By Mary Godfrey

Technology Review
Jan 6, 2013 7:00am

App of the Week: Marksta

App Name: Marksta Price: $1.99 Available Platforms: iPhone What does this app do? Photojournalist John McHugh knows the pain photographers feel when others use their work without attributing credit. And so, he created Marksta, a photo app released this past week for the iPhone that… Read More »

Nature and Environment
Jan 5, 2013 6:01am

Narwhal Tusk-Smuggling Ring Cracked, Feds Say

The narwhal, a kind of Arctic whale, has been called “the unicorn of the sea” because of the long, straight, often spiraling tusk that males of the species can grow.  It is illegal to import the tusks into the United States because narwhals are listed… Read More »

Science
Jan 4, 2013 12:01pm

Video: Superman Soars Over Calif. Beach

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! A life-size, radio-controlled model of the caped crusader was spotted flying over a beach in Carlsbad, Calif., last week. Footage of Superman soaring over the water has since gone viral after a stunned onlooker took cell phone… Read More »

Technology Review
Jan 4, 2013 9:58am

Steve Jobs biopic ‘jOBS’ Hits Theaters in April

Wondering when you’ll be able to see Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs on the big screen? Open Road Films and Five Star Feature Films, which have partnered to release the film, announced that ‘jOBS’ will be released in April. The movie will premiere later this month at the… Read More »

Science
Jan 3, 2013 1:43pm

Polaroid’s Fotobars Turn Digital Images Into Physical Art

Tired of storing all those edited photos on your Smartphone?  What to share your favorite photo on your friend’s physical wall versus just their Facebook wall? Polaroid is offering a solution in Fotobars–the photo giant’s latest venture to make the photo-sharing process easier and more accessible. “The… Read More »

Technology Review
Jan 3, 2013 12:24pm

Snooki Heading to CES 2013 With New Line of Tech Gear

Snooki hasn’t only spent the last couple of months nurturing her baby son Lorenzo. She’s also been preparing her new line of audio gear. Oh yes, you heard that right. Snooki, who partnered with iHip last year to release a set of headphones, is back at… Read More »

Technology Review
Jan 2, 2013 1:40pm

Of Course Apple Is Working on the iPhone 6 and iOS 7

A new year, a whole new time for iPhone rumors.  Just two days into 2013 some of the tech blogs are already hearing whispers — very quiet whispers — about Apple’s next phone. The Next Web reports that mentions of the iPhone 6 and iOS… Read More »

Technology Review
Jan 2, 2013 11:33am

Share Your New Year’s Resolution on Google’s Interactive Resolution Map

We’ve told you about the best apps to help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions and even suggested some good tech-based resolutions; now Google offers a digital tool to make your resolutions a little more public. Its Interactive Resolution Map allows you to input… Read More »

Nature and Environment
Dec 30, 2012 9:13pm

Realistic Hope and Paradoxical News in Global Warming

Editor’s Note: The first four Nature’s Edge Notebooks in this year-long series reported some new realistic hope in the global warming crisis, this “story too big to cover — almost”, and explored its basic and sometimes paradoxical nature as a news story. At year’s end,… Read More »

By Mary Godfrey

Technology Review
Dec 29, 2012 7:00am

App of the Week: Cycloramic

App Name: Cycloramic Price: $.99 Available Platforms: Optimized for iPhone 5 What does this app do? The iPhone 5 just got one step closer to having a mind of its own. Cycloramic, an app released last week, takes hands-free panoramic video by using the phone’s internal… Read More »