mobile payment services, such as Isis, Square, or Google Wallet, the idea … Continue reading →