Women Are Dominating Social Media [Infographic]

The graphic, titled "Why Women Are The Real Power Behind Social Media," provides some pretty interesting data. Alex told us that they dug through the Pew Research Center and Burst Media archives, and found some really distinct patterns.

Why Apple is Turing iTunes Radio into a Standalone App

As it become more and more clear that streaming services will win out, it makes a lot of sense for Apple to launch iTunes Radio as a standalone product. It seems that the streaming space will be getting more competitive in the coming months and years. Samsung just announced their own streaming service, Samsung Milk, Beats Music just launched, and Pandora and iHeartRadio are not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Is Your TouchID Wearing Off, Here’s The Fix!

While some may be shocked to find this out, especially because I was the original founder of thedroidguy.com back in 2006, but I've actually always carrier an iPhone as well. While running full throttle as Thedroidguy it was always important to have an iPhone for comparison purposes. In the Spring of 2011 when we sold [...]

Screen Bright’s Smartphone Sanitizer Wipes Really Work

Here at Techfaster we're almost as passionate about electronics cleaning wipes as we are about backup battery chargers and supplies. We spend a lot of time on the road covering some of the biggest events in the industry like CTIA, CES, MWC, SXSW, Onespark, and many more. Our devices work hard, really hard. Aside from [...]

“The New York Times” Thinks We Will Pay $8 for a New Digg

The NYT has just unveiled a new app - NYT Now - that is essentially the exact same thing as Digg. NYT Now will cost $8/month and run ads. NYT Now is - at best - an attempt to jump into a highly saturated mostly-free category of applications with a product that costs $8/month.

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Smarty Ring Update: 2nd Indiegogo Campaign

In our first look at the Smarty Ring, we noted that the campaign had raised $228,461 in pledges. Well the campaign blew past that number to raise a massive total of $299,349. However, there was such an outpouring of interest, the creators have just launched a second, 10-day Indiegogo campaign.

Big Data Helps Sony Find Cheaters & More From SXSW

Sony played it a little different at SXSW Interactive this year. The electronics giant from Japan didn't use the stage to pimp the latest numbers for PS4. Most of the world already knows that they are killing Microsoft's Xbox One, (even Nintendo is). This year at SXSW they played to the true tech geek and [...]

Cartoon Network’s Wildly Inventive New Mobile Strategy

Cartoon Network just announced a new phone only application targeting rapid, short consumption. This is one of the most forward thinking mobile strategies we have come across. It seems that Cartoon Network is way ahead of the curve here.

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Astrophysicist Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, Talks Cosoms, Broken Eggs And Kids At SXSW

I must say that Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met in my entire life. Now most people say that about somebody who they meet that's really sharp or maybe a tech company founder that had a strong idea, no Dr. Tyson is like Sheldon Cooper smart, and [...]

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Apple Heads To SXSW For iTunes Music Festival With Updated Apple TV Channel

Apple isn't big on giant US conventions, conferences and festivals. Sure they hold the WWDC here and there's Macworld as well but Apple is typically, conspicuously from events like CES and until now SXSW with an official presence. This year, Apple is hosting their iTunes Festival alongside the SXSW music festival which officially kicks off [...]