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Marriott is teaming up with Hulu, Netflix, and Pandora

Jan 20, 2015

I'm surprised this hasn't been done on a large scale already, but Netflix is apparently looking to secure a deal...

Ford, UPS, Visa, and Bank of America are also fighting for net neutrality

Nov 15, 2014

As we’ve mentioned before, the debate over net neutrality isn’t just one of government-versus-business but one of business-versus-business. While we...

The Washington Post app will come pre-installed on new Kindles

Oct 6, 2014

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has already started making his mark at The Washington Post as the newspaper’s new owner. First, he...

Twitter gives MIT $10 million and access to every public tweet

Oct 6, 2014

Twitter is opening up its vault for researchers at MIT's Media Lab, and it's giving them $10 million to try...

BlackBerry has already sold 200,000 Passport smartphones

Sep 26, 2014

Judging from the first wave of reviews of the BlackBerry Passport, it is safe to say that many are quite...

Verizon is looking to triple its solar energy with a $40 million investment

Aug 25, 2014

Verizon plans to expand the amount of solar panel projects that power its network by almost double. Following a $100...

The first Roku-powered smartTVs have been announced

Aug 19, 2014

For the last several years, Roku has sold a series of devices that you connect to your TV to stream...

Some hospitals are identifying high-risk patients using credit card data

Jul 5, 2014

So, this sounds creepy: Some hospitals are identifying high-risk patients by buying loads of consumer data and plugging it into...

RoboEarth is a cloud network that lets robots teach other robots

Jul 5, 2014

RoboEarth. No, it's not a lame SNES game from 1994, it's a cloud network that lets robots learn from the...

Amazon’s upcoming smartphone is expected to have gesture interface

Jun 18, 2014

It is widely believed that Amazon’s 3D smartphone will be unveiled to the masses later this evening, which would be...

FDA finally approves a new, high-tech type of prosthetic arm

May 9, 2014

After years of testing, the FDA today approved a new type of prosthetic arm that its makers claim will bring a whole...

NASA’s new spacesuit looks like something from Tron

May 1, 2014

As engineers and scientists work hard to build technologies that astronauts could one day use to live and work on...