Here are the top hacks from the TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2013 Hackathon
With 91 pitches by teams from all over the world, the jury at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe had a difficult task choosing the best hackathon projects. The teams had 24 hours to code a product and 60 seconds to pitch it. Every team who pitched got 2 free tickets to Disrupt #2 Runner-Up : A #1 Runner-Up Winner…
Smartphone smackdown: Fingerprint vs. facial recognition
Contributor Jennifer Jolly takes a look at how Apple’s Touch ID security feature stacks up against the facial recognition feature in the Galaxy S4. Jennifer Jolly, Special for USA TODAY 2:47 a.m. EST November 9, 2013 A photo of Apple’s Touch ID sensor(Photo: Apple)Story HighlightsApple Touch ID checks your fingerprint for securityAndroid…
Native Windows 8 apps remain unpopular with developers
If this software developer runs into problems, there’s only one place he’ll go, and its called Stack Overflow. Back in January 2012 I did a little analysis of how popular native Windows 8 app development was with developers. I did this by having a look at how often WinRT (the technology used…
El lamento del netbook
En el blog de la tienda ChangloNet / El tendero digital, un curioso post sobre los usuarios que aun buscan un netbook. Haberlos, haylos. “Hace aproximadamente un ano, que los fabricantes de hardware decidieron, que los NetBooks debian morir. Como casi siempre, los departamentos de marketing de estas grandes empresas viven…
How much will an HDTV cost on Black Friday? Much less
Victoria Wachowiak pushes a shopping cart with a 50-inch televison at Target on Thanksgiving Day in Burbank, Calif., Nov. 22, 2012. Consumers could score deals on HDTVs this year during the shopping frenzy known as Black Friday. Still waiting for prices to drop on an HDTV you’ve been eyeing all year? Your…
Column: Intel’s Bay Trail, and the revenge of the Netbook
11/4/13 business By ANDRE MOUTON/MINYANVILLE Column: Intel’s Bay Trail, and the revenge of the Netbook Photo credit: MINYANVILLE The netbook didn’t die immediately. It survived the initial punch to the face from Apple’s iPad, which offered better battery life, a more intuitive interface, and an escape from the general mediocrity…
Best parts of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 are for Windows 8.1 users
Microsoft released its Internet Explorer 11 browser for Windows 7 on Thursday, providing a nominal speed boost versus IE10, including performance-enhancing technologies such as pre-rendering and pre-fetching. Although users can automatically download a copy of IE11 (shown above) for Windows 7 from the Microsoft website, Microsoft said that it would automatically upgrade Overall,…
iWork for iOS (2013) Review
Apple has taken great strides of late to show that its iPad and iPhone devices are more than consumption devices. To aid in this effort, the company has released a massive update to iWork for iOS. Free for new iOS device owners, iWork brings a refreshed user experience to Pages,…
Shanghai wants to be global robotics hub by 2020
Chinese city Shanghai is aiming to become a global center for robotics development and manufacturing by 2020, as part of a move to accelerate its industrial restructuring, according to China Daily. “Speeding up the development of high-end technology and equipment such as industrial robots is a must,” said Wu Lei, vice-chairman…
Flexible, Lightweight Tripod Is Perfect for Smartphone Shooters
There are several ways to mount a smartphone to a tripod. None of them are particularly good. Most tripods are designed for burly SLRs, which means you typically need to slap an awkward case on your phone just to mount it to a ball head. Then there’s all the added…
