Nintendo hasn't had a great couple of years. In fact the only companies in a worse position in the tech industry are probably Nokia and Blackberry. But things started to look up for Nintendo, as we reported earlier in the week. Regardless of strategy, Nintendo managed to attach more Mario Kart 8 games to console [...]
(photo: ISTEunplugged) The International Society for Technology in Education, more affectionately known as ISTE, is holding it's annual mega conference in less than two weeks in Atlanta Georgia at the World Congress Center. The conference is often billed as the largest educational technology conference in the world and runs from June 28th to [...]
No matter what kind of smartphone you own, ‘protect your handset in every way’ has become an adage every smartphone owner will come across at some point in their lives. Smartphone theft is an increasing problem in the US, and the number of smartphones lost to thieves doubled last year, according to a Consumer Reports [...]
(image: engadget) Thursday marked the first Blackberry earnings call with CEO John Chen where Chen has been at the helm for the entire reporting period. Chen seems to have stunned most of the technology and investment community by reporting stronger than expected results. The Waterloo based smartphone company, that was once at the [...]
We’re gearing up for the International Society for Technology in Education 2014 Conference (ISTE) coming up on June 28th. We have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is TiltonTec. TiltonTec's main offering is Tilton's Algebra. This is not some run-of-the-mill algebra program. It is hyper-focused on the first year algebra student. We [...]
Although there are a ton of great camera apps out there, there is one feature that has been missing. There is not a camera app on any of the app stores that allow users to change and add filters to video and images in real time. No longer. Today, Looksery launched a crowdfunding campaign on [...]
So you've got an awesome idea for a product/app/service/software/website, but what now? Assuming you have decided on a name for your startup, below are many tools, some free some not, that will help you implement you idea. Startup Tools: Domain and Website Management eCommerce Building/Coding Design Mobile All Things Content Social Media Marketing Resources Business/Legal Tools [...]
On Wednesday, a new video on the Google Developer YouTube channel gave us a new look at Android Wear. The video gives us a ton of new information about Google's foray into a wearable OS. There are a lot of things that stand out, but one of the most important takeaways - at least [...]
When Dr. Duncan Milne and his wife Anna Kirschberg first opened up their edtech company, Junior Learning, in 2009, they set out to bridge the world of toys with education. Both Milne and Kirshberg knew there were several toy companies out there making toys and adding in educational elements, they set out to design educational [...]
We've done a good amount of reporting on the virtual currency Bitcoin over the past few years here at Techfaster.com We've seen the virtual currency take a stride at becoming more mainstream with Overstock.com, Dish Networks and Expedia adopting bitcoin as a method of payment. Even our friends at Mobile Nations allow you to buy [...]
