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A Russian cyber gang that's dubbed themselves "CyberVor" has reportedly stolen billions of internet username and password combinations from both small and large websites in the US and around the world. The term CyberVor comes from Vor which means theft in Russian. The New York Times broke the story on Tuesday citing the discovery from a [...]
As the world is slowly, but surely, adopting 3D printing, there are some wonderful products being made. We just had a chance to speak with one company, Versoteq, who is at the forefront of 3D printed products. The team told us a little bit about the process as well as their latest project: Versoteq What [...]
The way wireless carriers in America operate is different from most of the rest of the world. In European countries for instance, you can go to a manufacturers store, Car Phone Warehouse or any electronics big box and buy a phone outright. Once you buy the phone, you decide what carrier you're going to use [...]
When John Legere took the helm at T-Mobile, the nation's fourth largest carrier, he was determined to shake things up. He's succeeded at that and continues adding customers in the process. Ever since introducing "un-carrier" initiatives which have included such practices as doing away with long term contracts, early termination fees and even charging for [...]
We just came across a really interesting product from Copertura. The German company makes a line of heated jackets. There are already a few companies making heated jackets, but they are mostly aimed at construction workers, and at other professions that require a lot of time out in freezing cold weather. Copertura makes what [...]
Over the coming week or so, Facebook will discontinue messaging within its main Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps. If users want to send messages through Facebook, they will now have to do so through the company's standalone Messenger app. This move has been in the works for a few months, and has already been [...]
It's no secret that Indian phone manufacturers are pumping out incredibly affordable smartphones, including a proposed $25 Firefox OS phone. However, one company, Karbonn, just released what is India's cheapest smartphone: The A50S: While the specs aren't going to blow anyone away, they are much better than what you imagine a $44 phone having. The Karbonn [...]
For athletes in some of the most rigorous sports, breathing training is as important as strength and conditioning. In fact the two go hand in hand. Training the way you breathe helps improve your endurance and thus your performance as well. A new device, the Pro2, currently on Kickstarter is an easy to use tool [...]
Today, Amazon announced a new category of products in its ever expanding ecommerce platform: a 3D Printed Products store. The "3D Printed Products store, [is] a marketplace that gives customers access to more than 200 unique print on-demand products, many that can be customized by material, size, styles and color variations, and personalized with text [...]
Popular viral content site Buzzfeed found themselves under the spotlight for plagiarism late last week. The issue started to come to light on Thursday, reports The Huffington Post. Two twitter users, @blippoblappo and @crushingbort began posting instances where Buzzfeed editor Benny Johnson was quoting other works verbatim without attribution, on their site Our Bad Media. For the [...]
NVbots, a Boston startup, just launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund their new 3D Printer. The company has already raised "$850,000 from angel investors (who aren’t being disclosed) and is looking to close the round at $1 million via Fundable."Kyle Alspach, Beta Boston, "MIT-founded NVBots to ramp up its 3D printer for schools with crowdfunding [...]
Apple OSX Yosemite Apple's latest version of OSX, Yosemite, is now open for public beta. People interested in the beta can follow this link to the OSX Beta Program. From there they will get a special code they can use in the Apple Store so that they can download Yosemite. This will be the same version [...]
Actvcontent Family Wearable We have seen a lot of safety trackers lately. That said, they have mostly been just that, safety trackers. However, we just caught wind of a new Indiegogo project that is launching later this week that looks to make the safety tracker more than just a one-hit-wonder. This is Sync from ActvContent: The Sync [...]
While we were at ISTE in Atlanta, we had a chance to check out LeanSprout. The company was at ISTE, fresho off of closing a whopping $4.2 million in Series A funding round, with Formation 8, Samsung Ventures and former Blackboard president, Justin Tan all pitching in.LeanSprout Blog, "Three Big Announcements From LearnSprout," 13 May 2014 That [...]
xGrower Grow Room App Diego Bruno has been in the IT field for over a decade. He's also a hobbyist grower who enjoys growing "plants" in a closet in his home. Like many indoor growers, his lighting, water flow and other equipment needed for growing "plants" is reliant on timers. Most of those timers haven't [...]
T-Mobile continues to blaze across the wireless spectrum. The un-carrier, noted for their new contract-less offerings, has had phones and tablets on an in-house financing program called "equipment installment plans". After shedding the traditional wireless subsidy model, the company began offering qualified customers the ability to make a monthly payment on their device. After the [...]
While at the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) conference last week, we had the chance to check out a ton of great products. Luckily, we had our 6 year old special correspondent, Tatum, with us to help find the best ones. One of Tatum's favorite things at NAESP was TheO SmartBall: TheO SmartBall [...]
Swapdom Swapping App There have been a lot of attempts at the perfect swapping app. A ton of startups have come and gone in the space. However, there is a new player. Swapdom thinks that they have figured out the solution. We had a chance to ask the team a few questions about the [...]
During ISTE earlier this month, we had a chance to check out a whole bunch of educational games. Some better than others. The educational gaming space is sort of a strange market. There is clearly a goal behind all of the games - some sort of knowledge building or retention. However, many of the games [...]
The internet of things along with crowdfunding are producing some amazing new technologies. Just this morning we reported on Sandpiper IS a spirometer that attaches to your smartphone and gives you data on your lung function. Now we've uncovered a unique new device that measures the air quality around you called Skywair. Skywair was originally [...]
