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Trying to brings its success with the music industry to the movie and TV industry, Rdio released its own video streaming service in April called Vdio. However, after only eight months, Vdio is being shut down because it couldn’t compete with other services such as iTunes or Netflix. Rdio is en
Using social-engineering techniques and remote-access tools, Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against journalists, workers at non-governmental organizations, activists, and others. Basically any person or organization that is sympathetic to the Syrian rebels, and the attacks a
HTC has had one hell of a rough year with poor sales, a questionable future, and most especially with Nokia’s recent patent win against HTC. The company was hoping to end this rough year quietly so that it could lick its wounds and begin getting back up on its feet, but 2013 isn’t over y
Crime investigators often use photographic evidence to try to catch perpetrators. Face photographs could now provide investigators with more information to catch criminals, not only in the form of facial recognition, but also because pupils can reflect the appearance of the surrounding area. The eye
This year had the most most IPO activity since 2000 with over 200 companies going public and raising a combined total of nearly $55 billion. While it’s doubtful that any tech company could generate as much hype as Twitter did any time soon, there ares till plenty of noteworthy tech companies t
Samsung will unveil its next-generation processor, called Exynos, at CES next month. The South Korean smartphone maker has already confirmed that the chip will feature 64-bit architecture to compete with Apple’s A7 chip. The 64-bit Exynos chip is expected to make its debut with the Galaxy S5 as earl
In the past, the New York Botanical Garden was only able to digitize about 20,000 to 30,000 of its 7.3 million specimens every year. However, ever since they began using a light box that was originally designed for photographing jewelry, the Garden is now digitizing around 100,000 specimens every ye
Based on a decade’s research and hundreds of interviews, Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd has concluded that parents are to blame for the next generation’s internet addicted kids. The gist of it is that, in general, parents nowadays are simply too protective of their kids and prefer to ha
Over 40 million Target customers have been potentially affected by the company’s massive data breach, thus spawning numerous lawsuits in the past week. Despite this, Target’s shares have only fallen by about 3%. While the Justice Department investigates a data breach that potentially aff
BitPlay, the Atlanta-based company that aims to become the PayPal of the virtual currency world, has received investments from Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Asia through his venture capital company, Horizons Ventures. because of the uncertainty surrounding Bitcoin in Asia, the Hong Kong-based bill
The U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook report for 2014 predicts that gas-powered vehicles will continue to dominate the market for at least another three decades. The report isn’t very optimistic and predicts that a miniscule 1% of vehicles sold in 2040 will be electr
Using new funding from some top media veterans, The New Lens aims to reshape journalism in Taiwan. Having launched just five months ago, the Taiwanese startup has quickly gained gained traction as a trusted source for information in Taiwan’s crowded media landscape. Earlier this month, The News Lens
