• Eight US Cities Might be Getting their Own Atari Themed Hotel

    Atari Console Themed Hotels? You betcha. Gamers and other geeks will now have a chance to live their childhood dream with an Atari console themed hotel. Eight potential cities, including Austin, might be getting their own Atari hotel. In artistic modeling, the giant hotel block would look like a giant console. Fun, right? Remember Atari…

  • With Biometric POS Terminals, Amazon Aims for Shoppers to Go Cardless

    In its quest to continuously reinvent the shopping experience, Amazon is aiming to link credit cards to each user’s handprint. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the tech giant is working with financial services behemoth Visa to test the biometric verification terminals at its brick and mortar stores, which go by the name of…

  • Cutting IT Expenses with Managed Services

    When you’re running a business, saving money doesn’t happen by accident—it takes a lot of strategy and planning to create and maintain a smart budget. Of course, some things are necessities. Take, for instance, your IT system: You can’t function without it, and you don’t want to cut corners and sacrifice quality for the sake…

  • Virgin Galactic Takes Important Steps Forward

    If you’re into space tourism and wanted to fly off into space, then it’s time to party! Popular space tourism company Virgin Galactic just announced that it is one step closer to opening its doors to commercial flights in 2020. According to the company’s CEO George Whitesides, the firm now boasts of two structurally complete…

  • Tesla Stock Hits 420

    Tesla Stock has hit a monumental $420 per share. This is a big win for Elon Musk in so many ways. Let’s find out how it can turn things around for Musk and company. The SEC Problem Remember when Musk was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission after he tweeted out the ever…

  • Buyer Beware: The Dark Side of Ancestry Testing

    Okay, this is a bit of a personal piece and while it is long, there is a method to my madness. Something all of our parents tried to teach us long ago but a lot of us seem to forget over time — think before you act. Like millions of others, I’ve been trying to…

  • Can Scheduling Software Help Restaurants Close the Buddy Punching Pay Gap?

    As a restaurant owner, we’d like to ask you a question: what’s the biggest line item in your budget? If you’re like many restaurant owners, the answer is labor. Much of that cost is necessary and legitimate, but there are other factors and habits that can drive up your labor costs unnecessarily. Many restaurant owners…

  • Online Job Ideas for Students and Entrepreneurs

    Having the ability to make money online gives entrepreneurs the freedom to set their own schedules and be creative. You can also be able to work from anywhere in the world. This idea sounds great to some people. In today’s digital world, this is more possible than ever before. However, many entrepreneurs have trouble with…

  • How To Create Your Own Geek Fashion Line

    Are you struggling to find geek clothing pieces that you really like? You could always make your own. Creating your t-shirts and accessories is a great way to show off a little of your personality and you will know what no one else will be wearing the same thing. You can even take it a…

  • Home Recording Like a Boss

    Bruce Springsteen did it. The Rolling Stones did it. What stops the next thoughtful lyricist from doing it? It may come as a shock that recording artists can set up a home studio that can run – quite well – for $1,500. But traditionally, the home studio setup can cost anywhere between $10,000 and $50,000…

  • Nerd Out: Never Miss a Gathering of Like-Minded Individuals Again

    When a large-scale convention is happening in your area, you know about it. But what about those smaller gatherings that often go unnoticed? That’s where Nerd Out comes in. Nerd Out is an event calendar and social network for nerds in app form. If you are looking for a con in your area or just…

  • Modobag: The World’s First Rideable Luggage

    Travelling can be stressful, especially when you have to lug around heavy luggage while desperately trying not to miss your flight. Kevin O’Donnell, the inventor of Modobag, was contemplating how travelling could be made easier when the first motorized and rideable luggage came to mind. “The idea struck him,” says Modobag, “when he was pulling…

  • ‘Mighty No. 9’ Gets Equipped With Disappointment

    One of Kickstarter’s most hotly anticipated projects, Mighty No. 9, finally saw the light of day on June 21 in America and Japan, and critical response has deemed the game anything but ‘mighty.’ According to critics, Mighty No. 9 has landed with a thud. Debuting with a 56 on Metacritic for the Xbox One version (the highest score across all platforms),…

  • Playtonic Reveals More Details on ‘Yooka-Laylee’

    One year ago, the creative team behind games like Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country ended their Kickstarter to bring their new buddy-duo platformer, Yooka Laylee, to life. Since around that time, Playtonic Games went to work making the game. The studio recently dumped a whole bunch of info about the newest gaming duo to grace…

  • 5 Linear Actuators to Get Your Robot Moving

    Robots can operate with ease, performing both simple and complex tasks to aid human beings to go about their day to day lives without much struggle. They are enabled to perform the tasks allocated to them by the use of actuators installed in them. The actuators play the same role an engine plays in a…