Google Announces HTC One with Clean Version of Android for $599

Google has taken another step in its efforts to sell Android phones that run the software as it intends it. At the All Things D conference Google Android and Chrome OS chief Sundar Pichai announced the HTC One Google Edition, which will take HTC’s current One smartphone and put Google’s…

Posted on: May 30, 2013 5:00 pm

Money Series: Landis on Facebook, Twitter, tech

Kevin Landis, chief investment officer, Firsthand Funds.(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)Story HighlightsGazing out at the landscape for tech stocksSees biggest promise in Twitter after it goes publicFacebook is having to reinvent itself A little more than a year has passed since social-media darling Facebook’s badly botched initial public…

Posted on: May 30, 2013 5:00 pm

TiVo To Present At Strategic Decisions Conference; Webcast At 4:00 PM ET

(RTTNews.com) – TiVo Inc. ( TIVO ) will present at the 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, NY. The event is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM ET on May 29, 2013. To access the live webcast, log on at http://investor.tivo.com For comments and feedback: contact editorial@rttnews.com

Posted on: May 30, 2013 7:00 am

Traktor DJ: spin your tunes digitally with app for iPad

Traktor DJ makes it easy and fun to be a live DJ.(Photo: 2013 Native Instruments GmbH) Whether you’re spinning music for your friends at a house party or a professional DJ who doesn’t always want to lug their gear to a gig, a new DJ app for iPad caters to…

Posted on: May 29, 2013 5:00 pm

Improved Android User Experience Saves Half A Million Dollars

Regional carrier Cincinnati Bell was faced with a problem: Customers were returning too many Android devices, and operating costs were slowly rising as a result. Android vs. Alien (305/365) (Photo credit: JD Hancock) With smartphone penetration moving past the mass market and into the laggard category, many are getting their first…

Posted on: May 29, 2013 12:00 pm

Vizio’s M Series: Edge-to-Edge HDTV on a Budget

With each new generation, the border surrounding your smartphone or HDTV’s display gets smaller, bringing consumers closer to a truly bezel-free future. But with the introduction of products like Vizio’s new M series TVs, thin, minimalist frames aren’t only for those with deep pockets. Announced at CES in January and…

Posted on: May 29, 2013 12:00 pm

Windows 8 users ignoring ‘Modern/Metro’ apps: Soluto

One of the cornerstones of Microsoft’s revamp of the Windows operating system was building app support into the Windows 8’s ‘Modern’ user interface (previously called ‘Metro’). Microsoft believed that these apps, along with the app store, would offer users new and novel ways to interact with their PC, and put…

Posted on: May 28, 2013 5:00 pm

Jacktown Vectors FIRST Robotics team receives $10000 grant from Michigan … The Jackson Citizen Patriot

JACKSON, MI The Jacktown Vectors robotics team has received a $10,000 grant from Michigan Automotive Compressor Inc. “The FIRST Robotics program is top notch,” Cheryl Norey, MACI spokeswoman, said in a press release. “We hope that students in FIRST Robotics will be future MACI interns and associates. Every aspect of the…

Posted on: May 28, 2013 5:00 pm

Longmont students take top honors at robotics competition

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Three Longmont VEX Robotics teams secured a total of four awards recently during the 2013 VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, Calif. Team 3876C, Arkham Asylum Members, took home two awards: the HS Divisional Design Award and the overall best Design Award. Team 3876X, NinjaX, took home the…

Posted on: May 28, 2013 7:00 am

Grading Apple’s digital textbook technology

Shortly after his world history students began a pilot program testing a digital textbook for the iPad, Ken Halla noticed something different: His students were actually reading their textbooks. “How crazy is that?” said Halla, a ninth-grade teacher at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia. “To me, it’s really great…

Posted on: May 28, 2013 7:00 am