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Bitcoin hits mainstream investing. Sort of.

The virtual currency of choice for some has it's own Silicon Valley accelerator now. Will this bring in a new wave of speculative tech investments? Bitcoin may be more popular...

Army embraces robot overlords for future warfare

They will save American lives by preventing soldiers from hitting the battlefield. It's not quite Skynet, but it sound awfully similar. Talking at a US Army demonstration of autonomous weaponized...

Richard Stallman’s letter to the judge

There's a real difference between the ways that punishment are handed down for technology infringements. The judge that received a letter from Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman didn't agree....

Google plays well on iPhone now with Google Play Music

The game is over for third party apps fearful of Google Play Music hitting the iPhone. Now, they can stop fearing. It's game over. Google Play Music has always been...

Pinterests hits the Nordics with localized network

There's no reason that social networking should only be limited to Americas or any country for that matter. Pinterest is hitting the world. Pinterest has added a new version that...

The Zelda hits keep popping with A Link Betwen Worlds

Just when you thought that the world of Zelda had reached its peak, they seem to keep coming up with hits. A Link Between Worlds is clearly no exception. The...

US government computers have been getting hacked by Anonymous for a long time

It's not something new as many had hoped. The computers of government employees have been getting attacked by Anonymous hackers for quite a while. According to Reuters, a recent FBI...

A simple guide to picking the right iPad for you

Choices, choices. We seem to have too many these days, even in the world of Apple technology. Which iPad is best suited to fill your needs? If you aren't sure,...

Profit by donations didn’t work for Sidecar and Lyft

It was a good idea, but it just didn't work. As much as we'd like to believe that people will pay a fair price for a ride, it's just not...

We are falling into Google’s trap

Before the water gets hot enough to cook us, it sure feels good. It's a nice, comfortable bath. Don't pay attention to the veggies and spices that Google's plopping in...

Candy Crush Saga has been installed over half a billion times

Just one year after being released, Candy Crush Saga has reached over half a billion lifetime installs and boasts over 1 billion gameplays every day. It has been reported that King,...

Amazon’s new cloud-based data analytics tool can scrutinize massive amounts of data

Kenesis, Amazon's new cloud-based data analytics tool, can process and scrutinize massive amounts. The releases of this new tool demonstrates AWS's continued effort to give customers more options for analyzing their data. Amazon...

Court orders Homeland Security to release ‘kill switch’ protocol

A Washington D.C.-based court has ruled that Homeland Security must reveal how and when it can use its ability to shut down cellular and wireless networks in times of crisis Homeland Security's...

Back in 2007, the iPhone was a risk that Apple bet the whole company on

Phil Schiller, Apple’s marketing head, discusses the huge risks that Apple took when it developed the iPhone. The company was betting everything on the device, little did they know that this single device...

Touring the deepest, darkest, unregulated parts of the internet

The Darknet is the name given tot he dark, unregulated parts of the internet that authorities can't reach. It is here where internet users can remain completely anonymous and free...

Yahoo Japan invested $27 million into BrightTag in order to collect customer activity data

Yahoo Japan has invested $27 million into BrightTag, a Chicago-based advertising software firm,  in order to collect customer activity data. BrightTag announced plans to build a real-time data management platform for...

All Xbox One games follow the same policies for achievements and gamerscore

The Xbox One will be using the same achievement and gamerscore system that the Xbox 360 used. All games released for the console, physical or digital copy, will adhere to the...

Wireless thermostat lets you control the temperature of your home with your mobile device

Two companies, Netatmo and Philippe Starck, have teamed up to create a sleek new wireless thermostat that you can control with your mobile device. The accompanying app lets users monitor the temperature, make...

Samsung is reportedly developing a three-sided smartphone screen

Samsung has never been afraid to try out crazy ideas and this strategy has worked very well for the South Korean company in the past. The latest weird tech from...

Amazon is doing pretty much everything it can to keep cloud costs down

James Hamilton, the vice president of Amazon Web Services, claims that there has been more innovation in the world of computing in the past 5 years than in the previous 20 years....