Video editing software creator Red Giant releases new online community
If you do a lot of video editing, you may be familiar with Red Giant, maker of many useful post-production tools and plugins. Now you can access its offerings through...
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Tinder dating app to use verification system for celebrities
Seriously, those celebrities get all the things. Brands give them free clothes, free phones, free vacations, and free makeup. They also get VIP access everywhere they go and super-special verified accounts on Twitter,...
Opera releases new version of its Opera Mini browser
Opera Mini, which so happens to be the browser version that casts a glance at older devices which happen to still run on Java-based platforms, has been given an update to bump...
Researchers create the first 3D omnidirectional acoustic invisibility cloak
It might look like a quirky plastic model of an ancient Egyptian pyramid, but this model is in fact a 3D 'acoustic cloak', created using just a few perforated sheets...
Aruba wants to turn the workplace into a wire-free environment
Traditionally Wi-Fi has been an add-on feature to a company’s traditional wired IT network. But as companies are leaning increasingly on wireless as their primary means of connecting to the...
NASA offers $35,000 bounty for a better asteroid-identifying algorithm
Think you can find Earth-threatening asteroids faster than NASA? Then there is a contest designed just for you: the space agency is calling for citizen scientists to find new and...
Ubuntu smartphones will cost between $200 and $400
Canonical tried stepping into the smartphone market with the Ubuntu Edge. The crowdfunded smartphone couldn’t raise enough money, so it never saw the light of day. The company has been focusing...
Rooster app makes it easier for busy people to read books
It seems oddly poetic that a team of female entrepreneurs is hatching a plot to upend the e-reader industry with a brand new iPhone app called Rooster. And the world of literary fiction...
AdBlock Plus now blocks over 8,500 tracking filters
Adblock Plus, the #1 most popular browser extension for blocking annoying online advertisements, today announced that it has doubled the number of tracking filters in its EasyPrivacy block list in...
Huawei targets enterprise growth through the cloud
Huawei Technologies, China's largest phone-equipment maker, forecast its enterprise business will accelerate growth, targeting US$10 billion in revenue by 2017 by winning contracts in cloud hosting and digital networks. Global revenue...
Chinese tech firms are releasing their own virtual credit cards
Alipay, the online payment subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Internet titan Tencent are both set to expand further into the financial sector with the launch of new online credit...
Comcast’s political “donations” ensure the Time Warner merger will go through
Lots of people hate the idea of letting Comcast and Time Warner Cable merge but don’t expect our esteemed elected officials to care. Comcast really does have all its bases covered in...
Alibaba buys $804 million stake in ChinaVision
Alibaba has agreed to pay $804 million for a majority stake in ChinaVision Media Group, a Hong Kong firm specializing in TV and film production. This could very possibly mean that Alibaba may soon...
HTC Desire 816 receives 450,000 pre-orders in China in under three days
It looks like the Chinese really love what HTC has done with the Desire 816. That’s because the new midrange phablet has already seen 450,000 pre-orders in China in just three...
Amazon rumored to be working on music-streaming service
Amazon’s oft-rumored music streaming service will apparently limit how much a subscriber listens to a given song. The online retailer “is hoping” to offer an on-demand service as a perk for...
Chinese protests over IBM-Lenovo server deal continue to escalate
Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo...
German crowdfunding platform Companisto us expanding across Europe
Companisto, a German equity-based crowdfunding platform, has so far raised €4.5 million for the 25 startups it’s chosen to take on. Now it’s expanding with an English-language version that will...
British mobile payments app Flypay raises £1 million in funding
Early-stage mobile payments app Flypay has announced it has closed £1m from venture capital firm Entreé Capital to support its roll out across the UK. London-based Flypay is a free-to-use app...
Raspberry Pi now comes with a Wolfson audio card
The Raspberry Pi developer board has turned out to be a very popular device for DIY users. The Pi can be used for just about any project that the user can think...
Zotac announces new line of Zbox mini-PCs
Zotac recently launched two new uber-mini gaming machines: the ZBOX EI730 and EI750. Despite their small size, each system is a full-fledged PC packed with Intel Haswell processors, Intel Iris Pro graphics and support...