Author: JD Rucker

Few places are as big and secretive at the same time as Foxconn, the place where much of the western world’s tech magic is born. On the list of “huge and airtight”, there’s the Pentagon, Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, and then Foxconn. It’s where 70% of all iPhones are made, which is why there was excitement when this story from TheNextWeb came across the wire. The video is acutely devoid of anything groundbreaking, but it’s still worth what might be the only look you’ll ever get inside the transplanted heartbeat of world technology. Related articles Watch this: a brief look at Foxconn’s iPhone…

The words “National Domestic Communications Assistance Center” sound harmless enough. It could be a call center for a tech support company. It could be a relay center for the telecom industry or a hub for amplified reach of broadband signals. The name is about as conspicuous and attention-grabbing as “please be quiet” sign at the library. In reality, NDCAC may be the start of the most powerful and potentially dangerous wing of the FBI. As CNET reports, the mandate is broad. With cybercriminal technology greatly outpacing their counterparts, the desperate need to be able to listen in on potential…

Play Angry Birds with chop sticks. Browse web pages without a mouse or touchscreen. Sign a document within 1 centimeter with pinpoint accuracy. These are just the tip of the possibilities iceberg for Leap Motion, the gesture-control technology unveiled today in the video below. The San Francisco startup says you can “Say goodbye to your mouse and keyboard.” The accuracy of the device may make that claim a reality for some considering that it’s reportedly 200 times more accurate than anything on the market today and can track the movements of all ten fingers inside a 4-cubic-foot space down to…

If you’re going to build a startup, you have a better chance of success if you have a proven track record. Uberconference CEO Craig Walker has such a history as the founder of GrandCentral (which became Google Voice) and Dialpad before that (which became Yahoo Voice). Unlike most conference call services, there is no pin required from Uberconference which uses the dialing number as the authentication. Anyone who has tried to join a conference call while switching back to email on their phone to get the PIN can appreciate this feature. Another nice feature is the rude background noise attendee…

It was only a matter of time. Google Chrome, the internet browser they introduced in 2008, has been growing like crazy, passing Firefox to become the 2nd-most popular browser worldwide in the last quarter of 2011. Last week, it took the top spot from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has held that position for what seems like decades. Global traffic analytics company StatCounter has been tracking the data for years. Following Firefox are Safari at #4 and Opera at #5. One asterisk on the numbers: Firefox allows users to block their usage data making it invisible to StatCounter. With some estimating…

It looks like Pinterest. It acts like Digg. The newest player in the social media sphere adds some features from Stumbleupon and Twitter to the mix to form Thruzt, now entering into public beta. Unlike many of its predecessors, Thruzt encourages networks to be formed within the community to draw attention to submissions. Users select content on the web that they find valuable or write up their own stories on their blogs and submit it to Thruzt. Then, the “game” is on to get it enough votes to get popular. The first thing people will notice when visiting is that the layout is very similar to Pinterest….

It’s all a matter of expectations. When we go to Facebook, we expect to see our friends and family detailing (often too much so) their lives through pictures and declarations that range from mundane to awesome. When we go to Twitter, we expect to see news from trusted sources (depending on who you’re following) and quick tidbits from our friends. When we go to Google+, we expect to see people talking about why others should be on Google+. When we go to Pinterest, we expect to see cool things to buy (amongst other things, of course). That’s why they just got a lot of money. This expectation has been set…

While there is definitely a lot of interest in Jimmy’s Fish Stick Company’s upcoming IPO, the main focus is on Facebook. The social networking giant has the most anticipated initial public offering in history that will likely value the company in the 12-digits. Whenever something is this big, someone is bound to make a fact-sheet on them. That’s exactly what MBAOnline.com did in this infographic. Click to enlarge. Created by: MBAOnline.com Related articles #Facebook IPO: It’s NOT A Double Rainbow But What Does It Mean [Infographic] (anisesmithmarketing.com) Facebook IPO Particulars [Infographic]…

The debacles continue to mount at Yahoo. After ousting Scott Thompson from CEO, the search begins for the next CEO of the once-mighty web portal and search engine. There are those who would recommend a safe play, someone who won’t make waves and who has a squeaky-clean history (that gets completely verified, of course). This would be a bad move. They already tried that with Thompson. They’re on their last leg to remain relevant as the weight of their sheer size is starting to weigh on a foundation built from poor decisions and bad business practices over the last few years. They made an awful decision…

Iran continues its push to keep foreign interests out of its internet by barring banks, insurance companies, and telecom providers from communicating with clients using foreign email providers like Gmail and Yahoo. They plan for the “Iranian Internet”, marked to be implemented this month, is intended to keep foreign internet providers from coming in and more importantly to keep their people from reaching out to the rest of the world. “The telecommunications minister has ordered the use of domain names ending with .ir” belonging to Iran, Asr Ertebatat reported. Iranians wanting to receive…