
“Pepper’s ghost” isn’t the sort of phrase you hear very often at a show like SXSW. In amongst all the latest generation technology, there aren’t too many folks discussing hundreds years old optical concepts. But the the idea’s a driving force in the Palm Top Theater, an iPhone case that…

“Team Say Watt?” a group of students from several Middlesex County high schools, took their robot to Moscow last month where they represented the United States in the 5th Russian National Robotics Festival called Robofest. The group took home one of the festival’s most prestigious honors and will now take…

NEW DELHI: Lava International’s Xolo will start selling its first quad-core smartphone from Monday for Rs 12,499 across country. “We have started pre-booking for Xolo Q800. It will be available across country at most of the stores from Monday,” Xolo spokesperson said. The company said that company will expand its portfolio…

This week finally saw a long-awaited dock launch for Google’s Nexus 7 tablet. The $29.99 accessory holds the Nexus 7 in landscape mode, propping it an angle that’s good for watching video or other online content. A micro-USB port and 3.5 millimeter headphone jack are the only interfaces, keeping the In under 24 hours On…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is nearing a $7 million settlement with some 30 U.S. states over a 2010 incident in which its Street View mapping cars collected passwords and other personal data from home wireless networks, according to a person familiar with the matter. The announcement of the settlement is…

The overall contenders at Tirreno-Adriatico face a potentially decisive day on Saturday as they tackle stage 4 from Narni to the summit finish at Prati di Tivo. The 173km stage brings the peloton from Umbria high into the Apennines near the Gran Sasso d’Italia and promises to dramatically alter the The…

Nearly two years ago, my co-author Mike Schneider and I published a book called Location-Based Marketing for Dummies. At the time, location-based marketing was just getting off the ground in large part thanks to the launch of two services: foursquare and Gowalla. Over the last couple of years, many of…

A massive high school competition this week in Minnesota has fans, referees, 99 teams, and is highly competitive. The state hockey tournament in St. Paul? Not quite there were only 16 teams there. The bigger tourney is the robotics competition in Duluth. “In hockey, you’re competing against your competitors. You’re like, ‘Oh,…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive, announced a major makeover of its home page on Thursday. MENLO PARK, Calif. Hoping to tame the blizzard of information that has turned off many users and discouraged some advertisers, Facebook on Thursday unveiled a major makeover of the home page that greets…

Depending who you ask, Foursquare could be in a great place as far as growth. Or in a bad place. We’ve heard about potential acquisitions, difficulty fundraising and everything in between. One thing we do know is that Foursquare needs your check ins to survive. After pushing consumer-facing features that…