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On the heels of Google's patent for an indoor mapping technique, a new patent from Apple, also concerning indoor mapping has just been announced. This is, seemingly, setting up a massive battle for indoor mapping supremacy between Google and Apple. Seemingly, because Apple really fell apart with the early Maps push a few years back, and has [...]
The EdTech revolution is on and companies big and small, and everywhere in between are getting in. Google has an arm already, Goodle For Education which has tailored the Google Play store and Google Apps specifically for educators and education under the "Google For Education" banner. After polling educators across events like SXSWedu and the [...]
On Wednesday May 7, BMW announced a brand new solar carport concept, to be launched alongside the upcoming launch of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid: The international media launch of the BMW i8 in Los Angeles will include the presentation of a solar carport concept developed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA for the use of renewable energy. It [...]
Microsoft is expanding their Bing in the classroom program. The company is hoping to improve their market share against rivals Google and Yahoo and as we've seen time and time again, the classroom can be a very lucrative place to do that. The new Bing in the Classroom program actually has some really great points [...]
A little over a week ago the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eased up on their restrictions surrounding Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs). On October 31st the FAA announced that passengers would be able to use PED's gate to gate, or from the time they took off until the time they landed. Previously, PED's needed to be [...]
We all know that crowdfunding is inspiring innovation across many sectors both technical and not so technical. We've seen some great wearable technology, mobile apps, games and even a really cool phone case or two. One sector that's really benefited from the crowdfunding explosion is photography. Just yesterday we reported on Otto a new physical [...]
Two of the countries biggest retail pharmacies, Rite Aid and CVS, have just told their store level employees to shut down all of their NFC enabled payment terminals. VentureBeat reported on Saturday that this directive would render both Apple Pay and Google Wallet useless at terminals for those two pharmacies. While you might immediately think [...]
Is this a signal that long waits for Android updates are a thing of the past? When the latest version of Android, version 4.4 Kit Kat, was officially announced alongside the Nexus 5, it was also revealed that Google wanted this version of Android to be able to go on a lot more devices than [...]
The Google Play store offers Android users a large variety of options when it comes to streaming music and radio apps. A recent analysis reported on by trusted music industry website allaccess.com revealed that Accuradio was the highest rated radio app for Android. Accuradio ranked at 4.75 out of 5 possible stars in the Google [...]
Images seem to be all the rage this week. Yesterday we reported that Twitter is now allowing images to be served through it's direct messaging feature. Earlier today we reported that Instagram has added a new Instagram Direct feature, that also allows you to serve up images through direct messages. Well one service that hasn't, [...]
For those of you living under the proverbial rock, Cyanogen is a "mod" or alternative OS for Android users that gives users access to some of the best features. People (and now there's millions of them) who wanted to use Cyanogen Mod instead of their stock Android system or their bloated Android system via their [...]
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo a Vinci, The Visitation by Rembrandt, and Irises by van Gogh. What does these fine works of art have to do with each other? Those three world class, high end pieces are worth billions of dollars alone. They are some of the most popular works of art in the world. [...]
By now everyone in America has taken notice of the virality that is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge is meant to raise awareness to ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease) and the ALS foundation. With the ice bucket challenge the person challenged must have a bucket of ice water poured on their [...]
Pixowl's Sandbox game is a STEAM focused virtual world builder for kids. The fun game, with infinite possibilities, drives kids with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) focused principles, to create virtual worlds. The game literally takes place in a sandbox and allows players to manipulate more than 150 physics elements. The game has [...]
You know those lists that come out every year which highlight things that students graduating high school never experienced? They're all done in an effort to make the adults feel older. Well there's going to come a time in the not so distant future when kids graduating high school won't remember life before YouTube. For [...]
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 [...]
Is there a really good solution to group photo sharing and uploading around an event? Sure several companies have tried but the problem seems to be ease of use. When you're celebrating at a friend's or family memnber's wedding, or heck even your own, you want to be able to share all the photos. By [...]
Tablets are to be the most sought after item for tech shoppers this holiday season. There are tons of choices, good and bad. Here are our choices for 2013
You know you already Facebook at work. You pretend that nobody sees you but then forget that your boss is also your Facebook friend, so whoops you're busted. In most cases, if you're not disrupting the work flow you get a pass. You can coo at your niece and nephews photos and read the latest [...]
First off this is not a joke and it is a very realistic possibility that the Xbox One could be the last of the Microsoft gaming consoles. Many reliable sources, including Bloomberg, are reporting that Stephen Elop is a front runner for the CEO position at Microsoft. Before running Nokia into the ground Elop was [...]
