Is Facebook Losing Its Cool? Some Teens Think So
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses an audience during a media event at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on March 7, 2013. Baret Steed is tired of Facebook. She’s had an account since she was 13, but isn’t a fan of the fact that the social network now includes not only her Steed,…
Brits Beat Yanks In Google Android Space Race
Last year, NASA’s Ames Research Center announced plans to launch an Google Android-powered nano-satellite into space. A test unit has already been sent into suborbit, and a space launch is set for April 4. But a team of British researchers has quietly beat Ames to the punch. On February 25, the The…
Google Takes a Field Trip To iOS
When Google’s city guide app Field Trip launched on Android in September, the company promised a version for Apple’s iOS was “coming soon.” Evidently, that means “in six months” at the Googleplex, because Field Trip finally landed on iOS on Thursday. The truth is, there probably aren’t many iPhone and…
Army’s First Interactive iPad Book Lets You Finger-Swipe Through Afghanistan
The Army has no shortage of battlefield maps. But until Friday, it didn’t have many that animate troop movements or enemy positions at the touch of a fingertip. Now, explains Command Sgt. Major Joe B. Parson, Jr., “if I flick a finger, you don’t change the page, you change the…
Senator Plays Cupid for Staffer on Twitter
Warm weather hasn’t come to Washington just yet, but spring fever hit the Hill yesterday just the same. When approached online by his press secretary’s boyfriend, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., agreed to sacrifice his official Twitter account to young love Thursday evening. Social media experts say one of the main…
LG’s 55-inch OLED HDTV gets UK launch details: £9999, ships in July
UK, 7th March 2013 LG Electronics (LG) announces today the arrival of the stunning, World’s first 55-inch OLED TV to the UK, showcased exclusively at Harrods Technology and available to customers on pre-order for delivery in July. The LG OLED TV (55EM970V) ushers in a new era of TV screen technology,…
Android or Windows 8? ASUS Transformer AiO All-in-One Computer Gives You …
ASUS launches a new all-in-one PC running both Android and Windows OS When it comes time to upgrade your computer, you’ll be faced with some decisions: Mac or PC? Laptop or desktop? Or maybe a tablet? Think about it too long and your head will spin. But computers aren’t exactly…
Robot Brings Virtual Student Back Into the Classroom
Third-grader Miranda Garcia has missed the majority of the school year because of an illness, but can now attend through an unlikely tool: a robot. “It’s good and it helps me a lot when I am too sick to go to school. I feel a part of the class,” Garcia…
Infographic Alert: How We Waste Time on In-Flight WiFi
So, you’ve got a solid four hours in the air and your airplane is all hooked up with In-flight WiFi. What are you going to do? Survey says: aimlessly surf the web! Time spent flying is usually considered wastedhours spent staring out the window, hours spent filling in the crossword…
Facebook Shows Off Redesign
Mark Zuckerberg introduced the redesign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday. MENLO PARK, Calif. Facebook announced on Thursday a substantial redesign of its News Feed, the front page that users see when they access the service. Mark Zuckerberg described the new News Feed as a “personalized newspaper”…
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