BlackBerry 10.1 Features Include HDR Photos, App World Coupons
Users of the BlackBerry Z10 and those with an eye on the upcoming BlackBerry Q10 will see a large number of changes coming to their devices by the way of BlackBerry 10.1. BlackBerry 10.1, the first large update to hit BlackBerry’s BlackBerry 10 operating system since it launched this past January The BlackBerry…
WiFi Witch: YouTube Clips To Help You Troll On Facebook
There are a lot of facets of the Internet that are often overlooked by the general public and I’m not talking about Bing or Google+. For example, there’s a whole series of under 10-second YouTube videos (uploaded by multiple users) featuring Ol’ Blue Eyes, rock stars, and various rap figureheads…
Mantis: The Six-Legged, Record-Breaking Walking Robot Made In Winchester …
A man from Winchester has built an utterly terrifying, massive, six-legged robotic walking machine. Mantis is said to be the biggest all-terrain hexapod in the world. The absolutely wonderful machine is the work of Matt Denton, founder and chief designer of Micromagic Systems. It took four years of development from…
ACLU Asks Government to Investigate Phone Carriers Over Android Security …
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission accuses wireless phone carriers of leaving millions of Android phone users vulnerable to attack from hackers by failing to distribute fixes for known security flaws in a timely manner. The American Civil Liberties Union asked the FTC on Wednesday to investigate AT&T,…
Brazil launches 4G network, smartphone options scant
Brazil has launched its new 4G wireless network across parts of the country, but there are less than a dozen smartphones on the market that are able to hook up to the super-fast network. The problem isn’t just with the devices not supporting the network, per se, but also the…
Apple Breaks Below $400 on iPad Jitters; Lowest Price Since Late ’11
Apple’s (AAPL) seven-month slump deepened on Wednesday as the former tech darling tumbled below the $400 threshold for the first time since late 2011 amid jitters about shrinking iPad shipments. The latest retreat for the consumer electronics behemoth leaves its stock down more than 24% so far this year and its market Apple…
iPad saves man’s face from foul ball of doom
iPad saves man’s face from foul ball of doom The one instance where filming with an iPad is acceptable. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. An amateur videographer at a Northern Iowa softball game was…
Yeti Robot Detects Polar Dangers
No, it doesn’t look like a giant white ape. But the battery-powered rover has all the toughness of an abominable snowman, surveying undetected hazards at research sites in Greenland and Antarctica. (See pictures of polar landscapes.) Watch a video of Yeti at work. Now, after six years of operation, a…
Foursquare celebrates 4sqDay with personalized check-in infographic
If you used Foursquare today to check-in at your favorite restaurant or other establishment, then you may know that it’s 4sqDay, a day that’s celebrated each year on April 16 to celebrate social media, specifically Foursquare. The social check-in service has launched a nifty new tool that provides users with The…
Neutered Version of Facebook Chatheads Hits iOS
iOS device owners will soon get to experience the joy of Chatheads through an update to Facebook’s main app later today. Sort of. Facebook introduced Chatheads (not Chat Heads) as one of the landmark features of its new Android “apperating system” Facebook Home. Chatheads is a new messaging platform, letting…
