Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, Rebuffing Sale Offers, Says Revenues Grew …

Foursquare the app that has shifted its business model from a place to track where your friends are going to the go-to place for people searching for local information is fast approaching its fifth birthday (it’s March 11, for those of you prepping presents). And CEO Dennis Crowley wants us Yesterday,…

Posted on: March 6, 2014 7:00 am

HP Pavilion 10 TouchSmart review

The netbook category might be dead now, but for a few years not too long ago, netbooks redefined budget computers, and every single PC manufacturer jumped on board when it seemed they were sweeping the world. Netbooks were intended as inexpensive computers for first-time users in places where PC penetration…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 5:00 pm

Gmail for iOS Updated with Background Refresh

Google today updated its Gmail for iOS app with background refresh, which means that it will now fetch incoming mail automatically. So when you receive a new notification it could a badge, alert or banner for a new message in your Gmail inbox, you can now tap through and read…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 5:00 pm

Medion The Touch 10 Comeback van de netbook?

Medions The Touch 10 is alweer enige tijd te koop via speelgoedwinkel Bart Smit en dook onlangs ook op bij supermarkt Aldi. Binnenkort moet de mini-notebook volgens Medion ook te koop zijn bij de Mediamarkt, dus reden genoeg om hem alsnog te testen. Laten we beginnen met de naamgeving van The…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 5:00 pm

Make music from junk with Mogees and your smartphone

Over two years ago, we brought you news of a great concept that turned any object into a musical instrument. Its creator, Bruno Zamborlin, has now refined that idea into an actual product named Mogees, and last month launched a Kickstarter campaign to get that product out to the masses….

Posted on: March 5, 2014 12:00 pm

PCHS robotics team headed to super regionals

From left to right: Park City High School physics teacher Charlie Matthews and the Robominers, Nicolas Miller, Florent Asti, Charlie Martz, Max Johansen and Brett Monty took first place at the Weber State University Utah FIRST Tech Challenge state competition on Saturday, Feb. 22. Photo courtesy of Charlie Matthews. The They…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 7:00 am

Vyve Teams With TiVo

Deal Centers On First Pairing Of TiVo Service With Evolution-Made HD-DTA Boxes Vyve Broadband, a tier 2 operator formerly known as BCI Broadband, will be the first operator to offer a TiVo-based interface running on low-cost HD-Digital Transport Adapters (DTAs) made by Evolution Digital. HD-DTAs are hi-def versions of simple one-way,…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 7:00 am

How about booting up Windows Phone 8.1 on your netbook?

Bored geeks can do some rather interesting things, such as XDA-Developer member Moonlits, who, failing to get the leaked WP 8.1 SDK running on his PC, decided to grab the disk image included and try and boot it up on his old netbooks. Surprisingly this went a lot better than expected,…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 7:00 am

Top Android smartphones (March 2014 edition)

Time once again to take a tour of a handful of the best Android phones currently available on the market (February 2014). There are a few new handsets, including a couple for all you pure Android fans. Want something bigger than your average smartphone? If so, there’s also a phablet No…

Posted on: March 5, 2014 7:00 am

Morning Review: Two Grandville robotics teams qualify for world championships The Grand Rapids Press

EAST LANSING, MI — For the first time ever, two Grandville robotics teams are among the top in the state and will show off their programming skills at the world championships next month. Grandville Robodawgs’ VEX teams 244A "Ad Carry" and 288E "TWACA" were among five of its middle school…

Posted on: March 4, 2014 5:00 pm