The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead
Crowley is the founder of Foursquare, the seminal social networking service that broadcasts your location across the net and serves you tips and deals based on where you are. This past February, the New-York-based startup boasted 40 million registered users, but it was facing competition from countless others including the Crowley…
Facebook Experimenting With a ‘Sympathize’ Button
Journalists sit in front of an illuminated "like" logo from the Facebook Inc. social network website during a news conference. Facebook is considering adding a less cheery alternative to its "like" button: a "sympathize" button. The social network has been toying with this option, which was devised at a Facebook…
Foursquare 7.0 brings passive location technology to all
After months of running a beta to a handful of users, the newer, "smarter" Foursquare is now available to the masses. Foursquare 7.0, released today, will bring passive location push notifications to all of its users, recommending locations nearby, according to TechCrunch. The new version of the app, available for iOS…
NASA’s ET smartphone satellite has phoned home
The 4-inch-square satellite, PhoneSat 2.4, which uses an off-the-shelf Samsung Nexus S phone running Google’s Android operating system, transmitted data back to its Santa Clara University ground station, the space agency announced last week. As the number implies, this is not the first smartphone NASA has hurled into orbit. The first,…
Google Officially Enters the Robotics Business With Acquisition of Seven Startups
Last year, I visited a warehouse behind a typically fashionable San Francisco cafe where two startups, Bot & Dolly and Autofuss, were busy making the insanely immersive visuals for the film Gravity (among a host of other projects) using naught but assembly line robots, clever software, and high-def cameras. A…
Review: Carry Your Mac, iPhone And iPad In KNOMO’s Slim Satchel Briefcase
Company: KNOMOProduct: PadstowPrice: $179.00Compatibility: 13-inch laptops, all iDevicesWebsite: www.knomobags.comDate: Dec. 8, 2013 KNOMO has a bunch of great-looking iDevice-compatible accessories available to purchase online, and already we’ve been able to go hands-on with one product: the iPad Air Premium Folio. In our latest review, however, we take a closer look…
Apple iPad Air Review: Probably The Best Tablet Computer On The Market
Announced on October 22nd this year, the iPad Air updated Apple’s larger tablet range with the new A7 64-bit processor, iOS7, and a redesign of the popular tablet. Would Apple’s new tablet retain their lead in the tablet space against a rush of Android tablets from manufacturers around the world?…
iPad Air Screen Repair Made Simpler with ScrewMat for iPad Air WIFI with Cellular
ScrewMat.com has just released a new patent pending tool and guide for the smartphone repair industry. The ScrewMat for iPad Air WIFI + Cellular, is designed to allow for easy disassembly and assembly for screen repair and other common iPad repairs for the popular Apple tablet. Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) December…
Ask A Dev: Why Did Apple Decide to Offer a Budget iPhone?
Since September, Apple’s iPhone event has sparked many questions about iOS mobile development. In the latest video of our Ask a Dev series, iOS architect Kevin Harwood provides answers to those questions, including why Apple chose to sell its "budget" iPhone 5C. He also offers helpful resources for those starting…
Facebook Videos Now Auto-Play On Mobile, Expect Video Ads Soon
FB could look a lot more like TV soon. While Vine and Instagram Video are booming, you don’t see many people natively uploading videos to Facebook. But now Facebook is bringing auto-play for native videos to all users after testing the feature in September. And it’s just the beginning of…
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