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Back at CES 2014, Intel released a series of concept designs for future technology ranging from wearables to appliances. One of their designs, the Smart Wireless Charging Bowl, is now coming to life. A Modern Key Bowl According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, the charging bowl will be hitting store shelves sometime during this holiday…
If users didn’t have enough reason to hate the fact that Facebook is forcing them to use their new horrid Messenger App, now it seems that it’s watching everything we do. The app itself has been downloaded over 500 million times on Android-based devices. According to a security researcher named Jonathan Zdziarski, the Facebook Messenger…
Paid video-streaming website, Netflix, will reportedly halt service for residents outside North America and Europe. Though officially, Netflix only services to those two continents, sneaky tv and movie enthusiasts abroad have found a loophole into binging on their favorite shows and movies through Virtual Private Network or VPN. The best VPN systems allow a secure…
I’m wrong often enough that it’s a refreshing change of course when someone actually shares my sentiments. I wrote an article not too long ago about one of Apple’s latest features that is set to roll out with iOS 8, Apple Health, and I expressed my concerns about Apple Health’s privacy issues with handing over sensitive…
According to Business Insider, Yahoo wants to start giving you app recommendations based on the content of the emails you receive. Essentially, the algorithm that Yahoo is working on will scan emails for digital receipts from the App Store and the Google Play store, exact what apps you purchased, then produce a line up of similar apps…
Taking a cue from National Geographic TV’s Mind Over Masses show, the city of Chongqing in China has set up signs dividing pedestrians glued to their phones and those that are not. Set on a 50m stretch of pavement, the marketing official of Meixin Group, Nong Cheng, tells The Associated Press that “There are lots…
… but why? Apple announced that more than 4 million iPhones had been pre-ordered within the first 24 hours, a record breaking number. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering that each time Apple has released an iPhone they’ve had record sales, each one dwarfing the last by a considerable margin. This is…
Just in case that someone wasn’t absolutely convinced of the superiority of the PC Master Race, there can be no question now. Rumor has it that Microsoft is currently working on a streaming service that could not only stream Xbox, Xbox 360, and even Xbox One titles, but it would take care of all the…
Perhaps one of the most famous mysteries of the Western world has been solved. The notorious “Jack the Ripper,” a serial killer who stalked the dark streets of London’s Whitechapel area in search of potential victims in the 1880s, has been unveiled via DNA testing as Aaron Kosminski, A Polish immigrate who was committed to…
iTunes is normally known for its freedom of choice, but a recent decision created a lot of outrage among loyal fans. These fans are not necessarily U2 fans, but Apple has decided to install U2 songs for free on users’ iTunes accounts anyway, regardless of users’ consent or lack thereof. The point is to promote…
Let’s admit it: we all had a collection of plastic toy dinosaurs when we were kids, and our favorites were always the largest and most fearsome. Well, the newly discovered Dreadnaughtus schrani puts all of our toy collections to shame, because this thing is huge – and when I say huge, I mean ginormous. [youtube…
GM announced Sunday that it is expecting to release a driverless vehicle by 2017, which is welcome news, considering how Google has yet to give a concrete date for their driverless cars. Still, technologically speaking, GM’s cars don’t really seem to be in the same league as Google’s. In fact, it might be a stretch…
As the leaves drop from the trees and the crisp fall air makes you dream of pumpkin-flavored things, there is also another season creeping up on us. Football season! As such, our friends at DISH have just announced their brand-new Fantasy Football app that will be debuted on their signature ‘Hopper’ during the NFL opening…
Pop ups are the worst. We all hate them. There are dozens and dozens of add ons which block them from ever appearing on our screen (some of them, ironically enough, advertised via pop up themselves). These programs have become so prevalent that they’re even built into web browsers now. Pop up adds are so…
As we move further and further into the twenty-first century, it’s inevitable that some aspects of our lives will begin to match the Jetsons. And in this case, robots may start becoming a part of our daily lives. Step inside the Starwood Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, California and meet the first robotic butler. His name?…