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HTC brings fingerprint scanners to their smartphones

Move over, Apple. HTC is coming. Okay, so they probably aren't worried about HTC. Heck, HTC is probably not worried about HTC. Still, the technology is spreading as everyone knew...

VR glasses getting kickstarted by an ex-Valver

What you see is what you get. Of course, in the world of virtual reality, what you see is often far from what you get, but that's not stopping a...

As with everything Microsoft, their phablet venture is late to the game

By the time Microsoft got into the smartphone business, the two leaders were already well ahead. By the time they got into the tablet business, millions were already touching screens...

Twitter ads are getting fancy

Twitter has more data than they know what to do with from an advertising perspective. Now, it seems they are going to make a play for ad dollars using targeting....

Windows Phone updates are actually pretty useful

This isn't your standard minor update. The features and improvements that Microsoft is adding to their Windows Phone are actually pretty nifty. Did Windows Phone just get Windows Pho-nomenal? The...

Rockstar wants to make amends for its GTA Online launch with a “Stimulus Package”

Grand Theft Auto has been on a roller coaster the last month. They started off by releasing a game that was widely heralded and that broke records. Then, the released...

Facebook to open office in Israel

For a company that is so embedded in the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, it's hard to imagine that a country so prominent as Israel...

Foursquare ads are (finally) coming

It hasn't been the easiest path to revenue. In social media, it's hard enough to get advertisers to come in while not making users go out. Foursquare thinks they may...

You’re email is safer in the US than Europe

With so many allegations and news stories about American email being vulnerable to the watchful eye of Big Brother, many are starting to flock to other areas for their email....

The iPad 6 will have many, many, many more pixels

On the surface, 30%-40% doesn't seem like a lot. On a screen the size of an iPad, it's a huge difference. You'll probably get to see this difference next year....

Social media works. Here’s how it does according to Gary Vaynerchuk.

Wine. He always has some. He loves it and helps others to love it more. That's his business but in many ways it's his hobby now. He's in the business...

Google vs South Korea

They are at the top of their respective games. Google is the search giant that is spreading into other realms. South Korea is the tech giant that is keeping a...

The coolest playing of Sonic 3 you’ll reminisce about all day

There are always those building cool ways for people to reminisce about the past in tech or gaming. This one is particularly "rad" as Gizmodo puts it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zabL7H2wlc8 When I...

Tech execs who left early and missed out on millions (even billions)

The entrepreneurial spirit is one that drives some people to build amazing things. It also drives people to make changes often if they don't see the vision. Here are 14...

Is T-Mobile finally relevant?

Relevance is normally associated with the top one or two players, which makes T-Mobile's standing as the number four US carrier more precarious. However, they're making some strides (and fans)...

Netflix wants to be a box

Netflix are already dominating the mail and streaming movie world despite debacles last year, but now Netflix wants to have a direct line to your television. Netflix Inc. is in...

Java is not dying

Contrary to popular reports, the programming language that powers components of a huge percentage of websites across the internet seems to be doing just fine despite security flaws and improved...

The similarities between Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs are startling

Amazon's Jeff Bezos says he is not the next Steve Jobs. However, he does seem to be very much like the iconic tech company founder and it isn't just that...

NYPD is spying on everyone, everywhere, all the time

The NSA is getting most of the flack for domestic spying to the point that they're accused of getting info from your gaming system, but if you were to look...

iPhone 5S apps crash more than on any other iPhone

It's the state of the art for Apple. It's their most advanced mobile device available to their fans. The iPhone 5S is also crashing more than any other iPhone ever......