SXSWedu kicked off this morning in Austin Texas and the Techfaster team is on the ground to cover all the action. Today, fifteen public schools from across the country are competing for their part in $2 million dollars in educational prizes from Samsung. Schools from Washington, D.C., Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New [...]
According to the California company, this new 128GB microSD card means that, "Consumers can now store 16 hours of Full HD video, 7,500 songs, 3,200 photos and more than 125 apps, all on a single removable card."
Connect is a new multi-platform app that was released with great fan faire at Jason Calacanis' Launch Festival in San Francisco last week. The app, available in a web based format as well as a mobile app, allows people to find out the location of any of their friends based off their social check ins [...]
In what is the grimmest in a wave of announcements, it appears that Facebook will shutter its Facebook Messenger for Windows and Firefox applications.
When you started using the internet what browser did you use? Did you use Netscape, Mosaic, or were you and AOL or Prodigy person. Are you so young that you don't have a clue what we're talking about? Browser wars were a real competitive landscape for years. Netscape eventually pulled ahead and then of course, [...]
In what is really a surprise based on the hype and buildup Samsung had attracted, LG was named the Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year at Mobile World Congress.
There've been rumblings about Apple possibly introducing an in-car or connected car system over the past few years. However, there have been a lot of products rumored to be coming down the pipeline for Apple as well. A new Apple TV, that's integrated into an actual TV, the iWatch and even a competitor to Google [...]
That is a pretty cool concept: visual feedback based on the wearer's heart rate. The app that controls the jacket - currently only iOS but an Android application is in the works - is full of features:
We are inching towards March, and that can mean only one thing: baseball is in the air. however, as many baseball fans do not live in their team's home market, watching your team can be a bit of a hassle. Fear not, there are many ways to watch!
As more and more of the world has become familiar with the virtual currency Bitcoin, it has gained acceptance from several industries, popular websites and users. While Bitcoin allows anonymity when paying someone and has little or no regulation, the virtual currency is very volatile with values ranging in the hundreds to sometimes over $1,000 [...]
