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Japan has overtaken the US to become the world’s biggest spender in mobile app stores for the first time. During October, Japanese smartphone and tablet owners spent over 10 percent more in the App Store and Google Play Store than their US equivalents. Japan overtook the U.S. to become the worldR
Previously rolled out as a beta test during Spring 2012, NimbleTV launched to the public this week in New York City. While there are some similarities to Aereo’s mobile streaming video service, NimbleTV is attempting to cooperate to a certain degree with the various cable companies that provide serv
New high-tech sensors have been developed which are said to be capable of measuring the amount of food intake as well as activity level, so that one is able to figure out just what kind of obesity risks are attached to the associated lifestyle. This particular project is funded by the European Union
NASA has created a robot for DARPA’s upcoming Robotics Challenge Trials. The Valkyrie is a six-foot two humanoid machine with detachable arms, sonar sensors, mounted cameras, and a glowing, Tony Stark-esque circle in the middle of its chest, that the space agency says is mobile and dexterous e
Amazon has added new education-focused features to the Kindle FreeTime options on Kindle Fire devices, which allow parents to make sure kids have met all their education goals before the tablet can be used for games or cartoons. Announced by Amazon earlier today, the development
Back in 2010, when Minecraft was first starting to take off, Valve flew out Markus “Notch” Persson to its headquarters for “a cup of coffee.” In an excerpt of the English translation of Daniel Goldberg’s Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus ‘Notch’ Persson
Addappt, a re-imagined address book for your iPhone, is releasing a major update today. Users will now be able to “shake to call” from within the app, along with receiving badge notifications, international support, and more. “Living” address book addappt has just recently been updated, moving up to
Not only will Austin be getting Google Fiber within the next few months, now AT&T will be launching its own gigabit service, GigaPower, in the city. But how exactly does AT&T intend to go about implementing this new service? AT&T is set to launch its GigaPower fiber to the home service i
Remember the Ubuntu Edge, the Canonical creation that set out to earn $32 million on Indiegogo but fell very short? Well, the company is back at it again, though this time it’s maneuvering a slightly different route to deliver the Ubuntu mobile platform to the public at large. Ubuntu Touch has
Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling. For example, recycled plastic requires 70% less energy and paper uses about 40% less. The fact that recycling it saves so much energy combined with the fac
Security researchers say that Chinese hackers monitored the computers of five European foreign ministries before the G20 Summit. Chinese hackers infiltrated computer systems and eavesdropped on attendees at September’s G20 Summit, according to new research. Security experts at FireEye say that
With the trend of wearable gadgets catching on, we’re bound to see some great products come out next year. These products will obviously depend upon breakthroughs in technology, and today Vuzix announced a major optical breakthrough that will radically improve glasses-based wearable devices. With th
