Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
More than half of US adults now own smartphonesÂ
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:21:31 GMT ]
More than half — 56 percent — of American adults now have smartphones, up from 35 percent two years ago. The findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project mesh with other recent research which shows that for the first time worldwide, there are more smartphones being shipped than feature phones. Nine out of 10 Americans now have a cellphone of some kind, smart or not, Pew says. Two yea...
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:21:31 GMT ]
More than half — 56 percent — of American adults now have smartphones, up from 35 percent two years ago. The findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project mesh with other recent research which shows that for the first time worldwide, there are more smartphones being shipped than feature phones. Nine out of 10 Americans now have a cellphone of some kind, smart or not, Pew says. Two yea...
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The BlackBerry keyboard returns … but is it too late?
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:07:09 GMT ]
When BlackBerry launched its latest operating system — BlackBerry 10 — on an all-touch smartphone, we scratched our heads. Physical keyboards are a defining BlackBerry feature — why the heck would they be set aside during a critical time for the company? The blunder has made the latest BlackBerry, the Q10 — along with its physical keyboard — the smartphone maker's final hope.Fortunately, the Q10 i...
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:07:09 GMT ]
When BlackBerry launched its latest operating system — BlackBerry 10 — on an all-touch smartphone, we scratched our heads. Physical keyboards are a defining BlackBerry feature — why the heck would they be set aside during a critical time for the company? The blunder has made the latest BlackBerry, the Q10 — along with its physical keyboard — the smartphone maker's final hope.Fortunately, the Q10 i...
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Star astronaut Chris Hadfield's future up in the air
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:07:12 GMT ]
By Elizabeth HowellSpace.comWith star astronaut Chris Hadfield recently back on planet Earth after five months in orbit, many are wondering what he will do next.Will Hadfield stay with the Canadian Space Agency? Bring his outreach skills to politics or business? Or do something different altogether?"Chris will have people knocking onhis door from every single possible area of work imaginable, and ...
[ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:07:12 GMT ]
By Elizabeth HowellSpace.comWith star astronaut Chris Hadfield recently back on planet Earth after five months in orbit, many are wondering what he will do next.Will Hadfield stay with the Canadian Space Agency? Bring his outreach skills to politics or business? Or do something different altogether?"Chris will have people knocking onhis door from every single possible area of work imaginable, and ...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Google will block sexually explicit and violent apps from Glass
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:29:54 GMT ]
The only thing less surprising than the sudden appearance of a Google Glass porn app is the fact that the tech giant won't allow such naughtiness on its futuristic headgear for long. No porn, no gambling, no violence, no bullying, no piracy — the folks in Mountain View confirm that they're planning on keeping things clean. That said, the first Glass porn app is still operational — for now. "Our po...
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:29:54 GMT ]
The only thing less surprising than the sudden appearance of a Google Glass porn app is the fact that the tech giant won't allow such naughtiness on its futuristic headgear for long. No porn, no gambling, no violence, no bullying, no piracy — the folks in Mountain View confirm that they're planning on keeping things clean. That said, the first Glass porn app is still operational — for now. "Our po...
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Google will block sex and violence from Glass (but hasn't yet)
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:41:15 GMT ]
The only thing less surprising than the sudden appearance of a Google Glass porn app is the fact that the tech giant won't allow such naughtiness on its futuristic headgear for long. No porn, no gambling, no violence, no bullying, no piracy — the folks in Mountain View confirm that they're planning on keeping things clean. That said, the first Glass porn app is still operational — for now. "Our po...
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:41:15 GMT ]
The only thing less surprising than the sudden appearance of a Google Glass porn app is the fact that the tech giant won't allow such naughtiness on its futuristic headgear for long. No porn, no gambling, no violence, no bullying, no piracy — the folks in Mountain View confirm that they're planning on keeping things clean. That said, the first Glass porn app is still operational — for now. "Our po...
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Hack a virus, win a prize: Scientist recognized for 'useful' germ modding
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:03:48 GMT ]
The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500,000 prize Tuesday.Angela Belcher, a materials chemist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alters the genetic code of viruses to build things that are useful to humans. The technique is already being harnessed to produce touchscr...
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:03:48 GMT ]
The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500,000 prize Tuesday.Angela Belcher, a materials chemist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alters the genetic code of viruses to build things that are useful to humans. The technique is already being harnessed to produce touchscr...
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Telescope could answer dark matter mystery
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:11:23 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comAn intriguing hint of a certain type of gamma-ray light at the center of the Milky Way might be a product of elusive dark matter — or it might not be. For the past several years, scientists have debated whether the light is really there, and what it means. Now, researchers are petitioning the management team of NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, the observatory that...
[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:11:23 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comAn intriguing hint of a certain type of gamma-ray light at the center of the Milky Way might be a product of elusive dark matter — or it might not be. For the past several years, scientists have debated whether the light is really there, and what it means. Now, researchers are petitioning the management team of NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, the observatory that...
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Facebook may boost self-esteem — but there's a downside, says study
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:38:32 GMT ]
Even if you're not living your best life you can make it look like you are on Facebook, and just glimpsing this idealized version of yourself can provide a rush of self-esteem, a new study shows. But there may be a downside to those positive feelings. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, measured Facebook users' self-esteem after they looked at their own profiles. The research...
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:38:32 GMT ]
Even if you're not living your best life you can make it look like you are on Facebook, and just glimpsing this idealized version of yourself can provide a rush of self-esteem, a new study shows. But there may be a downside to those positive feelings. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, measured Facebook users' self-esteem after they looked at their own profiles. The research...
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Strange asteroid has a tail 620,000 miles long!
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:55:13 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comAn odd asteroid's peculiar tail is far longer than previously thought, stretching nearly three times the distance from Earth to the moon, scientists say.The surprising tail of dust streaming from the asteroid P/2010 A2 is about 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) long, new photos taken by the One Degree Imager (ODI) camera at the WIYN telescope in Arizona reveal."Previous ima...
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:55:13 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comAn odd asteroid's peculiar tail is far longer than previously thought, stretching nearly three times the distance from Earth to the moon, scientists say.The surprising tail of dust streaming from the asteroid P/2010 A2 is about 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) long, new photos taken by the One Degree Imager (ODI) camera at the WIYN telescope in Arizona reveal."Previous ima...
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