Google Takes You to the Burj Khalifa, World’s Tallest Building
The Empire State Building and Willis Tower are well-known tourist attractions, but the Burj Khalifa — that 2,717-foot-tall skyscraper in Dubai — is still a big mystery to many. But Google is out to shed some light with an advanced Street View of the the… Read More »
EmailApp of the Week: Bill Nye The Science Guy
App Name: Bill Nye The Science Guy Price: Free Available Platforms: iOS (iPhone and iPad) What does this app do?: Bill Nye The Science Guy, a PBS show that taught kids all about science, may be off the air, but his smart and informative legacy… Read More »
Bill Nye the Science Guy Connects With Techie Kids With New App
Twenty years ago this fall, Bill Nye came into homes across the U.S. with his TV show, “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” and struck a chord with curious children. There were segments on volcanoes, the science behind the human heart and even why people cry… Read More »
Gin and Tonics at Risk From Foreign Invader
Next time you have a gin and tonic, you might appreciate it a bit more. Gin gets its prominent flavor from junipers, and the plant is now under attack. A fungus-like organism called phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted infecting juniper plants and spreading throughout Northern… Read More »
Why Instagram Videos Are Twice as Long as Vines
What is the right length of a sharable, mobile video clip? Ask the creators of Twitter’s Vine app, and they will tell you six seconds. Ask Kevin Systrom, the founder of Instagram, and he’ll say 15 seconds. Today Instagram added video features to its photo-sharing app,… Read More »
Facebook to Announce ‘Big Idea’ at Event Today (Live Blog)
Sure, Facebook has released a number of new products in the last couple of months, including Facebook software for Android phones, hashtags, and a redesigned Newsfeed, but today the company has another “big idea” and “new product” to release to the world. At an event at… Read More »
Male Spiders Make Love, Not War, but Die Anyway
In a macabre display of affection, the male dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) dies shortly after it mates with a female, a new study in the journal Biology Letters finds. But unlike black widows, whose females are infamous for eating the males once the deed is… Read More »
John McAfee’s Wild Video: How to Uninstall McAfee Anti-Virus
John McAfee has had no problems making headlines this year. After the founder of the McAfee software security company was believed to be a murder suspect in Belize, he hid out in the jungle, escaped to Guatemala, faked a heart attack and returned to the United States…. Read More »
After Sandy, AT&T Builds Solar Phone Charging Stations Across NYC
In the days following Superstorm Sandy, Starbucks and other restaurants in the New York City region had lines out the door. The customers were not in line to get coffee or food, but instead to use the electric outlets to charge their dead cell phones. The administration… Read More »
‘Tweet’ Now an Official Word: Oxford English Dictionary
The last time you wanted to vent about your family or co-workers within the space of 140 characters, you didn’t “submit a post to the microblogging service known as Twitter.” You tweeted. Pop culture today associates tweeting less with chirping birds and more with social networking… Read More »
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