Saturday, March 30, 2013
5 video games to watch from GDC
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:02:24 EDT ]
More than 20,000 current and aspiring game makers have converged in San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference, where the next wave of gaming trends is on display: next-generation consoles, the growth of free-to-play and independent games, and the explosion of mobile gaming.
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:02:24 EDT ]
More than 20,000 current and aspiring game makers have converged in San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference, where the next wave of gaming trends is on display: next-generation consoles, the growth of free-to-play and independent games, and the explosion of mobile gaming.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: Internet apocalypse, Easter cute!
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:38:13 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Surprise! Facebook sent out an invitation to the media late Thursday afternoon for an April 4 where the company would show off their "new home on Android."A San Francisco photographer, who discovered his stolen camera on Craigslist, turned Web sleuth, getting back his camera and assisting in...
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:38:13 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Surprise! Facebook sent out an invitation to the media late Thursday afternoon for an April 4 where the company would show off their "new home on Android."A San Francisco photographer, who discovered his stolen camera on Craigslist, turned Web sleuth, getting back his camera and assisting in...
'Easter eggs' are on the Internet all year long
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:11:36 GMT ]
Easter eggs — also known as undocumented features— are all over the Internet. All you have to do is figure out the secret that'll let you access them. And lucky for you, we've rounded up some of our favorites.Do the YouTube shake!Remember the Harlem Shake? It was trendy about fifty Internet years ago. And even the folks at YouTube got in on the craze. If you enter "do the harlem shake" into the Se...
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:11:36 GMT ]
Easter eggs — also known as undocumented features— are all over the Internet. All you have to do is figure out the secret that'll let you access them. And lucky for you, we've rounded up some of our favorites.Do the YouTube shake!Remember the Harlem Shake? It was trendy about fifty Internet years ago. And even the folks at YouTube got in on the craze. If you enter "do the harlem shake" into the Se...
Like it or not, Google's forcing the new Gmail compose window on you
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:18:03 GMT ]
In the near future, Gmail users will have no choice but to compose their emails in small boxes situated in a corner of the Gmail page. Like the Facebook changes we love to hate, this particular Google switcheroo was initially optional ... until it wasn't."[W]e're now ready to introduce the new compose experience as the default for everyone," Phil Sharp, a product manager on the Gmail team, explain...
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:18:03 GMT ]
In the near future, Gmail users will have no choice but to compose their emails in small boxes situated in a corner of the Gmail page. Like the Facebook changes we love to hate, this particular Google switcheroo was initially optional ... until it wasn't."[W]e're now ready to introduce the new compose experience as the default for everyone," Phil Sharp, a product manager on the Gmail team, explain...
Crittercam dives into bizarre life of elusive jumbo squid
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:18:04 GMT ]
By Megan GannonLiveScienceTo see firsthand how an elusive species of jumbo squid lives, scientists have strapped video cameras to the carnivorous sea creature in the eastern Pacific.The footage has helped reveal some remarkable secrets of the Humboldt squid: They are capable of amazing bursts of speed, up to nearly 45 mph (72 km/h); they "talk" to each other by changing their body color; and they ...
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:18:04 GMT ]
By Megan GannonLiveScienceTo see firsthand how an elusive species of jumbo squid lives, scientists have strapped video cameras to the carnivorous sea creature in the eastern Pacific.The footage has helped reveal some remarkable secrets of the Humboldt squid: They are capable of amazing bursts of speed, up to nearly 45 mph (72 km/h); they "talk" to each other by changing their body color; and they ...
Digital evolution: DNA may bring computers to life
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:56:42 GMT ]
By Tanya LewisLiveScienceThe transistor revolutionized electronics and computing. Now, researchers have made a biological transistor from DNA that could be used to create living computers.A transistor is a device that controls the flow of electrons in an electrical circuit, which acts as an on-off switch. Similarly, the biological transistor— termed a transcriptor — controls the flow of an enzyme ...
[ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:56:42 GMT ]
By Tanya LewisLiveScienceThe transistor revolutionized electronics and computing. Now, researchers have made a biological transistor from DNA that could be used to create living computers.A transistor is a device that controls the flow of electrons in an electrical circuit, which acts as an on-off switch. Similarly, the biological transistor— termed a transcriptor — controls the flow of an enzyme ...
Why the Internet is like junior high
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: Underwater intrigue, Doctor Who as boyfriend!
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:46:46 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.FBI (finally!) comes clean on its top X-File: "We never investigated" the infamous Hottel UFO memo! The truth is out there! More dramatic music! Some Internet users in Europe, and to a lesser degree, the U.S. are finding themselves collateral damage in a war between one of the world's leadi...
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:46:46 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.FBI (finally!) comes clean on its top X-File: "We never investigated" the infamous Hottel UFO memo! The truth is out there! More dramatic music! Some Internet users in Europe, and to a lesser degree, the U.S. are finding themselves collateral damage in a war between one of the world's leadi...
No Glass for you! Google revokes invitations to purchase its latest gadget
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:04:32 GMT ]
On Tuesday, the team behind Google Glass began handing out virtual golden tickets. Folks who took part in the #IfIHadGlass application process won the opportunity to purchase Google's futuristic cyber-headgear for $1,500. By Wednesday, the search engine giant realized that some of the applicants didn't exactly follow the rules — to say the least — and revoked their invitations.To gain admission to...
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:04:32 GMT ]
On Tuesday, the team behind Google Glass began handing out virtual golden tickets. Folks who took part in the #IfIHadGlass application process won the opportunity to purchase Google's futuristic cyber-headgear for $1,500. By Wednesday, the search engine giant realized that some of the applicants didn't exactly follow the rules — to say the least — and revoked their invitations.To gain admission to...
New crew set to zip up to space station in just 6 hours
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:17:33 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comThree men are poised to make history today when they blast off on a rocket ride Thursday that will reach the International Space faster than any astronauts to fly there before.NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov are due to arrive at the orbiting laboratory just six hours after they launch at 4:43 p.m. EDT. The lifto...
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:17:33 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comThree men are poised to make history today when they blast off on a rocket ride Thursday that will reach the International Space faster than any astronauts to fly there before.NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov are due to arrive at the orbiting laboratory just six hours after they launch at 4:43 p.m. EDT. The lifto...
Smartphone users check Facebook 14 times a day, study says
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:56:53 GMT ]
People with smartphones check their Facebook pages an average of 14 times each day. They scroll through news feeds while running errands, comment on friends' posts while shopping or at the gym, post a photo of their food plate before dinner. This adds up to an average of about 32 minutes of Facebook time on their phone ... every day.These details come from a new study, sponsored by Facebook and c...
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:56:53 GMT ]
People with smartphones check their Facebook pages an average of 14 times each day. They scroll through news feeds while running errands, comment on friends' posts while shopping or at the gym, post a photo of their food plate before dinner. This adds up to an average of about 32 minutes of Facebook time on their phone ... every day.These details come from a new study, sponsored by Facebook and c...
Riding shotgun with the man behind an Andean Silicon Valley
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]
special report In part 3 of a Crave exclusive series, Eric Mack looks at how the team behind the first planned innovation hub in Latin America aims to push the country into the global tech spotlight. [Read more]
[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]
special report In part 3 of a Crave exclusive series, Eric Mack looks at how the team behind the first planned innovation hub in Latin America aims to push the country into the global tech spotlight. [Read more]
Why the Internet is like junior high
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
My Facebook's gone all pink and equal
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:31 GMT ]
I have a lot of Facebook friends, most of whom I've never met in real life. Many of whom I both respect and like — at least as much as I do know them. On Tuesday, each time I checked Facebook — I swear that's actually a huge chunk of my job — another bunch of them had turned their profile pics from smiling selfies and family portraits to the red-and-pink equal sign the Human Rights Campaign rolled...
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:31 GMT ]
I have a lot of Facebook friends, most of whom I've never met in real life. Many of whom I both respect and like — at least as much as I do know them. On Tuesday, each time I checked Facebook — I swear that's actually a huge chunk of my job — another bunch of them had turned their profile pics from smiling selfies and family portraits to the red-and-pink equal sign the Human Rights Campaign rolled...
Without fanfare, Tumblr passes 100 million blogs
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:32 GMT ]
Tumblr quietly hit a milestone recently. The blogging platform now has over 100 million blogs, which have produced over 44.6 billion posts.The milestone might've been hit without much notice if some folks —such as the Next Web's Matthew Panzarino— hadn't been carefully watching the ticker on Tumblr's "About" page. (We'll assume that everyone else was too distracted by the 80.2 million new Tumblr p...
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:32 GMT ]
Tumblr quietly hit a milestone recently. The blogging platform now has over 100 million blogs, which have produced over 44.6 billion posts.The milestone might've been hit without much notice if some folks —such as the Next Web's Matthew Panzarino— hadn't been carefully watching the ticker on Tumblr's "About" page. (We'll assume that everyone else was too distracted by the 80.2 million new Tumblr p...
Apollo 13 artifact rakes in $84,100 at space history auction
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:21:15 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comNEW YORK — A keepsake from NASA's nearly disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission of 1970 nabbed top spot in an auction Monday of more than 300 artifacts from the early years of the U.S. space program.The space history artifacts  — sold by Bonhams — included an engine burn note detailing how the crew can return to Earth annotated by astronaut Jim Lovell during the Apollo 13 missi...
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:21:15 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comNEW YORK — A keepsake from NASA's nearly disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission of 1970 nabbed top spot in an auction Monday of more than 300 artifacts from the early years of the U.S. space program.The space history artifacts  — sold by Bonhams — included an engine burn note detailing how the crew can return to Earth annotated by astronaut Jim Lovell during the Apollo 13 missi...
'Battlefield 4' unveiled with thrilling 17-minute gameplay trailer
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:21:17 GMT ]
Making a rare appearance at the Game Developers Conference to reveal details about a new product launch, Electronic Arts unveiled its new "Battlefield 4" on Tuesday night in San Francisco. Complete with a 17-minute gameplay trailer, the new installment in the franchise will come out in the fall of 2013.And while "Battlefield" has long been recognized for its prowess as a large-scale multiplayer mi...
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:21:17 GMT ]
Making a rare appearance at the Game Developers Conference to reveal details about a new product launch, Electronic Arts unveiled its new "Battlefield 4" on Tuesday night in San Francisco. Complete with a 17-minute gameplay trailer, the new installment in the franchise will come out in the fall of 2013.And while "Battlefield" has long been recognized for its prowess as a large-scale multiplayer mi...
New mini-supernovas aren't the brightest on the block
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:43:40 GMT ]
By Charles Q. ChoiSpace.comAstronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar blast.Supernovas represent the deaths of stars, which collapse in powerful explosions. They generally are classified into two main types; the new class, called Type Iax, "is essentially a mini-supernova," said lead researcher Ryan Foley, an astronom...
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:43:40 GMT ]
By Charles Q. ChoiSpace.comAstronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar blast.Supernovas represent the deaths of stars, which collapse in powerful explosions. They generally are classified into two main types; the new class, called Type Iax, "is essentially a mini-supernova," said lead researcher Ryan Foley, an astronom...
Why the Internet is like junior high
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:53 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
The Internet: It's like never leaving junior high
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:27:45 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
[ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:27:45 EDT ]
Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd pass notes in class, making snide remarks about members of the opposite sex? Remember the electricity that shot through school when word went around that there was going to be a schoolyard rumble? The Internet is just like that.
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