“The Origins of Common UI Symbols” – Our Favorite Infographic to-date

It is no secret that we love infographics. We've featured tons of great, interesting ones. However, this one below, attributed to the 500 Startups crew,may be our favorite infographic to-date. It is both visually beautiful, and incredibly informative.

Drones For Document Delivery In The UAE?

Move over Jeff Bezos, The United Arab Emirates is reportedly considering using un-manned drones for document delivery and they're poised to get their drone program rolling, most likely before Amazon can. Gizmag reported on Monday that the UAE is planning to deploy unmanned drones to deliver official documents to it's citizens. Drivers licenses, identification cards [...]

Google Glass, In The Class (room)

As a follow up to our article on Google Glass in the Classroom, we thought it would be good to expound on some of the possible educational uses of Glass. Below, in a nifty infographic, 30 different ideas for how to use Glass in a classroom are touched on. While these are some great ideas, they represent a mere tip of the iceberg. As we touched on in our previous article, there are an almost infinite amount of applications for Google Glass in the classroom.

Xcrool: Things that make you shake your head

Say what? So it is a remote that replaces the volume and channel buttons with a wheel? I can not tell whether the company is for real or not. In their press section on their website, Xcrool links to an article from USA Today entitled,"CES 2014: The Bogus Brief: A list of new tech from CES that made us shake our heads."

Sony To Shut Down Reader Store, Transitioning Customers To Kobo

Sony is going through some deep changes as a company right now. Sony has already announced a sell off of their Vaio PC business and we've also heard that they plan on scaling back their tv business as well. Sony seems like they are staying the course with mobile devices including tablets and smartphones as [...]

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3D Printing Lets A Teenage Girl Walk Again

3D Printing has really taken off. It was one of the biggest parts of the 2014 International CES back in January. But just a few years ago, before the Makerbot, 3D printing was saved for companies with million dollar factories. Now, companies are trying to get the cost of 3D Printers down to a level [...]

T-Mobile Wins Court Ruling Over AT&T’s AIO Wireless Brand

While T-Mobile and AT&T have been battling it out over social media and in stores, to the benefit of their customers, AT&T has now lost a court battle to the fourth largest carrier in the US. John Legere, T-Mobile's CEO, must be grinning from ear to ear over the recent court ruling, not just because [...]

VERSI Docker Stand: Funded

We recently had a chance to speak with Dale Rorabaugh, the creator of the Versi Docker Stand. The Versi Docker Stand is really an interesting approach to a tablet stand/dock, and looks supremely useful. The Versi has successfully reached its funding goal on Kickstarter.   What does your company do, and how do you do it? Rorabaugh Designs [...]

By 2019, 90% of Cars Will Have Wearable Computer Integration

After a series of rapid-fire announcements, it appears that automakers are becoming more focused on wearable integration. As the infotainment battle rages on, the auto makers are bringing it to your faces and wrists.According to ABI Research, by 2019, more than 90% of new vehicles will interface with wearable computers.

Xbox e-reader In The Works?

It seems that Microsoft may be working on an e-reader for the Xbox One or the Xbox 360. We're not exactly sure how this would actually work, would you read a book on your 50" tv in the living room? Maybe? Who knows. Digital Spy reported on Monday that Microsoft is hiring staff to work [...]