Archive for March, 2011

Nokia and Windows Phone 7 To Miss 2011

Mar 15 by James Mowery | 1 comment

Microsoft and Nokia have one thing in common: they like to do things extraordinarily slow. It appears that their newfound relationship which makes Nokia the future hope for Windows Phone 7 is also going to take it slow. Any hope for a WP7-powered Nokia device this year is fading fast. The managing more »

Test Drive A VW Directly From A Print Magazine Ad

Mar 15 by James Mowery | add comment

You know things are getting pretty ridiculous in the tech world when you can test drive a car directly from a print magazine advertisement. But that is exactly what is happening. There’s a catch: you have to use an iOS app to interact with the ad, but once you install it, you can reach a new level of interactivity with a print ad that has rarely more »

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Mar 15 by Connor Livingston | 2 comments

Have you ever wished you could simply put Google in your mind? You could search for whatever information was out there in the world by thinking about it. You could do internal searches and find information that you had forgotten. It would be the ultimate “busy lifestyle” must-have gadget. At least more »

Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them

Mar 14 by Rocco Penn | 4 comments

Matthew Rothenberg, the man who most believed ran Flickr for Yahoo!, announced his departure in a Tweet today. He was there when before Yahoo! bought it and he was the last leader in the company to remain. While Yahoo! said in a press release that it was a “personal decision,” there is speculation that Rothenberg and others are leaving more »

Kinect 'Evil Genius Simulator' Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

Mar 14 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

If there’s one thing the Kinect is good for, it’s facilitating interesting and downright clever hacks. Obviously. If you thought I was going to say ‘gaming’, you’re not a gamer. In any case, check this out. London Hackspace has developed what they’ve dubbed the Evil Genius Simulator – a device which uses more »

Sixteen Uses For Your Wrist Now That Your Phone is Your Watch

Mar 14 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

In the age of the pervasion of mobile devices, it would seem traditional wrist-mounted chronometers have fallen by the wayside. Citizens itching for the time tend to check their phones more than their watches, and even iPod Nano wrist straps aren’t catching on like the wildfire one would have more »

iPad 2 Jailbroken Already, Of Course

Mar 14 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I believe it was poet William Smith who once quipped ‘you can’t stop the bum rush’. Then, I believe, he invited us to the wild, wild west. The bum rush (a term the definition of which I have yet to truly divine) in question here is oft-noted iPhone hacker and developer Comex, who has (perhaps predictably) more »

25 Countries Compared: Does Education Lead to Happiness?

Mar 13 by JD Rucker | add comment

It isn’t hard to draw a few basic conclusions. Better education leads to better employment. More employment options leads to improved happiness. Can a simple leap be made to say that the better educated someone is, the happier they will be? Some would argue that it’s the other way around, that happier more »

Google Circles: It's (probably not) Coming

Mar 13 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Update: The most recent word from AllThingsD is that the product does not exist in any form other than in the lab. Google is saying there is no product to launch tonight or any night soon. With Google, it’s hard to tell what’s fact and what’s a smokescreen – if the product is real and not ready for primetime, it is more »

Portal Fans, Here's a Sneak Peek of 2

Mar 12 by Connor Livingston | add comment

The wildly popular game Portal on Steam had its sequel officially announced earlier this month. Now, we have a sneak peek of the game, courtesy of HotHardware who took some footage at PAX East. It is slated to be released on nearly all platforms on April 18th. Initially responses show that the game has the potential to deliver the way its blockbuster more »

Tweeners: Why Engadget, Mashable, and HuffPo Shouldn't Be Called "Blogs"

Mar 12 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

When AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million, I had to chuckle at the news reports calling it a blog. Most classify news sites like HuffPo, Mashable, and Engadget as blogs because there really is no other way to classify them right now. They’re not considered mainstream news sites because they’re not attached to an entity that existed more »

Consolidated Review: iPad 2 vs Motorola Xoom

Mar 12 by Rocco Penn | 2 comments

As the rush to get hands on the iPad 2 starts, there are still some who want to make a decision based upon reviews and opinions before jumping for another Apple product. While their track record has been exceptional, it hasn’t been perfect and there are definitely competitors who may or may not be more »

By the Numbers: #SXSW

Mar 11 by Rocco Penn | add comment

This year, the popular South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, returns to celebrate its monumental 25th anniversary. What started as a music festival has now transformed into a comprehensive meet-up for music-lovers, cinephiles and web entrepreneurs alike. Here’s more »

Google Going for YouTube Gold

Mar 11 by Connor Livingston | 3 comments

YouTube has always been a “nice to have” property for Google. The traffic, the domination of a segment, the feather in a cap that is oddly shy of very many (even though the feathers that do rest in Google’s cap are huge feathers) – it’s always been one of those things with a load of potential but a lack more »