Google I/O Live Coverage: Big Google Announcements Coming Today
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is gearing up for its annual Google I/O developers conference today, and like in years past it is set to announce a series of new software and hardware products. During the three-hour long keynote, which is scheduled to begin at 9… Read More »
EmailSearch ‘Atari Breakout’ in Google Image Search, Return to 1970s
Google has brought the arcade right to your image search window with its newest celebratory Easter egg game. It’s the 37th birthday of the classic Atari game Breakout, and if you type “Atari Breakout” as a Google image search query, you can play the 1970s… Read More »
Newt Gingrich Wants to Rename the Cell Phone
Newt Gingrich is “really puzzled.” No, not about whether he will run for office again — he’s got fairly clear answers to that — but about cell phones. Well, not about the devices themselves, he is more puzzled about what to call them now that… Read More »
Hot off the Grill: Test Tube Burger
A Dutch scientist hopes he’ll change minds about the viability of test tube meat when his first genetically engineered hamburger, made from billions of stem cells, is served hot off the grill. Mark Post, the head of physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, has… Read More »
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Performs David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ From… Space
Today Chris Hadfield returns to Earth as the brave outgoing commander of the International Space Station. But he also returns as a rock star. Literally. On Sunday, the Canadian astronaut released a YouTube video of him performing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” in space. In the… Read More »
App of the Week: Viber
App Name: Viber Price: Free Available Platforms: Windows, Mac, IOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Nokia, and Bada What does this app do?: With over 200 million users and a recent update to its mobile app including an overhaul to the Android interface, Viber has lot… Read More »
New YouTube Paid Channels Could Shake Up Industry
Google’s YouTube is venturing into the world of paid subscription content with Thursday’s announcement of a pilot run of paid channels. Subscription prices start at $.99 monthly, but many offer a discounted yearly rate. The program is launching with channels from National Geographic Kids, the… Read More »
Earl: World’s First Solar-Powered Backcountry Survival Tablet
Jon Perry says his inspiration behind making a tough, reliable and rugged expedition gadget came from his long-time outdoorsy companion – his dog Earl. Now the world’s first backcountry survival tablet, also named Earl, is in development and asking for some crowdsourcing support. Through June… Read More »
Nokia’s Asha 501 Phone Claims 48-Day Battery Life
Nokia says it’s aiming to make “high-end design and quality accessible to more people” with the launch of the Asha 501 and its software platform. The unsubsidized cost of the Asha 501 will be $99, but the phone is not lacking in valuable features. Appearing… Read More »
How to Help the Women Rescued in Cleveland Kidnapping
Less than 48 hours after kidnapping victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were freed from the home of Ariel Castro, a campaign is running to help support the women and organizations that will assist them. Speaking in front of the home of Gina… Read More »
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