SpaceX Raises $1b Round from Google and Fidelity

On Tuesday, SpaceX - the rocket and spacecraft company founded by Elon Musk - announced a new billion dollar round of funding. Google, one of the two investors in this round has a major vested interest in the low-cost space flight that SpaceX offers to the like of NASA. The funding round was announces in [...]

FETC Kicks Off EdTech Season Here At Techfaster

We're off to the races here in Orlando Florida at the start of the 35th annual Florida Educational Technology Conference. The FETC is it's affectionately known, is the second largest ed tech conference in the country, tied with the TCEA. The annual ISTE show is the largest of it's kind and will happen this summer [...]

Google Glass Promoted From Google X, to Halt Explorer Program

On Monday, January 19, Google officially ended its Google Glass Explorers program, and halted sales of the $1500 eye-ware. This is not the end of Google Glass, however, just the end of Glass as we know it right now. The end of the Explorers program comes as Google graduates the Glass program from Google X labs. [...]

Project Ara Modular Phone Beta to be Released in Puerto Rico This Year

Earlier this week, Google held the second annual Project Ara Developers Conference. Project Ara, if you have not heard of it, is Google's modular smart phone project. In a nutshell, Ara is a 100% customizable smartphone hardware platform. Not only can you pick and choose what features you want on the phone, but the colors and [...]

FLYR: Use Big Data to Find the Best Plane Ticket Price

   As anyone who has ever had to buy plane tickets online can tell you, it is a pain in the ass. There are so many minute factors that can affect the price of said ticket dramatically. We just came across a new data science company that looks to give users a leg up on [...]

Logitech To Show Off Educational Products at FETC 2015

With CES out of the way it's once again time for educational conference season. The Florida Educational Technology Conference, one of the top five education technology conferences in the country, kicks off next week in Orlando Florida. Many companies who spent last week on their feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center for CES, have [...]

Spro 2: A Badass New Smart Projector from ZTE

There were a lot of great things at the 2015 International CES. That said, these great things were more or less scattered throughout the entire convention. A few things here, a few things there. However, the most interesting booth, as a whole, was the ZTE booth.Before we get into the Spro 2, I want to [...]

ContentTools: A New Platform To Create Engaging Content

  One of the most difficult things for blogs, businesses, and brands to do on a daily basis is creating engaging content. There are countless examples of companies and people trying to make such content, but more often than not, it is just horrible. However, it doesn't have to be this way. We just came [...]

ZBoard 2: A Massive Upgrade Unveiled at CES

We have written a lot about electric skateboards over the past few years. For good reason, these things are awesome. Well, during the 2015 International CES, ZBoard unveiled the next generation of their electric skateboard: The ZBoard 2. If you have never heard of the ZBoard, it is quite unique among the electric skateboards of the [...]

My Awesome Publishing Company To Tackle Writing Challenges For Kids With Technology FETC 2015

The most recent US Department of Education Assessment has revealed that "Only 24% of students currently write at 'proficient' level in eighth and twelfth grades." While some may find that statistic shocking and disturbing two big names in educational technology have teamed up to do something about it. Fablevision has been a leader in the world [...]