The other day I was reading an article on Forbes.com about new innovations that could potentially kill the sales of major household brands. It was a first in a series by Robin Lewis and he makes the argument that the sheer number of competitive offerings (including private label alternatives), plus the impact of the Internet [...]
Whether you were catching up on post Christmas shopping or shouting in frustration over putting together the latest toy, we wanted to make sure that you were caught up on the tech news this weekend. Worried that you may have picked up a counterfeit tablet this holiday season, Business Insider offers these tips on spotting [...]
Everywhere you turned in 2013 Snapchat was in the news. The app that allows users to send "self destructing" images and messages to each other, reportedly refused a buyout at $3 billion dollars. Immediately following that the company made headlines again by raising a $50 million dollar series C round from a single investor, Coatue [...]
In what is one of the more creative and practical uses of Twitter, scientists have teamed with Surf Life Saving in Western Australia, to track and alert the public when there are sharks near shore.
(photo: blackbluedog.com) Beyonce shocked the world two weeks ago when she released a brand new self titles album exclusively to iTunes. The album, now in general release, is number one again and it's pacing to close out the year as one of the top albums of the year despite only being released for [...]
Vicki Nevarde of Mission Beach California was very excited about getting a new iPod for Christmas this year. Her husband, Jim, purchased what he thought was a brand new iPod, from their local Target store. However, when Vicki unwrapped the package and then opened up the sealed iPod box holiday joy quickly became bewilderment. Instead [...]
Sadly, this is not a joke. Multiple news sources, including BetaBeat are reporting that Christmas morning wasn't a good day for the family of 18 year old Alexander Torres of Brockton Massachustts. Enterprisenews.com reported, via BetaBeat, that the 18 year old Torres, pulled a knife on his father after a family scuffle broke out because [...]
It's time for CES announcements to come rolling in like gangbusters. Some companies, like Samsung have no problem leaking to the world what they plan on unveiling at the largest tech event in the Western Hemisphere. Others, choose to be a little more cryptic. Computer giant Acer has taken to their Facebook page to post [...]
Before there was Fitbit, Runkeeper, and the Nike Fuel Band there was Fitbug. In fact they've been helping people track their fitness goals over the last 8 years. At last year's CES the company introduced the new Fitbug Orb. The orb is one of the smallest accelerometer/activity trackers available today. Unlike other similar devices, the [...]
Outdoor enthusiasts and extreme sports nuts have turned to GoPro as the easiest solution to capture their perfect moments, ripping, shredding, boarding and everything else in between. The GoPro mountable camera makes it easy to mount it and forget about it, knowing that at the end of whatever the user is doing, they'll have excellent [...]
