LeBron James, Lakers players react on Twitter to Kobe Bryant’s injury
As news spread around the NBA on Thursday that Kobe Bryant would miss six weeks with a knee injury, players around the league took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
Cedar Springs preschooler gets a Robohand for Christmas from West Catholic’s … The Grand Rapids Press
CEDAR SPRING, MI – The robotics team from West Catholic High School gave a 4-year-old Cedar Trails Elementary student the right hand she never had on Thursday, Dec. 19. “I’m going to paint them (nails) pink,” said Harmony Taylor with a big smile as she pulled on each finger of her…
Samsung Launches a Gamepad for Android
Following Apple’s support for third-party gamepads with its iOS 7 update, Samsung has introduced its own gamepad for Android phones. The ‘Smartphone GamePad’ syncs up with your Android-powered phone via Bluetooth, unlike Apple’s gamepads which need to be physically attached. While designed with Galaxy owners in mind, all phones powered by…
BlackBerry: From World’s Hottest Tech Company to … What?
A Blackberry logo is seen at the company’s campus in Waterloo, Ontario. BlackBerry is not dead. That’s according to interim CEO John Chen, who assumed control of the beleaguered smart phone maker after a consortium led by Canadian financier Prem Watsa injected $1 billion into the company in November. The On…
Gowex Brings Social WiFi to NYC
NEW YORK — GOWEX, a leading provider in the creation of Wireless Smart Cities, in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), today launched We2, the new Social Wi-Fi network, with more than 500 pioneering merchants subscribed throughout the city, including Empire Steakhouse, AG Kitchen, Manducatis Rustica, We2…
MyGlass For iOS Returns To The App Store Following Google Glass Firmware …
After a brief appearance earlier this week, Google’s official iOS support app for Google Glass has re-entered the App Store. MyGlass for iOS lets users set up their head-mounted computer, screencast their field of view, add new Glassware apps, manage contacts and get directions. MyGlass originally got pulled when it…
Why one firm has just ordered 10000 BlackBerry handsets
Its latest range of handsets designed to compete with iPhone and Android phones failed to sell in the expected numbers and led to the company recording a $965m operating loss in the three months to August this year, and analyst Gartner has warned BlackBerry customers to consider alternatives. But despite…
Fujitsu counts on aging Europe for smartphone expansion
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd is hoping demand in Europe for its easy-to-use smartphone for the elderly will help pull its mobile unit into the black, after a French pilot with carrier Orange SA proved a word-of-mouth hit. The IT company is looking to sell the Raku Raku, which…
Twitter’s Origin Story Will Soon Be a TV Series
Twitter doesn’t reach nearly as many people as Facebook. And it has yet to turn a profit. But like the Facebook origin tale, the story behind the rise of Twitter’s microblogging network is a barn-burner. And Hollywood wants a piece of the action. On Wednesday, film and TV house Lionsgate…
Can WiFi kill your house plants?
Don’t look now, but your seemingly harmless wireless router could be slowly killing your houseplants, an experiment by high school students in Denmark has suggested. The students’ biology experiment used 400 cress seeds and exposed half of them to sunlight, and half to mobile phone radiation. “We all thought we experienced…
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