Sprint expands Direct Connect functionality to more phones
If you have a hankering to try Sprint’s push-to-talk service and don’t want to buy one of its specialty walkie-talkie phones, then you’re in luck. On Monday, Sprint announced it...
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AT&T is now selling Cube 2 3D printers in its online store
As 3D printers continue to become more popular, more and more retail outlets are beginning to carry the devices. Staples became the first major retailer to carry 3D Systems’ Cube 3D...
Sprint Chairman to meed with FCC to discuss T-Mobile merger
The last time Sprint made a major acquisition in the wireless space, it turned out to bean unmitigated disaster for both its own customers and for the company itself. Sprint’s 2005 merger...
Dell to cut over 15,000 jobs this week amid shrinking PC market
PC powerhouse Dell is to axe over 15,000 jobs this week as part of a restructuring effort aimed at addressing its place in the ailing PC market. The decision will see...
Hacker group files criminal complaint against German government over spying
As governments around the world refuse to act in the wake of revelations about global spying, more and more people are launching legal actions to force them to address the...
Child-tracking smartwatch FiLIP launches on AT&T
Parents that have kids that like to roam the neighborhood or just want to keep a close eye on where the kid is any given moment can now buy the AT&T...
Kentucky considers letting computer-programming count as a foreign language
The Kentucky Senate just passed a law that will let students take computer programming classes to satisfy their foreign language requirements. Do you think that's a good move? What this new law means...
European Space Agency’s new sound system is so loud that it can kill you
Sure, your stereo may go up to 11 and beyond, but you probably couldn't murder your listeners with it. The European Space Agency has a bigger budget, however, and its Large European Acoustic...
AT&T patents new way to squeeze money out of its customers
Because data cap overage fees, early termination fees and administrative fees apparently aren’t enough, AT&T has patented yet another creative way to squeeze more money from its customers every month. A recently published AT&T patent...
Family that founded Nintendo over a century ago wants to sell its shares
Nintendo is set to buy back as much as 7.4-percent of its shares from the family of Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company’s third president (out of four) and the grandson of...
GoDaddy improves user protection following recent Twitter account extortion
Naoki Hiroshima's recent loss of his single-letter Twitter handle @N to hijackers who socially engineered their way across multiple services was a stark reminder that there's a human element to security on...
Samsung releases new Galaxy S4 variant with black, faux leather backing
Despite being released as a new model, the Black Edition has few differences from the flagship Samsung Galaxy S4. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition ditches the predecessor’s plastic rear for...
Twitter to start selling user data to the music industry
For the music business, Twitter holds a vast haystack of data with no easy way to find the most valuable needles — like which acts are attracting the most attention...
IBM claims to be the king of cloud, but Amazon thinks otherwise
Is it possible that IBM’s new cloud computing services business unit, the one that got suddenly bigger last year after the acquisition of SoftLayer, is bigger than cloud computing’s dominant player, Amazon...
Starwood app wants to use your smartphone as a hotel card
The next time you check into your hotel room, you’ll be able to go through the entire process with nothing but your smartphone. New technology being implemented by Starwood Hotels...
Police in Rome call on Twitter users to help spot illegally parked cars
The creativity of Italians in parking their cars and scooters - on traffic islands, the pavement or simply in the middle of the street - knows few limits. But now police...
Australian lawyers accept Bitcoin as valid currency
Technology continues to amaze us and revolutionize the way we interact with the world. For those slow to embrace change, technology also can be challenging. Challenges include gaining a basic understanding...
NASA to begin producing water on the Moon and oxygen on Mars by 2020
It has grown apparent to NASA scientists, if human beings are ever going to colonize the Moon or Mars, it begins with the vital production of water and oxygen. Mars,...
NASA-contracted company creates the world’s first 3D printer pizza
Last year NASA funded one man’s plan to build a food 3D printer for astronauts – and now the first prototype can 3D print an entire pizza! Some of these initial pies may not look like...
Scentee’s fragrance-emitting smartphone plugins are now available worldwide
If you were crestfallen when you heard that Scentee's fragrance-emitting smartphone add-on would be hard to get outside of Japan, you can relax, it's now available worldwide through the company's site. The perfume plug-in...