Today’s keynote address at the first day of Google I/O 2013 may lack a few surprises considering the amount of news leaking out early. One such example is the release of Android 4.3, which The Verge found by digging through the search listings on Google’s developer website. Not much is known about Android 4.3 (Jelly […]
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Are Smart PJs, With App-released Embedded Stories, A Dumb Idea?
Some companies try a little too hard to appeal to tech-savvy parents. Smart PJs have a code printed on them that bring up a story on your smartphone when scanned by the company’s app. Really. This isn’t a gag. This is clearly what it looks like when someone learns about QR codes and thinks they’re […]
State Department Tries To Muzzle 3D Printed Firearms
Remember all the hubbub about 3D printed guns? No? Not even when the U.S. government gave a firearms licence to Defense Distributed, the biggest name in renderable firearms? This past week was another huge one for DD, as it printed and tested the new Liberator gun, an all plastic gun that only needs the addition of a nail to serve […]
Create And Deliver Snail Mail Handwritten Cards With Felt App
In this age of instant communication, where texting is replacing phone calls and now even Facebook private messaging has started to outpace email usage, there remains a small thrill at receiving a personal letter addressed to you through traditional mail. Felt, an app available for iPads, seeks to recapture that sentimental sensation by offering a […]
Adobe Crosses Out CS And Transitions To CC
In a bold move, Adobe Corporation has announced a phasing out of the Creative Suite software product. The Adobe Creative Suite, available as a physical media purchase for over a decade, now becomes Adobe Creative Cloud. This new bundle includes updated versions of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Premiere Pro, plus desktop access to Typekit, […]
Digging Deeper Into The Bitcoin Mine
Unless you’ve been living in a self-imposed media blackout throughout 2013, you’ve seen and heard bitcoin become a mainstream news topic. With its higher profile comes an inevitable increase in popularity and acceptance as payment. For example, DWI Attorney Jay Cohen of Houston, TX now accepts bitcoin. In Cypress, the world’s first Bitcoin ATM is […]
Netflix Brings Streamaggaddeon When It Removes Almost 2,000 Warner Bros. Titles
Starting today, you’ll have roughly 2,000 less choices to view on Netflix when the streaming service removes a massive amount of movies from the Warner Bros. library. These movies also just happen to be the same ones that will become available on the new Warner Archive Instant. According to Slate.com, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. […]
Google Now For iOS Now
Google has finally taken the cool but creepy Google Now application and put it on a non-Android platform. Starting today, iOS users can download an update to the Google Search app that adds some of the amazing functions of Google predictive personal assistant. What is Google Now anyway, you ask? It’s a system where Google’s various services […]
Kick Karaoke Butt With The Just Sing It! App
You may not have Blake Shelton, Usher, Shakira, or Adam Levine fighting over you on The Voice, but that doesn’t stop you from belting out tunes. Now, with the Just Sing It! iOS app, you can hold your own singing competitions with friends to find out which one of you is the best karaoke singer. […]
Quick Alternatives For A Cashless World
“I don’t carry cash.” This has become a reoccurring mantra for many people these days what with the proliferation of credit cards, debit cards, Google Wallets, PayPal options, and other paper money substitutes. Sure, some people use this as an easy way to get out of being the one to leave a tip in a […]