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Recommendation sites are a dime a dozen but most people still prefer referrals from friends, especially with services where there are significant risks involved. This is why byUs.com wants to create an invite-only...
Twitter held its initial public offering last month at $26. Since then the stock has increased by 169%, valuing the company almost $40 million. Investors are confident that Twitter can attract...
NASA's Deep Space Network celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday. For the last 50 years the network has been used to communicate with numerous satellites as they float around space. NASA’s...
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, has been pressuring Samsung to get it's new mobile operating system up and running by January 2014. Today, a smartphone running Samsung's mobile...
No More Woof is a dog-to-English translation headset that has already exceeded its $10,000 goal on Indiegogo. Although the headset is still in its very early stages, the Swedish company behind the...
With the proliferation of smartphones with front-facing cameras, selfies have become mainstream. And with apps like Snapchat and Instagram that encourage people to take photos of themselves, the selfie will likely grow in popularity...
Can South Korea's new culture of business and creativity eventually rival Silicon Valley? The number of tech startups has surged by 80 per cent since 2011. “Korea is now the biggest startup...
Japanese telecom SoftBank could soon a close deal to buy T-Mobile. SoftBank apparently hopes to acquire a majority of T-Mobile's shares via its own US subsidiary, Sprint, as soon as next spring. The...
Beyond the massive marketing budget, through all the gadget spam and past the dozens of distracting Apple-bashing ads, Samsung is still the best in the business when it comes to smartphone displays. And in 2014,...
Samsung’s Knox security system, designed to allow it to compete with Blackberry for government and corporate business, contains a vulnerability that could be breached by something as simple as a...
2013 was the year of native advertising. Marketers and publishers have tried everything to cut through the clutter and engage ad-resistant and suspicious consumers. But ads often mimic editorial content...
For a cool $600, the CyanogenMod Edition Oppo N1 smartphone aims to be a hacker's delight. The first phone preloaded with the CyanogenMod Android ROM is shipping now, though Oppo notes that...
Many have dreamed of the day when clothes no longer require washing, or require it far less often than they currently do, at least. With nanotechnology came this reality, though...
For the first time since 1999, spacewalking astronauts will be out on Christmas Eve, and they're planning to give the International Space Station a nice big present: a new refrigerator-sized...
Forget the sanding, the painting, and all the construction; the worst part of a renovation is having to use a tape measure to size up a room. But if you're...
Sony is about to release seven new smartphone models, if shipment tracking reports out of Indonesia are correct. Sony may announce updated versions of its flagship Experia smartphone line as...
Twitter co-founder and current Square chief Jack Dorsey has joined the Disney board of directors as an independent director effective immediately. Dorsey said he was honored and humbled to join the Disney...
The U.S. military’s Cyber Command is about to receive the digital equivalent of faster ships and stronger missiles, but the force, only a few years in the making, is still...
The US government, the CEA, and pay-TV providers want to save consumers $1 billion annually with a new voluntary standard for set-top box energy-efficiency. A new agreement between the US Energy Department, environmental...
Sky has made a $350,000 equity investment in Jaunt, which it describes as “an innovative early-stage technology company” based in Palo Alto, California, which specialises in video capture and display....
