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TiVo co-founders Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton have designed “a product that sits at the nexus of exciting trends in video, mobile, and social”. The product, a small TV streaming box called Qplay, has already passed through the FCC and will provide “new ways to discover, play and shar
The Zuli Smartplug is a new device that could herald a new age in home automation. Once plugged into an existing outlet, the Smartplug allows you to control your plug-in lighting and other appliances using a free iOS app. The device has only four days left to reach its goal of $150,00 on Kickstarter
There are innumerable advantages that self-driving electric cars could provide us. Even so, most people still prefer to be in control of their vehicle. This is something that is quickly changing, however, especially among city-dwellers. Steps are being taken every day towards building a future with
Bad news for Hewlett-Packard employees. The company has already adjusted the number of people it needed to let go from 27,000 to 29,000 a year ago, but it’s now added another 5,000 for a total of 34,000. The good news, for everyone left anyway, is that CEO Meg Whitman has promised that this wi
According to a recent leak, Motorola’s Moto G smartphone could be coming to Verizon contract-free and for only $100. The Moto G currently retails for $179 in the US and, even at that price, had a lot to recommend it against its peers. Motorola’s Moto G smartphone might soon be available
Netflix is testing out a new streaming plan that shaves off a dollar from the monthly fee in exchange for standard definition streaming. The option is currently only available to new users, existing users aren’t yet able to get access to the new pricing. The company hopes that this new option will c
A new startup called Innovis Labs has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in order to raise money for its Project Overwatch. The startup aims to bridge the gap between real world and digital gaming by bringing a “minimap” to airsoft, paintball, and laser tag games. A new startu
The FAA has approved civilian drone testing at certain sites in six states: Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas, and Virginia. The sites were chosen from a list of 24 entities in 25 states. Each of the sites are allowed to test until February 13, 2017 under current rules. Amazon’s big “Pri
Having reached an all-time high of $74.73 last week, Twitter’s shares are rapidly plunging back down to Earth. slid 6.4% in early trade, building on Friday’s 13% plunge. The stock has now slumped 20.1% from Thursday’s intraday high of $74.73, putting it in bear-market territory. Af
As the struggling company prepares to enter the new year, BlackBerry CEO John Chen expresses his belief that BlackBerry’s new strategy will help the company bring in revenue. Chen claims to be focused on the present and the future, not what BlackBery used to be. Chen points to BlackBerry’
People were amazed when Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 3 would have 3GB of RAM, but that was only the beginning. Now the South Korean company is reportedly working on a chip that could arm smartphones with 4GB of RAM. Samsung Electronics, the division of Samsung that focuses on building component
LG bought WebOS, a mobile OS originally developed by Palm, from HP earlier this year but has yet to do anything with it. The company announced that it intended to put WebOS in its future smart televisions and, according to reports, is gearing up to show off its first WebOS TV at CES 2014. LG always
