Apple iOS screen sizes: 4. Samsung Android sizes: 27.
FORTUNE — At 9:36 a.m. Thursday, shortly after Samsung introduced the newest entries in its Galaxy smartphone line — the 5.8-inch Mega and the 6.3-inch Mega — Derek Kessler posted what may be the most viral tweet that wasn’t about TV, celebrity, politics, sports, dieting, mysticism or a natural disaster….
Robotics can help fill the STEM gap
The first robot was created in 400-350 BC, a steam-powered pigeon engineered by the mathematician Archytas. Since then, robots have captured our imagination. They embody innovation, success and progress, and they inspire our vision of the future. National Robotics Week, now in its fourth year, helps us realize that we…
BlackBerry Tops iPhone and Android … In a “Don’t Want” Poll
Here’s a novel way of polling consumer sentiment in the smartphone market: Don’t ask people which handset they prefer to use; ask them which one they would never use. That’s what research house Raymond James did in a recent survey of consumer smartphone purchasing intent. And the results are interesting…
Foursquare Raises $41 Million in Debt
Foursquare has been trying to raise capital since last winter, but had a hard time convincing investors that it was worth at least $ 760 million, the valuation that Spark Capital conferred on the company early in 2012 when the firm bought stock from … Keep reading… Read also: Foursquare Gets $ 41 Million Investment, […]
Mail Pilot For iPhone And iPad Launches, Turns Your Email Inbox Into A Full …
Before Mailbox was even an officially announced project, and long before it sold to Dropbox in what is said to have been around a $100 million deal, Josh Milas and Alex Obenauer took to Kickstarter to fund their very own reinvention of email. The team created Mail Pilot, which promised Here…
North Korean Missile Test Delayed by Windows 8
PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)North Korea’s official news agency announced today that the military’s planned missile test had been put on hold because of “problems with Windows 8.” Intelligence analysts said that the announcement gave rare insight into the inner workings of North Korea’s missile program, which until last year had…
Five ways Microsoft’s Surface is better than iPad (Gallery)
With all the discussion lately about Windows 8, Microsoft’s relatively odd Surface products, and even the question of whether Apple has lost its mojo, I thought it might be instructive to look at things in a more positive light. While I can’t directly recommend the purchase of a Surface RT over…
Olson Tapped to Reenergize TiVo Brand
As part of an initiative to revive its brand, TiVo has named indie agency Olson its agency of record after a review. Founded in 1997, TiVo was the first company to offer a digital device that let consumers record shows and skip through ads. At its inception it was highly But…
Foursquare’s New Game: Predicting Your Future
Foursquare dropped its new app today. It has an intuitive design that works hard in the background to make sure that the stuff in the foreground is fast and seamless. But it’s also a big shift for the app that not only got lots of people comfortable with sharing where…
T-Mobile USA Sweetens iPhone 5 Deal With Trade-In Program
T-Mobile USA, the struggling phone carrier, really wants you to switch to its network so badly that it will give you a break on a brand-new iPhone in exchange for an old one. The company said on Wednesday that when it begins selling the iPhone 5 on Friday, it will Normally,…
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