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Accidentally buying a counterfeit product sucks. Now most people who live by the old adage that "if it seems to good to be true, it probably is" then you may not have accidentally purchased a counterfeit iPad or pair of True Religion jeans. Or maybe you did, because counterfeiters are getting really good. With that [...]
At the stroke of midnight this morning Walmart began marking down their Halloween 2013 seasonal items and putting up Christmas decorations. Jewish people across the world are preparing for Chanukah which coincides this year with Thanksgiving and jolly husky people are turning in their Halloween masks for Santa suits. We've already started sourcing our holiday [...]
Growth hacking has been one of the trendier titles over the past few years. There are some good ones out there, but can a bootstrapped startup or small business really afford to pay the best? Well, we just came across an interesting new company that wants to help startup and SMBs grow, without breaking the [...]
We said it yesterday, but I'll say it again today: the most interesting booth at the 2015 International CES, as a whole, was the ZTE booth. There was a footnote to that statement, and I'll put that here as well.CES is full of wild and futuristic products. A great majority of these will never be available [...]
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 [...]
There is no question about the importance of mobile. That said, there is a question about mobile within an education setting. For the great majority of schools and school districts, it is just not feasible to commission a mobile app. However, we just came across a company that dramatically reduces costs, and makes is [...]
Google Acquires Songza On Tuesday, Google announced that it had acquired Songza. Songza, if you haven't heard of them, offer a unique take on music streaming. Rather than using algorithms and similar artist mash-ups, Songza offers human curated playlists, based on various factors like time of the day, or mood, or location. It is a [...]
We just came across some interesting news: Fluendo is moving to the U.S. Fluendo is an incredibly interesting company, that makes a ton of great products. Their main offering, ONEPLAY, is one of the best media players available. ONEPLAY is based off of the GStreamer open source framework. The major benefit of ONEPLAY lies in its [...]
There are so many people just drifting along in the day-to-day. So many that appear to lack a goal or motivation. Appear is the key word there. It is not so much that these people aren't motivate, it is more of a question of finding the motivation. Finding this motivation can be a serious [...]
Classroom behavior can be one of the biggest challenges for a teacher, especially at earlier levels of education. That's the time when a teacher has to not only teach a class but teach students the fundamentals of behaving properly in a class setting, one of the earliest group settings a child will ever experience. As [...]
"It would seem almost natural for Google Ventures to exit its portfolio companies to its parent company. However, in its five years of prolific investing, Nest Labs is only the second portfolio company to be sold to Google. Google Ventures has sold an equal number of portfolio companies to Google as it has to Yahoo and Cisco Systems. Is this the norm for corporate venture capital firms or is Google Ventures an outlier?"
I was going back through our YouTube Channel, and noticed that we hadn't posted a few of our videos from the 2014 International CES. These don't really fit anywhere else, but they are cool nonetheless.
Currently there are six US cities that offer 1Gbps data speeds over fiber optic. Chattanooga, TN, Kansas City, Provo UT, Austin Texas, Opelika AL and Wilson NC all provide some kind of fiber optic network capable of 1GBps data speeds. Several of those cities like Chattanooga, Kansas and Opelika AL offer the same speed both [...]
What did you get for the holidays this year? Was a cool new iPhone 5S under your tree? Was the Xbox One in your Chanukah stash? Did someone get you a Lumia 1020? Sure just be reading Techfaster you can keep up with the hottest holiday gifts of 2013, but what about holidays past? Well [...]
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 [...]
Square reached a milestone back in November with it's billionth payment. That means that regardless of what people are saying, Square is getting quite popular. The technology, that allows just about anyone to take a credit card payment via a swiping device that plugs into their smart phone, has turned street vendors, performers and even [...]
According to a Reuters report filed on Monday, Google could be facing an $18 million fine. According to the report, Google "could be fined up 15 million euros ($18.6 million) if it does not stop violating the privacy of Internet users in the Netherlands, the Dutch data protection agency said on Monday."Anthony Deutsch, ed. Pravin [...]
As anyone who has ever played 2048 will tell you, a game like that is incredibly addictive. It is both frustrating and exciting at the same time. Recently, I have become a bit burnt out on it. However, I think I may have just found a perfect replacement: Tally Board. Tally Board combines gameplay [...]
As tens of thousands converge on Atlanta for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference we wanted to compile a good list of resources for those attending the conference. Bookmark this list on your smartphone and have an amazing conference. The official ISTE mobile app is amazing it provides a complete overview of [...]
Google Project Tango Is Coming Google dropped some major bombs at their annual developers conference - Google I/O - this week. However, one of the most exciting announcements was sort-of glossed over by many. On Thursday, during a session about its ATAP - Advanced Technology and Projects - group, Google announced that it is working with LG [...]
