Drunks, extremists, Twitter Turkey’s Erdogan blames all
This picture taken on May 14 shows Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the parliament in Ankara.(Photo: Adem Altan, AFP/Getty Images)Story HighlightsProtests follow Erdogan’s approval of alcohol banTurks blame Erdogan, saying he is too authoritarianPM says he can bring ‘millions’ to streets ISTANBUL Drunkards, extremists, foreign agents…
Street Fight Daily: Yelp Open to Graph Search, Foursquare’s Flaw
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology. Yelp Open to Partnering With Facebook’s Rival Offering (Reuters)Yelp, which analysts say could face intense competition from Facebook “graph search”, is open to partnering with the social networking website’s latest offering, Yelp’s Chief Financial Officer Rob Krolik told…
Switched On: BlackBerry’s depressing keyboard trends
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. In a March interview, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, whose company’s smartphone ambitions led to his vacating a board seat at Apple, claimed that he didn’t use either an Android phone or iPhone. Rather, he uses a Blackberry, citing…
Asus anuncia Transformer Book Trio, un netbook convertible con Windows y …
Asus ha presentado en la feria Computex de Taipei el ultimo miembro de su familia Transformer, el Transformer Book Trio, un netbook convertible con la capacidad de ser utilizado como tablet, portatil y sobremesa, ademas de contar con dos de los sistemas operativos mas conocidos, Windows 8 y Android 4, El netbook…
LG 84-inch ‘ultra definition’ 4K HDTV going on sale in limited quantities in Korea
It looks like LG is actually going to sell that sweet 84-inch ultra-definition TV we saw at CES. With a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 (UHDTV) it will maintain a full 1080p picture for 3D movies even with LG’s FPR Cinema 3D passive glasses technology, and also includes the standard Update: We’ve…
ASUS announces VivoPC home theater PC packing Windows 8, 802.11ac WiFi
During a chock-a-block event at Computex 2013, ASUS just announced the VivoPC, a compact Windows 8-based home theater PC that can also double as your primary desktop. It’ll let you stream HD video via a newfangled 802.11ac WiFi connection, and has a similar spun metal design as the freshly announced…
Study finds Facebook helps users ‘Like’ themselves better
Spending a few minutes peeking at one’s Facebook profile reportedly elevates a person’s self-esteem but reduces their ambition to excel, according to researchers. The University of Wisconsin-Madison study that unearthed these social-media phenomena seemingly employed a controversial cognitive test to arrive at its findings, and also discovered the Facebook-borne ego…
Lanyu LY-EB01: 7-inch $98 smartbook tested [Video]
The guys over at Shanzai have reviewed what must be one of the cheapest smartbooks on the market. The Lanyu LY-EB01 can be bought for just 666 RMB (US$98) in China, although this is directly from Lanyu rather than direct retail channels. As you can expect for the price, the specs…
With the ultra-HD ‘After Earth,’ Sony rolls out an ultra-HDTV. Will you buy …
Will Smith, left, and Jaden Smith star in Columbia Pictures’ “After Earth.” The film was shot in 4K ultra high definition. Listen Now [1 min 24 sec] The sci-fi movie “After Earth” opens Friday in theaters, but look closer and you’ll notice it’s filmed in 4K ultra high definition which provides greater…
Opinion: BlackBerry Needs a PlayBook 2, Must Reverse Decision
So it’s really no secret at this point the Thorsten Heins and Co. have shelved the idea of the BlackBerry PlayBook 2, or any bona-fide BlackBerry 10 tablet for the time-being at least. But while the reemerging Canadian company seems to be doing a pretty good job bringing its name Heins’ recent…
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