Some pretty interesting news came out of MIT on Tuesday. The MIT Bitcoin Club - the fact that there is such a club is news in and of itself - "raised half a million dollars for a project to distribute $100 in bitcoin to every undergraduate student at MIT this fall."MIT Bitcoin Club, "Announcing the [...]
Back in November, before we realized that the winter of 2014 would have more snow than all the previous winters combined, we reported on a geinus app called Plowz. Plowz is the Uber of snow plowing, connecting home owners and business owners with an on-demand fleet of snow removers. Trust me they had a great [...]
On Tuesday Sprint unveiled a new phone and a new partnership aimed at music lovers. Sprint announced a partnership with streaming music giant Spotify. Spotify has been around for nearly six years. The company launched out of Sweden and has seen relatively good response in the United States. Users can use Spotify free with ads [...]
We just came across some new photos of what is purportedly some sort of dummy mock-up of the iPhone 6.Steve Hemmerstoffer, Nowwhereelse.fr, "iPhone 6: A physical model for leakage?," 30 April 2014, Via 9to5Mac These images show an incredibly thin device. There have been a bunch of recent leaks that show a much thinner [...]
Mobile app serves as marketing tool for niche business enterprise Eco Waterway has earned the appsbar.com App of the Day for showcasing how small businesses in a wide array of industries are now able to capitalize on mobile marketing initiatives by utilizing the DIY app builder at appsbar.com. Eco Waterway serves as the mobile platform [...]
On Saturday April 26, NASA presented long-time Star Trek Captain, William Shatner with the Distinguished Public Service Medal. According to a pun-filled announcement from NASA: After nearly 50 years of warping across galaxies and saving the universe from a variety of alien threats and celestial disasters, Star Trek’s William Shatner finally went where no other member [...]
Over the past year, there have been some enormous acquisitions. Facebook acquired WhatsApp for a staggering $19 billion, and then a little more than a month later acquired Oculus for $2 billion; Microsoft just acquired Nokia Devices and Services business for $7.2 billion; Google bought Motorola in 2011 for $12.5 billion, Nest in 2014 for [...]
Thomas Hurst, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is trying to bring a new iPhone case to market that will change the way people take photos with their iPhone. The idea for the case, simply called Covr, comes from a device we've been using for decades, the remote control. According to Geekwire,the idea for Covr came about [...]
The Webby Awards are like the Oscars,Emmys or Grammys for the web industry. Think all of those wonderful internet only tv shows, radio shows, podcasts and YouTube channels. Like most award shows, the internet elite assemble for a red carpet award show in New York. The New York Times calls the Webby Awards the "Internet's [...]
On Monday AT&T announced plans to start offering an inflight internet product with speeds that reportedly will rival those of LTE. Late last year the FAA softened rules when it comes to using electronics in-flight. Now, passengers are no longer required to stow their electronic devices during take-off, landing and taxi. This has caused in [...]
