Teen hits Twitter after mowing down grandma

A teen driver who mowed down a beloved Bronx grandma on Thanksgiving eve added insult to injury when she callously tweeted a photo of her holiday leftovers as the victim lay dying in the hospital. Ashley Viviana Davios, 19 whose Facebook and Twitter pages show her grinning behind the wheel Law-enforcement…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 5:00 pm

Walmart Will Cut The iPhone 5C Price On Friday To Just $27

Steve Kovach/Business Insider According to the L.A. Times, Walmart will start a big holiday sale for one of Apple’s new iPhones on Friday. The iPhone 5c will be sold for $27 on a two-year contract, down from its selling price of $99. While Walmart’s Black Friday sale which It’s no…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 5:00 pm

This is Nokia’s Android phone

Nokia has been building its own Android phone according to multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans. Codenamed Normandy, and known internally at Nokia under a number of other names, the handset is designed as the next step in low-end phones from the Finnish smartphone maker. We understand that Nokia…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 12:00 pm

Twitter Apps Updated With New Swipeable Design And Photo Support In Direct …

Today, Twitter has announced an update to its apps for iOS and Android as well as TweetDeck for Web, Chrome and PC (and Mac soon) that bring a renewed focus on direct messaging. The app now features a direct link to Direct Messages in the tab bar and allows you…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 12:00 pm

NASA unveils Valkyrie robot for DARPA Robotics Challenge

DARPA has been hosting a Robotics Challenge since last year that challenged some participants to create robots that can be used in the real world. The official name for the Valkyrie robot given to it by NASA is R5. The bot stands 1.9 meters tall and weighs in at 125 The robot…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 7:00 am

Knox Jr. High teacher, robotics team win $5000 STEM grant

Representatives with Clariant Oil and Mining Services presented a special group of Conroe ISD students and a Knox Junior High School teacher with a $5,000 STEM Grant as part of a new initiative designed to reward local science and robotics teams. Katrina Meng, eighth-grade science teacher at Knox Junior High School…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 7:00 am

NASA’s Valkyrie robot is a six-foot ‘superhero’ designed to…

NASA has created a robot for DARPA’s upcoming Robotics Challenge Trials. The Valkyrie is a six-foot two humanoid machine with detachable arms, sonar sensors, mounted cameras, and a glowing, Tony Stark-esque circle in the middle of its chest, that the space agency says is mobile and dexterous enough to enter…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 7:00 am

Stephen King is on Twitter … and at a loss for words

Stephen King has been on Twitter for all of four days, and he seems oddly! at a loss for words. The prolific novelist, who has penned something like 29 million words in his lifetime, has managed only four little missives thus far: two on the launch of his account ("no This…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 5:00 pm

Apple iPhone 5s Availability Near-Perfect: Shipping Improves To 24 Hours For …

Initially, Apple had trouble keeping up with demand, as shipping times for the iPhone 5s quickly slipped to 10 days shortly after midnight on Sept. 20, and later that day, shipping estimates slipped further to between two and three weeks and sometimes even longer. In November, Apple’s largest manufacturing partner, Foxconn, reportedly…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 5:00 pm

Tech stocks: Twitter surges past $50

Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutTech stocks: Twitter surges past $50 Stock smashes past its record high of $50.09 set during Wall Street debut.Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address.

Posted on: December 10, 2013 12:00 pm