Holiday Gift Guide: Tired Of Bad USB Charges, Check Out The Practical Meter

Power Practical, the company behind the Power Pot has started selling a device that people who use a lot of USB charging products will find incredibly useful. So many people who own smartphones, tablets and other USB charging devices typically leave the device on the charger overnight or for the same amount of time every [...]

Spin: The Video Chat Re-imagined in Human Fidelity

Spin is a new, and incredibly unique Human Fidelity - née video-chat - iOS application, three years in the making. Spin is more of an evolution away from the traditional video chat, moving beyond Skype and G+ Hangouts

New Mobile App Rewards Students For Helping Each Other With Homework

Education has evolved a lot over the last few years. Things have definitely changed since I graduated from High School 11 years ago. But one thing remains the same and that is, homework. Of course when I was in high school I had a leg up over my parents because it least we had AOL [...]

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Why Twitter Is So Hot On Wall Street And The Naysayers Are Wrong

Yesterday just after Twitter's debut on Wall Street a good friend of mine tweeted and updated her Facebook status that she wasn't going to buy Twitter because it didn't have a profit. She couldn't be more wrong. Now we're not going to talk about making big tech bets and trying to make a quick buck [...]

Would You Tattoo A Wireless Mic On Your Neck, Motorola Thinks You Would

From the, this sounds insanely ridiculous but they're really trying to do it category: Motorola has filed a patent at the US Patent and Trademark office for "Coupling an electronic skin tattoo to a mobile connection device".   If you're curious about how this would work, Motorola (now mind you they are now owned by [...]

Twitter Explodes Out Of The Gate

Today was the day that everyone was waiting for. Twitter debuted on Wall Street today but not on the Nasdaq as other big companies, like rival Facebook, have but rather on the New York Stock Exchange, Some say that Twitter went with the NYSE because of the trouble Facebook had immediately following their IPO. With [...]

Where’s My Happy Meal Toy? McDonalds Giving Away Books And E-Books

During the month of October fast food giant McDonald's gave away their signature candy buckets with their Happy Meals. This year boys received Star Wars buckets while girls received Monster High buckets. Aside from the fatty foods, which McDonald's is trying to supplement with smaller amounts of french fries and bags of apples, there's no [...]

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1GB Fiber Internet Headed To Mississippi

For some it may be hard to stomach that the latest "statewide" 1gbps internet rollout is coming to Mississippi. For others, it may not seem that odd because Chattanooga, in neighboring Tennessee, was actually the first city in the United States to get 1gb fiber. Contrary to popular believe, Chattanooga actually rolled their 1gb ethernet [...]

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10 Holiday Tech Gift Ideas For Grandparents In An Infographic

The folks at FallAlert, a technology company targeting senior citizens with a Life Alert like device, has compiled a list of 10 great gift ideas for grandparents this holiday season. Then, they put the complete list into a pretty groovy infographic. The list ranges from FallAlert,of course, to the latest Kindle Fire and the newest [...]

PlaySation 3 Reaches 80 Million Sales As The World Awaits PlayStation 4

This holiday season video game consoles make a triumphant return. Sure last year we saw the Wii U but it floundered in comparison to what sales of a new Xbox and new PlayStation will likely do. The PS4 and the Xbox One have both been available for preorder from Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop and other [...]

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