Rap Genius, the company that translates the meanings of the lyrics in rap songs, big news stories and even Andrew Masons resignation letter from Groupon, has quickly become one of the world's biggest sites for hip hop and lyric fans. The humorous site takes some of the best rap lyrics and gives them the most [...]
This week, we will be in sunny Orlando, FL to bring you coverage of the 2014 Florida Educational Technology Conference, or FETC. This years conference is the 34th annual FETC. The FETC is the conference to go to for all things ed-tech, and we are excited to bring you FETC Faster.
Yesterday we reported that the very popular social app, Get Glue, that let's you check into TV was getting a name change. After being acquired by iTV back in November, the app is being re-invented as "tvtag". After our weekend story we had the opportunity to jump on the phone with iTV CEO Brad Pelo [...]
Arguably one of the best pop music performers of all time, people have been wondering what Prince has been doing over the past 15 years or so. The answer, suing people. Prince is very protective of his music catalog. To some, he seems almost over protective, it is after all, 2014. To Prince, no form [...]
As crowdfunding continues to grow, in both terms of viability and participation, it is becoming clear that the practice is much more than fad. Further, as the SEC has approved new regulations, very much in favor of crowdfunding, the practice has been legitimized even further. Some crowdfunding statistics are staggering.
Tech media (including Techfaster) has often taken notice of some very late entries into Windows Phone for some very popular apps on the Android and iOS platforms. Most notably, Instagram and Vine. Well, Rockstar lived up to their word in regards to the multiple mobile operating system launch of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. The [...]
Google's acquisition of DeepMind got us thinking - speculating is actually more appropriate - about the company's past acquisitions, and what they might be building towards...Google is becoming more active in robotics and AI. What this means exactly, however, is hard to say. It will be an interesting few years.
Laurence Hallier - the designer of the Typo case - told us in an interview at CES that they had been working on this design for more than 18 months and made sure several times that they were not violating Blackberry’s patents. Nevertheless, on 24 January 2014, BlackBerry filed a motion to block the sale and production of Typo Cases.
Samsung's popular phablet, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, is the official smartphone of this years Winter Olympics. To commemorate the occasion the South Korean technology giant has released a special edition Samsung Galaxy Note 3, TechnoBuffalo reported. The device is being packaged in a special 2014 Winter Olympics commemorative box. The device itself is being [...]
My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. If you're old enough to finish the next line you probably come from the "stuck on Band Aid" generation and you're familiar with the giant hot dog on wheels, the Oscar Mayer weiner mobile. I remember standing in awe in the parking lot of Memorial Stadium waiting [...]
