Showtime is launching a standalone streaming service in 2015
Let's say that your premium cable-drama tastes range more toward Homeland or Masters of Sex than they do Game of Thrones or Girls. Good news, then! If you're getting tired...
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Man creates potentially deadly bullets just for 3D-printed guns
It is more or less a well known fact by now that 3D printed guns could be a potential threat to the lives of many. Well, gun enthusiasts themselves have...
FBI nabs one of its Most Wanted Cyber Fugitives
On November 4, 2014, FBI announced the arrest of John Gordon Baden, 38, who was considered one of San Diego, California’s FBI Most Wanted Cyber Fugitives. Baden was arrested on...
OnePlus One reaches 500,000 sales, aims for 500,000 more
When it comes to the OnePlus One smartphone, this is a handset that boasts of top-tier hardware specifications, and best of all is, those who happen to be working on...
Amazon Prime subscribers now have unlimited photo storage
The unending torrent of Amazon Prime perks continues unabated as Amazon opens up unlimited photo storage to all of its Prime customers. Unlimited storage on Prime Photos was previously only...
Up3 is Jawbone’s ambitious new fitness tracker
Jawbone loves data. It loves collecting more data; it loves collecting better data. Data is what makes the Up platform turn, what helps it turn its product from simple trackers...
Artificial intelligence could help discover a cure for Ebola
A Canadian research team, hunting for new Ebola treatments has developed a cutting edge artificial intelligence, capable of predicting the effect of new drugs 150 times faster than current methods. Supported...
Sharp’s new CCTV camera can record full-color video even in darkness
Sharp has introduced a new night vision CCTV camera that can record colors even in total darkness! You no longer have to rely on the scary green videos captured by...
Soundcloud has secured a music deal with the Warner Music Group
Everybody has to grow up sometime, and for Germany-based streaming service Soundcloud, it appears that time is now. Broken first by the Wall Street Journal, Soundcloud announced today a new...
Alibaba reports 54% sales growth in its first post-IPO earnings report
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company that held the world’s largest initial public offering in September, reported strong sales growth in its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday....
HP unveils the Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printer
HP did try to make their way into the world of 3D printing at the turn of the decade, where they rebranded a Stratasys desktop 3D printer. However, that particular...
Amazon adds support for tablet games to Fire TV
It seems the new TV box from Google, known as the Nexus Player, alongside Android TV, do carry one particular major drawback – neither of them happen to provide official...
Xiaomi is investing $1 billion into online video content
Xiaomi just announced on its official Weibo account that it plans to invest $1 billion in online video content to support its smart television ecosystem. The investment will be overseen...
Sony will remain in China despite job cuts and stiff competition
Analysts expect Sonyto continue to have a strong presence in China's smartphone market, despite its announcement last week of plans to reduce its exposure to the world's largest handset market...
Southwest Airlines now offers Beats Music for free during flights
It wasn’t very long ago that airlines offered a dozen or so pre-programmed radio stations you could shuffle through during your flight. Fast forward to 2014 and things have really...
Singapore is leading the world in smartphone adoption
Small in size it may be, Singapore has emerged as the world's largest adopter of smartphones with a penetration rate of 85%. That's up from 72% in 2013, and higher...
Nintendo is considering an end to region locking
Back at the helm of his company after recovering from surgery, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has responded that the company must address one of the biggest glaring missteps of its...
Russian government blames selfies for spreading lice
It looks like snapping selfies with bears in the background are a no-go, but those are not the only kind of selfies that will be banned. A Russian government agency...
Publicis forms media powerhouse with $3.7 billion Sapient acquisition
Global ad giant Publicis is spending big to position itself as the top agency for brands riding the digital wave, after it announced a deal that sees it acquire Sapient...
BlackBerry brings Snapchat-like messages to BBM
BlackBerry isn't shy about borrowing features to keep BBM relevant in the messaging world; it added stickers to challenge WhatsApp, and now it's taking a page from Snapchat's book. The...