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Mastercard Says To Hell With Third Parties, Unveils Their Own In App Payment Solution At MWCwil

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile Payments, MWC 2014|

Many have known this time was coming for months. Analysts have been saying it over and over again. At some point, the credit card issuers are going to get tired of cutting in third party vendors to their part of the credit card pie. The way to eliminate these third party vendors is for the [...]

No New iPad Mini Or 12.9″ iPad Pro This year?

By |Apple, Editors' Picks|

Ming Chi-Kuo, an analyst with KGI securities released a report late last week, squashing the hopes of Apple customers anxiously awaiting a larger 12.9" iPad Pro. It was long rumored throughout 2013 that Apple was expected to launch a larger iPad to compete with Samsung's largest tablet, released late last year. While that tablet may [...]

Somebody Really Did Get Murdered Over A Playstation 4

By |Editors' Picks, Gaming, News|

Over the weekend at least 10 people sent us a story about a woman who stabbed three people to get the last Xbox One. Fortunately, that story was published on The Daily Currant, a satire site similar to The Onion. The story's intent was to highlight the ridiculousness that is Black Friday. Unfortunately, for 22 [...]

How to Get Acquired by Google, Citrix, or Red Hat

By |Editors' Picks, Events, Investing|

"Often times the company is worth no more to us with $10M in revenue than it was with $5M, or even $50M for that matter, because the way we're thinking about it is the impact that they can make on our business. That is not going to be necessarily driven by their existing mode of generating revenue."

Create Your Own Internet Of Things With BITalino (r)evolution

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

By now you've heard about the explosion that is the "internet of things" this can include the latest in sensorware, app infused household technologies and the ever so popular wearables. You're probably thinking that it could cost millions of dollars to create your own perfect "internet of things" device. Well you're wrong. It's only $99. [...]

The First Affordable UHD TV (4K) Has Arrived

By |Editors' Picks, News, TV|

When UHD TV or 4K was originally announced and started to show up at CES two years ago the pricetags were insane. Samsung even unveiled a 110 inch UHD (4K) TV that cost more than some homes at $100,000. Like all other technology, the world waited. Now Sceptre has made 4K attainable with their new [...]

Vocabla: A Different Approach to Language Learning [Interview]

By |Apps, Education, Interviews|

           There is no shortage of language learning applications and software out there. The great majority of these apps, however, are more focused on intensive learning. It can be quite difficult to learn through the typical intensive approach. One company, Vocabula, thinks that learning a language is easier when approaching with a more systematic, [...]

Troll on the Bowl: Keeping Pee off of Toilet Seats

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks|

One of the most popular projects that we came across at One Spark was the Troll on the Bowl. The Troll on the Bowl helps parents of boys solve a major problem, the dreaded pee on the seat problem. Kyle interviewed one of the founders, Kevin O'Malley, during One Spark, and wrote a great description of [...]

New Website’s Bring 100s Of Free Games To Xbox One And PS4

By |Editors' Picks, Gaming|

It's not just the Xbox One and the PS4, the cry that there aren't enough launch titles has faced every new system that's come to market since the Super Nintendo. Developers and manufacturers aren't going to sink millions and millions of dollars into a system until they're 100% sure that the system is going to [...]

Piracy Already Cost Beyonce $4 Million On Newest Album

By |Editors' Picks, News|

(photo: blackbluedog.com) Beyonce shocked the world two weeks ago when she released a brand new self titles album exclusively to iTunes. The album, now in general release, is number one again and it's pacing to close out the year as one of the top albums of the year despite only being released for [...]

Amazon Prime Goes After Costco and Sam’s Club with Amazon Pantry

By |News|

In the latest chapter of Amazon's quest to dominate retail, the company is said to be launching a new wholesale service - similar to what Costco and Sams Club offer - in 2014.

Sprezzat – Makers of the Thread App – CEO James Lawrence | The Innovators Interview

By |Featured, Interviews|

“The Thread Mobile App is caller ID re-imagined. Not only does Thread show you who is calling, but it also displays the caller’s latest Facebook and Twitter posts and your most recent texts and emails with them, giving you greater context for the call.”

EdTech: Educational MMORPG, Tyto Online, Heating Up On Kickstarter

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Education, Gaming|

There are so many companies out there that will tell you the quickest way to captivate a young students mind is through gaming.That's true to a degree, but that's not what Lindsey Tropf and Florida based Immersed Games are all about. Immersed Games first came on the scene two years ago at the One Spark [...]

Whole Is Threes For Fourth Graders

By |Apps, Education|

So at this point in time if you haven't heard of the megahit game Threes there's something wrong with you. It's an addictive game that has the player try and build up multiples of Three to score more and more points. Start playing against family members and it becomes downright time consuming. While Threes is [...]

Microsoft, HP, and Pearson Launch a Higher Ed. Tablet

By |Education, Microsoft|

On Wednesday, April 23, Microsoft and HP made a major bet on India. The two companies, in a move targeting technical and management students, "announced an HP tablet with Windows 8.1 with embedded Pearson educational content."Microsoft India News Center, "MSFT, HP and Pearson launch Windows tablets for higher education in India," 23 April 2014. [...]

Appsworld Kicks Off Wednesday With Steve Wozniak & Paul Irish Keynoting

By |Developers, Events, News|

The must attend conference for app developers returns to North America starting this Wednesday February 5th. Appsworld, is coming back to San Francisco's Moscone center for two days of high level insight and discussion around one of the largest growing industries in history, mobile apps. There are literally hundreds of app conferences every year now, [...]

If Your Company Isn’t Engaging Analysts, You’re Missing Killer Growth Opportunities

By |Editors' Picks, Guest Post|

By Andrew Hsu Technology buyers and strategists within the Fortune 500 routinely trust industry analysts — such as those at Gartner, Forrester, and several other firms — for counsel on everything from present-day best practices to long-term strategy. It’s analysts’ job to help their clients succeed and bring clarity to the challenges of digital evolution. Yet, many [...]

FETC Kicks Off EdTech Season Here At Techfaster

By |Editors' Picks, Education, FETC 15|

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 [...]

Is Sam’s Club The Best Place To Get An iPhone 6 This Holiday Season?

By |Apple, Editors' Picks, News|

Yes as a matter a fact Halloween was on Friday night, we rolled back the clocks on Sunday morning and now it's holiday, holiday, holiday time. Be prepared for talk of Black Friday ads and Holiday Gift Guides because the Holiday 2014 season is now in full effect. In case you missed the update over [...]

Meet The Swedish Designer Taking On Beats

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Interviews|

Most people know that form, function and design are very important to Swedish companies. Mix that in with simplicity and affordable pricing and you have a recipe thats worked for the biggest international furniture chain in the world, Ikea. It's those same principles of form, function, design, simplicity and affordability that are driving Swedish designer [...]