My iPhone won’t charge now I have updated to iOS 7. Help!
A few days ago I updated my iPhone 5 to IOS 7 and now, when I plug it in to charge, it tells me that the lead is not Apple approved and may not work properly. If I don’t press ‘Dismiss this Message’ the phone won’t charge. I am using Michael Ulliott,…
Droids dance, dogs nuzzle, humanoids speak at Madrid robot museum
A white robotic beagle sits wagging its tail and nuzzling anyone who pets it, while six pint-sized robots, flashing blue, pump their fists as they dance to the pop hit "Gangnam Style". They are the stars of a new museum launched in Madrid this month, showcasing what its owners say…
Terengganu libraries get 876 netbook computers
Multimedia and Communication deputy minister Datuk Jailani Johari said the computers were part of 12,000 units provided by the Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to libraries since the government initiated a move to minimise the digital gap between rural and urban areas in 2010. "We have distributed 1.5 million netbooks to Jailani…
Researchers develop 3D-printed, urine-powered robot heart
The fictional human-powered machines that appear in the The Matrix trilogy are still far from reality but maybe not that far. Last month, scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the UK announced they had successful create a prototype robotic "heart" that runs on human urine, fabricated with a 3D…
Biz Stone Did Something Brilliant When Twitter Was Just Starting, And Every …
Ev Williams on the left, Biz Stone on the right. Christopher "Biz" Stone is a minor celebrity thanks largely to a bold decision he made in the very early days of Twitter’s founding. When Twitter was starting to take shape, Stone emailed Ev Williams, who was bankrolling Twitter, and asked,…
Apple’s iPhone 5s & 5c take 9 of Japan’s top 10 smartphone sales spots
By Daniel Eran Dilger Just over two months after Apple launched its new iPhone 5s and 5c across Japan’s three major carriers, weekly sales rankings list various iPhone models split between the carriers took 9 of the top 10 smartphone slots. Weekly sales rankings by Japan’s BCN list Softbank’s 32GB iPhone 5s…
Pin Drop’s Rebuilt Location Bookmarking App Answers A Need Foursquare …
When we last covered Pin Drop a year ago an iPhone app and website which helps people bookmark locations we described it as an Evernote for location. You could drop pins onto a map and build up a library of your favourite locations. So far so simple. A much bigger…
Best Buy’s Giant HDTV Black Friday Deals: 65″ Samsung & 55″ LG (Updated)
No one is impressing their friends these days with a 40-inch Smart TV, nay! Bigger is better in the world of HDTVs. The new "in" size is 55-inch and above. Thankfully Best Buy has a few good models available during their 2013 Black Friday sale, at prices that won’t break Update…
‘I’m very sorry’: Mugger’s Facebook apology to victim
A man who mugged a stranger on the steps of the American Museum of Natural History 35 years ago finally got to say sorry after recognizing his victim on a random Facebook post. Michael Goodman, 53, says he was a teenager when he held up Claude Soffel, 52, for his bus Decades later,…
Android Or iOS Dominating Tablets? Developer Economics Has The Answer
Android is big in tablets. The problem is that no one has a clue how big it is. While Apple happily reports its rising unit sales for tablets, Samsung and other major Android distributors keep mum. Hence, we’re largely left in the dark as to just how many Android tablets…
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