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Encouraging people to go green isn’t good enough in Palo Alto. As one of the tech centers of the world, it should come as no surprise that their intention is to mandate environmental and technological common sense. The City Council of Palo Alto, Calif. has voted in favor of a proposal that wou
They just can’t seem to catch a break. In one of the last reliable homes for their smartphones, the US government, the upcoming shutdown is going to affect the Canadian phone manufacturer. That’s because if the government shuts down next Tuesday, furloughed federal workers could be viola
The smartwatch revolution is just beginning and the first casualty may have already been logged. Samsung admits their Gear “lacks something special” and is likely to fail. Bulky, sluggish and unintuitive, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear hasn’t exactly lived up the hype or the expectations of
Advertisers will hate it. If it takes off, it could eventually force entire websites to shut down from lack of revenue. Thankfully, this device hasn’t taken off and it may be the best kept secrets of geeks for a long time. Depending whom you ask, Chad Russell and Charles Butkus’ inventio
It’s interesting to look back 20 years and see what people thought of certain things. The internet is definitely no exception as it has taken over a large chunk of many lives around the world. Here’s what they thought of it two decades ago. Back in 1994, the Internet was the next big thi
From the Library of Congress to the FTC, several government agency websites will go offline for the government shutdown. With the possibility of an American federal government shutdown looming next week as the result of the debt-ceiling crisis, at least some government websites are going dark, inclu
The time has come. Twitter IPO details will be a released this week. Twitter’s IPO filing is ready, and the company intends to make it public this week, according to someone familiar with the plan. The goal is for Twitter to begin trading, likely on the New York Stock Exchange, before Thanksgiving.
There have been a lot of credits and accolades given to Grand Theft Auto V, but it definitely could have been better. All they had to do was learn from those that preceded. It’s been five years since the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, and during that time, Rockstar was able to sit and […]
Google Glass and Samsung Gear may not be commonplace gadgets you see people wearing on their faces every day, but that’s not stopping Intel from taking a stab at the industry with their own variation of glasses. It’s fascinating to see deep-tech companies climbing up the value chain and gettin
I remember when Generation X was just getting started. Things were simpler back then. Now, two (or three, depending on who you ask) generations later, the newest group of wild and wacky kids are all about their devices. Ten years ago, young adults and those in their late teens were among the fastest
There was a lot of buzz leading up to the release of The Fifth Estate. Part of it was around the subject matter – Wikileaks’ eccentric founder Julian Assange. Others were excited to see rising star Benedict Cumberbatch take a shot at playing the icon. Despite both of these strengths, the
How do you make six million iOS developers upset? By failing to hear a motion made by Apple that was intended to protect them from a predatory patent troll, Lodsys. Lodsys became one of the most-scorned patent holders in 2011, by making seemingly small cash demands (just 0.575 percent of your revenu
