Google Glass expected to cost $600 at launch
Beta testers for Google Glass currently have to pay $1,500 in order to acquire one of the devices. This certainly isn't a price that Google can keep if it hopes...
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YouTube to demonstrate 4K videos with new Google codec at CES
YouTube will be showing off its new 4K streaming capabilities at the Consumer Electronics Show later this month. The twist is, the company will be showing off Ultra HD-streaming based a...
Audi’s new concept car comes equipped with lasers
Audi will be showing off a new concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. The new car, the latest evolution of the Audi Sport Quattro Concept, will...
Metro-style Firefox app will be launching on Windows 8 in March
Mozilla has announced that its streamlined, Metro-style version of Firefox will be launching in March and will coincide with the release of Firefox 28. This may come as a disappointment...
Smart home gadget startup raises over $150 million in funding
It may not seem like smart home gadgets are a big industry, but they are. Consider the fact that one startup in the industry, called Nest, has managed to raise over $150...
More Windows veterans are leaving Microsoft
Jon DeVaan and Grant George, who are largely recognized as the people who saved Windows, have left Microsoft earlier this week. This adds two more people to the list of...
LG’s new smart TV gets leaked ahead of CES 2014
Recent reports suggest that LG is preparing to announce its new webOS-powered SMart TV at CES 2014 in Las Vegas. However, photos of the device have already been leaked ahead...
Google Glasses with prescription lenses are coming soon
An unofficial, $99 prescription lens option is coming to Google Glass thanks to Rochester Optical. The price is merely a starting point though, more complex prescriptions, tinting, and other options will be more expensive....
New controller allows you to play video games with your eyes
SteelSeries is working on new video game controller powered by Tobii's eye-tracking technology will allow users to play games using just their eyes. The device doesn't have a name yet and there's still no...
Alibaba is paying users to invite friends to its messaging service
The market for messaging apps is rapidly growing and highly competitive, so how can you compete? In Alibaba's case, the Chinese company is actually paying its users to invite friends...
Microsoft considered releasing the Xbox One without a disk drive
One of the biggest changes that came with the new generation of gaming consoles was the focus on digital copies of games as opposed to physical disks. Both Microsoft and...
World’s top pasta seller wants restaurants to 3D print your food
Barilla, the world's largest producer of pasta, has been working with TNO Eindhoven to design the perfect pasta printer for use in restaurants around the world. Having these machines will restaurants to...
Consumers are starting to shift from high-end to low-end smartphones
As time goes by, more and more consumers are choosing cheaper, low-end smartphones over high-end smartphones. Not only are Asian phone vendors ramping up low-end smartphone production, but large companies like...
Apple-Samsung patent feud may finally be coming to an end
At long last it seems like one of the biggest smartphone patent lawsuits ever will finally be coming to an end. An unnamed high-level Samsung executive claims that “working-level discussions” with Apple on...
The Elder Scrolls Online reportedly cost over $200 million to develop
The Elder Scrolls Online will be released for the PC and Mac in April and for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 later in June, but profitable will it be?...
Lenovo introduces four new smartphones ahead of CES 2014
Lenovo has decided to announce four new smartphones ahead of CES 2014, most notably, the LTE-compatible Vibe Z. The Vibe Z will be the Chinese company's first LTE-compatible smartphone and also highest-end new...
Mailboxes may soon get the 21st-century update they sorely need
The introduction of the Internet has all but killed off the traditional hand-written letter, and by extension, the traditional mailbox. This doesn't mean we no longer need mailboxes, quite the opposite....
Paralyzed teen to kick off World Cup with mind-controlled exoskeleton
Using the most advanced mind-controlled exoskeleton in the world, a young teenager, who's paralysed from the waist down, will be kicking off the 2014 World Cup in BRazil this year. Electrodes on...
Internet Explorer 11 manages to more than triple its market share
Internet Explored still dominates the web browser market with a 57.91% share by the end of 2013. However, this share is divided between several different versions of the browser. The...
App that pays you to work out now has new diet features
GymPact, now renamed Pact, is an app that makes you form a "pact" to exercise, log your meals on MyFitnessPal.com, or eat vegetables for a certain number of days. Completing your...