The iPad mini with Retina display and the new iPad: piecing together all of …

Tim Cook may have promised last year that Apple was going to “double down” on secrecy, but recent iPhones and iPads have all been heavily leaked prior to their official announcements over the past couple of years. And the leaks have only continued for the widely-expected fifth-generation iPad and the…

Posted on: October 12, 2013 7:00 am

NYCC: Robot Chicken’s Next DC Special

Fans at today’s New York Comic-Con got a look ahead at Seth Green’s Emmy-winning stop-motion animated comedy Robot Chicken. Keith Crofford, Vice President of Production for Adult Swim, moderated the panel. Co-creators/executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich were joined onstage by Clare Grant, Breckin Meyer and Macaulay Culkin to…

Posted on: October 12, 2013 7:00 am

Get a Text Alert When the iPhone 5s is in Stock

Just as reports come in saying the iPhone 5s is harder to find in the U.S. a new tool promises to constantly monitor local Apple Stores nearby for the specific iPhone 5s you want and email you when it is in stock and ready to buy. The iPhone 5s…

Posted on: October 11, 2013 5:00 pm

Samsung introduces curved display smartphone

Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutSamsung introduces curved display smartphone Here come the bendable smartphone displays. Samsung has the Galaxy Roundsmartphone, which the Korean electronics giant is calling the “world’s first curved display smartphone.” Galaxy Round sports a 5.7-inchPosted! A link has been posted…

Posted on: October 11, 2013 5:00 pm

10.11.13 As Google Eyes ‘Android’ Branding…

Google is reportedly in the process of rebranding its Google TV efforts as “Android TV,” according to a new report from GigaOM’s Janko Roettgers. The switch reflects the fact that Google TV is already an Android-based product, and the new name is apparently in use with developer and OEM partners…

Posted on: October 11, 2013 5:00 pm

More Twitter IPO Madness: Shares In TW Telecom Go From $30 To $300 In …

Following in Facebook Facebook’s footsteps, the announced Twitter IPO is already wreaking havoc in the world of electronic trading. Just a few days after a penny stock saw its valuation surge 700% given the closeness of its ticker to Twitter’s, TW Telecom, which trades under the symbol TWTC, forced the TW…

Posted on: October 11, 2013 12:00 pm

People are pissed at the iOS 7 app problems

It’s been almost a month now since iOS 7 rolled out into the market, and the reviews are coming in. They’re not pretty. Users are exploring their favorite applications and finding them lacking. Applause, Boston-based company uTest’s tool that tracks mobile app reviews, examined app store evaluations mentioning iOS 7. It Applause…

Posted on: October 11, 2013 7:00 am

Facebook Removing Option To Be Unsearchable By Name, Highlighting Lack Of …

“Who can look up your Timeline by name?” Anyone you haven’t blocked. Facebook is removing this privacy setting, notifying those who had hidden themselves that they’ll be searchable. It deleted the option from those who hadn’t used it in December, and is starting to push everyone to use privacy controls…

Posted on: October 10, 2013 5:00 pm

BlackBerry Faces Breakup in ‘Bizarre’ Sale, Fund Says

BlackBerry Ltd. (BB) will probably bebroken up amid a “bizarre” bidding process that makes it hardto value the smartphone maker, according to a Canadian pensionfund that’s considering an offer. “It’s the most bizarre sales process I’ve seen in a longtime,” Alberta Investment Management Corp. Chief ExecutiveOfficer Leo de Bever said…

Posted on: October 10, 2013 12:00 pm

MIT’s M-Blocks: A New Class Of Robot Cubes That Self Assemble

What if robots could reassemble themselves at will? The liquid metal cyborg in Terminator was terrifyingly useful. It could look like anyone, repair shotgun blasts, even turn its hand into a murderous icepick. And then of course, you’ve got Transformers, wherein alien robots morph from cars and trucks into giant…

Posted on: October 10, 2013 12:00 pm