Jony Ive, Apple Designer of iPod and iPhone, Is Now a Knight
Jony Ive, the man who designed the iPod and the iPhone, might already be considered technology royalty amongst geeks. Now he’s an actual British knight. Apple’s lead designer, was knighted this morning in London and given the title of Knight Commander of the British Empire…. Read More »
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Madrid Zoo’s ‘Gay’ Penguins Given Egg of Their Own
A “gay” penguin couple in a Madrid zoo has been given an egg of their own to care for after six springs of building nests together and being disappointed their nests were empty. Inca and Rayas, the Gentoo penguins at Madrid’s Faunia Park have been inseparable… Read More »
VIDEO: Skydiver Lands Safely Without Parachute From 2,400 Feet
Stuntman Gary Connery plummeted from 2,400 feet — without a parachute — and landed completely unscathed in the middle of more than 18,000 cardboard boxes in Buckinghamshire, England, today. Connery became the first person to jump out of an aircraft wearing only a wingsuit and land without… Read More »
Game Review: ‘Sorcery’ for PlayStation 3
“Sorcery” is finally here, and after years of anticipation PS3 fans finally get a game that shows off what the PlayStation Move controller can do. The game takes five to six hours to play — disappointingly short, but still, “Sorcery” is a beautiful game… Read More »
QWIKI: What’s Windows 8?
!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement(“script”);b.id=e;b.src=”//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js”;a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,”qwiki-js”); Windows 8 is Microsoft’s next version of Windows, but it’s much more than that. It’s also the biggest change ever made to the Windows operating system we’ve all known. The main desktop has been replaced with a Start Screen or homescreen of tiles…. Read More »
QWIKI: What Is Instagram?
!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement(“script”);b.id=e;b.src=”//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js”;a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,”qwiki-js”); It’s likely that you’ve started to hear people talk a lot about Instagram, or what has now become known as the “billion-dollar app.” Yes, back in April Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. So what is so special about the app and how… Read More »
Safety Experiment: Cars That ‘Talk’ to Each Other
Will traffic be safer and smoother if vehicles can “talk” to each other? That’s the question the Department of Transportation hopes to answer, starting this summer, with an ambitious year-long experiment in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In August the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to… Read More »
Google Doodle, a Music Synthesizer, Pays Tribute to Robert Moog
If you were a little less productive at work the day Google had that cool Les Paul Doodle on its homepage — you know, the one that let you record your own guitar riffs — be prepared to lose even more time today. In celebration… Read More »
WATCH: Baby Penguin Reacts to First Sight of Human
Humans love to line up in front of the glass walls at penguin zoo exhibits, staring at the antics of the black-and-white, two-legged creatures. But what about when the tides are turned, when penguins get a chance to meet the strange humans, observing them for… Read More »
ION Air Pro Takes on the Action-Camera Competition
The mobile action cam market isn’t new; just look at companies such as GoPro and Contour HD. But Giovanni Tomaselli thinks it’s just about time for a new player. Founder and CEO of ION, Tomaselli is launching a new camera today: the ION Air Pro… Read More »
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