Biodegradable battery could power embedded health sensors
Embeddable sensors that can track a person's vitals could eventually be a boon for healthcare, but something equally small, portable, and safe is going to have to power those sensors....
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Competition from Amazon and Netflix forces Sony to shut down Crackle
Sony Pictures Television is closing down its free-VOD service Crackle in the UK on April 1. The company has not issued any formal statements, but people visiting the portal’s website see...
Twitter bug is causing popular tweets to disappear
The Twitterverse is in an uproar because many of its favorite tweets have vanished into thin air. CNBC, Daily Mail, The Ellen Show, One Direction, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber's accounts all appear to...
Screenshots of Blackberry’s new OS version have been leaked
Despite BlackBerry’s dismally low market share in the US, it is still working on the next version of its operating system. And now we know what it will look like, thanks to some...
Turkey faces legal troubles over Twitter ban
A press organization and two experts in Internet law filed two challenges against Turkey's Twitter ban on Monday. The Turkish Journalists’ Association, the country's largest with 3,300 members, filed a complaint...
Verizon accused of neglecting landlines to push people to us FiOS
It’s no secret that companies like AT&T and Verizon look at their aging copper landline networks as expensive dinosaurs of a pre-Internet age. But one advocacy group alleges that Verizon...
Tumblr improves account security with two-step verification
If you've scrolled through Tumblr lately and thought to yourself, "Hey, this could use some added security," the blogging platform has your back. Today the outfit announced that it's adding two-step authentication as a...
Servergy becomes first company other than IBM to use Power servers
Cleantech IT innovations company Servergy has announced that the company has joined IBM, Google, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Samsung Electronics, Tyan and Suzhou PowerCore Technology Company in the OpenPOWER Foundation – an open development alliance...
Redbox is coming to next-gen gaming consoles
This won’t be the first time that Redbox will offer video game rentals. The company has done this before, but if a recent report is correct, it may be the first time...
Energy software company Opower wants a $110 million IPO
Opower, which provides customer engagement solutions for the utility industry, announced terms for its IPO on Monday. The Arlington, VA-based company plans to raise $110 million by offering 6.1 million...
Taco Bell’s Breakfast Phones send you on secret breakfast missions
Do you harbor a secret desire to live inside a spy movie, but with nothing important at stake? Do you also like waffles? If so, it’s too bad that you...
Dell acquires data mining company StatSoft
Dell has acquired StatSoft, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based software vendor specializing in data mining and text analysis software. Dell is trying to remake itself as more of a software company since going private...
New material can both absorb and emit light
Nanyang Technological University scientists have developed a next-generation solar cell material that can emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity. This solar cell is developed from Perovskite, a promising...
Mozilla finally chooses a new CEO
Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox Web browser, has been searching for a new CEO since Gary Kovacs, who came on-board in 2010, decided to leave almost a year ago. Mozilla has...
Twitter is being used to track the flu
Twitter has entered the spotlight over the weekend due to Turkey’s ban on the service recently, but this time around, here is some news on Twitter that might help lighten your mood. I am referring...
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 firmware has been leaked online
In less than three weeks the Samsung Galaxy S5 is going to be released in more than 100 countries around the world. Major carriers in the U.S. have already started taking pre-orders for the...
Motorola’s long rumored phablet could be released in Q3 2014
Motorola will reportedly launch a 6-inch phablet this year at some point in the third quarter, a source familiar with the matter revealed on Weibo, although an actual release date for the...
Cisco to spend over $1 billion to enter the cloud computing market
Cisco has pledged to spend over $1 billion entering the cloud computing market in order to offer corporate clients the same services as rival firms. The San Jose, CA-based firm is...
Malwarebytes promises to protect XP users indefinitely
The antivirus industry is getting steamed up about the forthcoming end of XP support. Last week we saw Avast warning of the vulnerabilities users might face. Today anti-virus specialist Malwarebytes announces its new Anti-Malware Premium...
Floating drone ball brings us on step closer to live-action Quidditch
I am not quite sure about you, but for most of the time, humanity has had their feed grounded. However, Harry Potter’s fantasy world of wizardry has opened up the...