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Reddit Raises $50M on $500M Valuation

By |Editors' Picks, Investing, News|

There are reports surfacing that Reddit, the so called "Front Page of the Internet," is raising a round of funding. According to Re/code, Reddit "has reached a preliminary agreement to sell less than 10 percent of the company for more than $50 million. That could give the company a valuation of upward of $500 million."Peter [...]

Guitarists Will Love This Remote Controlled Pedal System

By |Crowdfunding, DJ Tech, Editors' Picks|

Innovations in wireless music technology have made it possible for guitar players to be just as animated and free to roam onstage as singers with wireless microphones. Using wireless pickups, guitar players can go out into the audience, crowd surf and take whatever position onstage that they would like. Except when they need to change [...]

TipToe: Affordable Versatile Robotics Kit

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

We cover a lot of crowdfunding campaigns here. A lot of these are pretty cool. However, we just came across one of the cooler campaigns we have seen it a while. This is the TipToe Robot, from XYZbot: The TipToe robot is a great, easy to use, introduction to robotics. According to the team, the [...]

Samsung Unveils Gear VR at IFA 2014

By |Editors' Picks, IFA 2014|

If we are to believe Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality is going to be the next great technology. Zuckerberg and Facebook made a $1 billion bet on this. If indeed VR is the next great frontier, Samsung has jumped out to an early lead. On Wednesday at IFA, Samsung announced Gear VR. The Gear VR is a [...]

PS 4 Remote Play Headed To Sony Xperia Z3 [IFA 2014]

By |Gaming, News|

One of the coolest things about Sony's PS4, and another reason that it's beating the pants of the Xbox One, is the integration with the Sony Vita. Vita users can use their handheld game system to remotely play Playstation games. This means that you can play NBA 2K14 (or the upcoming 2K15), Madden or any [...]

Stylish, Sophisticated, Rugged Watch Heads To Production

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

The sophisticated, stylish and durable Rider's Watch by hunterhamony is heading into production now that they've surpassed their crowdfunding goal of $15,000. The fine time piece, featuring Swiss quartz movements, was originally created because Equestrian's didn't have their own watch. Watches have been created for a variety of other sports, but none had the sophisticated, [...]

Android Is The King Of Porn And More Revealed By Porn Hub

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile, News|

Pornhub is back with an important report chock full of information on viewing habits for those partaking in adult oriented material both via mobile and desktop. Geek.com dove into the report Sunday, most of the data wasn't too surprising. On the mobile side Android has a solid footing with 50% of the mobile viewing of [...]

Blackberry Is Hoping Big Enterprise Clients Will Switch To BES10

By |Mobile, News|

FierceWireless reported on Wednesday that Blackberry is pulling out all the stops to get people to upgrade from whatever Blackberry product or service that they are running, to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 platform. For those not in the know BES10 is the platform used by their newest line of phones (now about two years old) [...]

T-Mobile’s Simple Starter Plans Get Even Simpler With More Data!

By |Mobile, News|

Now that Sprint's taken the cat out of the bag on their plans that they are hoping will lure away T-Mobile customers back to Sprint, T-Mobile has fired back. Last week Sprint's new CEO Marcelo Claure, unveiled new unlimited data plans for just $60. While T-Mobile didn't fight back by lowering their unlimited data offering [...]

Buoy Puts A New Spin On Distracted Driving Prevention

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

Distracted driving is a big deal. In 2012 421,000 people were injured as a result of distracted driving. The biggest distraction to a driver is a smartphone. You may be shocked to hear this but a 35 year old is just as likely to get into an accident because of distracted driving as a teenager. [...]

Open Up The Flood Gates The First CMYK 3D Printer Is Here

By |3d, 3D Faster, Crowdfunding|

Surely we all know about the boom in 3D printing. We run a feature here at Techfaster called 3DFaster which highlights some of the trends in the exciting, and exploding 3D Printing Industry. Our good friends at 3DLT provide industry insight into the world of 3D printing. You probably see and hear about 3D printers [...]

Meet Eve & Adam Your Smart Irrigation System

By |Apps, Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Internet Of Things|

In today's modern home there's a sensor, an app and a device for everything. You can brew coffee automatically, see who's at the front door, feed your dog, shut the blinds and even control your thermostat with a connected smart device. But what about your yard. Nathan Cauffman has developed a new smart irrigation system [...]

Dong Nguyen Is Back With Swing Copters

By |Apps, News|

If you don't know the name Dong Nguyen you may know his first game, Flappy Bird. That's the game that took the world by storm and then was abruptly pulled from the iTunes app store by Nguyen himself. At the time he said that he didn't want all the publicity and mayhem that surrounded the [...]

Take The Guesswork Out Of Your Check Engine Light With Fixd

By |Apps, Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Internet Of Things|

The "internet of things" is allowing us to do more and more with sensors and get more relevant data back about all the important aspects of your life through mobile apps. For most, the car is a very important part of their lives. Without your car you can't get to work, pick the kids up [...]

Jubo: 3 Highschool Girls Want to Fix The Dead Phone Battery Problem

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

How many times has your smartphone run out of juice? For me, a ton of times. As much as 65% of people run out of power for their smartphone a day. That is an astounding number. Three, "ambitious high school girls," have take to Indiegogo with a unique solution to the problem: Jubo. Emily Sheng, [...]

You’ll Get More Done With Wimble, Here’s Why

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

It's very possible that the group of developers and entrepreneurs behind the Wimble App could be the next big thing in Finland. Finland is no joke when it comes to mobile, games and process. Some of their biggest hits have included Nokia, as the hands down leader of the wireless pre-smartphone boom, and Rovio the [...]

Water Leak Detection The Next Part Of The Connected Home: Check Out CHK20

By |Crowdfunding|

That teeny tiny water leak in your hot water heater line, the line behind your bedroom wall or even near the washing machine can quickly escalate into damage in your home that costs thousands of dollars to fix. What's even worse is those silent water leaks, where the water isn't in pain sight and the [...]

Wait Is The iWatch Is Back On Again

By |Apple, Editors' Picks|

(image: BusinessInsider.com) It's funny, the world seems to be in an uproar because Apple is going to unveil the iPhone 6 at a media event on September 9th. Most people aren't even considering the fact that the last 4 editions of the iPhone have all been unveiled at press events in early to [...]

The Hug: A Sensor that Tracks Your Water Intake

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

Are you drinking enough water? If you are anything like me and drink entirely too much coffee, probably not. Well we may have just come across the solution. One new crowdfunding campaign wants to help people answer the above question. The Hug, from Caktus: According to Caktus: The Hug is a convenient solution that helps you [...]

Timex Ironman One GPS+: A Smartphoneless Smartwatch

By |Editors' Picks, Wearable Technology|

Timex Stand Alone Smartwatch On Tuesday, Timex launched a new smartwatch. The new Timex Ironman One GPS+ is unique in a number of ways. Firstly, the Timex Ironman does not require any connection to a smartphone at all. Rather, the Ironman "watch has its own cellular connection to AT&T's network, letting it transmit data without [...]