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Every once in a while science comes up with something so amazing, so incredible, that the universe seems filled with wonder and possibilities. Then there are the days that scientists create glow-in-the-dark pigs. Yes, a team of scientists from South China Agricultural University has created a litter
Amazon.com was the best-perceived brand in the U.S. last year, according to YouGov BrandIndex’s year-end rankings. The rankings reflect brands’ average “Buzz” scores between January and December 2013, as measured each weekday by BrandIndex’s 4,300 interviews with consum
Sprint was the last of the four major U.S. carriers to launch an early upgrade program. And now, less than four months after One Up was first introduced, the program has quietly come to an end. All traffic to Sprint’s One Up page is now directed to a support page that says One Up was retired on [&he
Samsung had plenty to show off during its official CES presentation, but behind the scenes the South Korean smartphone-maker may have unveiled something even more impressive than a 12.2-inch tablet. According to a new report from Korean site ETNews, the company held a closed-door event over the week
AT&T is smart enough to know that mobile applications are becoming increasingly bandwidth-hungry and that means more of its subscribers may be at risk of going over their monthly data limits. With this in mind, AT&T is taking the proactive step of encouraging app developers to make their app
The Blu-ray Disc Association has announced that it will release 4K Blu-ray discs, while pornography company Naughty America has confirmed 4K porn is inbound. 4K was a huge part of CES 2014 this year with a wide range of 4K TV announcements and the news Netflix will steam its original content and Bre
Automated investment services company Wealthfront has made its name over the past two years as an alternative to traditional financial advisory services like Fidelity for individuals, who are just starting to pull their savings together. Today the company, the brainchild of former Benchmark Capital
Analytics firm Flurry posted figures looking back on app usage in 2013 on its official blog on Monday. The data reveals that growth last year was driven by messaging and social networking applications, which increased in year over year usage by 203 percent. Some of the most popular options in that c
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 might not have been a smash hit to the degree that many industry watchers were predicting, but it is still wildly popular. It’s also the fastest-selling Android smartphone of all time. Executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business Lee Young Hee confirmed last week that th
Snapchat delayed apologizing for a big user data breach last month but was quick to say sorry today to users who received “Snap Spam” over the weekend. “We’ve heard some complaints over the weekend about an increase in Snap Spam on our service. We want to apologize for any unwanted Snaps and let you
Dropbox said Sunday it was making progress in restoring service after the popular file storage service went offline on Friday. As of Sunday afternoon Pacific time, the service said more than 99 percent of users can access their files. But 5 percent of users were having trouble syncing files from the
With all the excitement surrounding Steam Machines this year, it’s easy to forget about the controversal “Steam Box” from last year’s CES. As a reminder, in January 2013, Xi3 unveiled its Piston console, along with the news that the company had received an initial investment from V
