Archive for October, 2011

Did Samsung make a 3-megapixel mistake with the Galaxy Nexus?

Oct 18 by Connor Livingston | 3 comments

As the buzz surrounding the iPhone 4S fades a little (it’s been a week, after all), Samsung unveiled the most anticipated Android phone of the pre-holiday season with the Galaxy Nexus. Armed with the first installation of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest entry into Google’s Nexus program more »

At 7.1mm-thick, Motorola Droid Razr is world's thinnest smartphone

Oct 18 by Rocco Penn | 4 comments

Smartphone season unofficially started last week with the release of the iPhone 4S. As Android phone makers try to capture their share of the lucrative Christmas market, the volleying for differentiators takes different angles to be as appealing as possible to consumers. For the Motorola Droid more »

The Edison Memorial Tower, Minecraft edition

Oct 18 by Greg Voakes | 1 comment

There are many instances of projects created in Minecraft that are nothing short of epic. With 10 million people building, destroying, and running from Spider Jockeys, replicas of real-life buildings and places are bound to hit servers across the Minecraft universe. Here, we get to watch the more »

Fun with quantum levitation

Oct 18 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

The Superconductivity Group School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel-Aviv University put together something that is cool to watch and begs the question of practical use in the real world. Static and dynamic levitation and motion – does science get any cooler? This demonstrates the quantum physical more »

The best places to work in Silicon Valley

Oct 17 by Rocco Penn | 2 comments

Jobs are scarce in most sectors. Silicon Valley is one of those rare areas where the top tech talent is actually being aggressively sought. They aren’t fighting for jobs as much as the companies are fighting for them. One of the most important ways that a company is able to differentiate itself is more »

The "Blackberry Down" compensation is an apps package, not cash

Oct 17 by Connor Livingston | 2 comments

In lieu of a refund or cash considerations, Research In Motion (RIM) is offering an apps package normally valued at around $100 to compensate for the most major outage the company has ever had. The three-day+ outage likely presented major challenges for the business-heavy Blackberry users who often rely on the devices more »

What car dealers and other local businesses need in 2012: A Digital Manager

Oct 17 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

After delivering a keynote at last week’s Driving Sales Executive Summit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, three things emerged from listening to other speakers and talking with many of the dealer principals and owners that attended the event: Social media is still a mysterious creature as it applies more »

Amazon to work directly with authors, bypass publishers

Oct 16 by Rocco Penn | 2 comments

When costs are high and demand is low, it’s time to cut out the middle man. That seems to be what Amazon is doing in their latest move to expand both their reach and influence as they will be publishing 122 books this fall directly from the writers’ works. They’re publishing program has been available more »

Sesame Street YouTube channel hacked, serves porn

Oct 16 by Scarlett Madison | 2 comments

For 22 minutes, kids around the world were greeted with a surprise when they went to the Sesame Street YouTube channel, and it wasn’t the kind of surprise that Elmo would have approved. Hackers took over the account on Sunday, deleted all of the videos uploaded by Sesame Street, and uploaded porn. more »

How local search has evolved

Oct 16 by JD Rucker | add comment

There was a time not too long ago when a search on Google for “ice cream parlor” done in Newark, NJ, would look pretty much the same as searching for “ice cream parlor” in Long Beach, CA. One would have to type in geographical specifics to something other than national or world-wide results. Those more »

For this one-year-old, a magazine is simply a broken iPad

Oct 15 by Scarlett Madison | 6 comments

It’s hard to decide whether this is a testament to how technology is advancing and making things more accessible to people of all ages or whether we’re training the children of today’s society to rely on electronic devices, losing part of our heritage and enabling a reliance on technological innovations more »

Is Facebook changing the entire college experience?

Oct 14 by JD Rucker | 4 comments

There is little doubt that Facebook has emerged as a dominant form of communication for college-age people. For many, it’s easier to contact them through Facebook than by calling their phone. Is it changing the way that college itself is working as well? That’s the question that Online PhD asked more »

The technology behind Acura

Oct 14 by Connor Livingston | 4 comments

When people think about luxury cars and the technology behind them, they often look to the German vehicles as the pinnacle. Mercedes Benz and BMW have separated themselves as the definition of luxury over the decades. Now that Acura, the first Asian luxury brand, hits its 25th anniversary, perhaps it’s time to look more »

Television time is smartphone or tablet time for 40% of American owners

Oct 13 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

It has been speculated that home entertainment would meld with online and app-based engagement more and more over time. Today, Nielsen revealed that 40% of tablet and/or smartphone owners use them while watching television. As people continue to Tweet or post to Facebook when watching TV while more »