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How Random Number Generators are used for online roulette

By |Everything Else|

Roulette has always been a game that relies on chance, so now that the majority of roulette is played online, how is that element of chance accounted for? As with most online casino games roulette uses the Random Number Generator (RNG) system. RNG makes online games of chance such as roulette and slots authentic. When [...]

Stop Guessing This Website Tells You What’s Really Trending

By |Web|

Figuring out what's trending across social media is a little tricky. Many people don't realize that when Twitter shows you what's trending it's showing you what's trending in your social sphere. That's why when you go to a conference the conference organizers emphatically announce that their conference is trending and if you look across Twitter [...]

Do You Forget Your Smartphone Charger A Lot? Prong’s Got You Covered

By |CES 2014, Editors' Picks, Gadgets & Tech|

One thing that drives me crazy is when I forget my iPhone charger. Sure I try and balance my schedule and phone usage out to my own internal algorithm that decides if I need to pack a charger or not, but more often than not something comes up. I may mean to get home or [...]

Glass-cleaning product sees clear future with mobile outreach

By |AppOfTheday, Apps|

Purple Haze earns App of the Day honor from appsbar.com Appsbar has awarded its App of the Day honor to Purple Haze for showcasing how independent products and services can be promoted and sold through mobile platforms thanks to the DIY app builder at appsbar.com The Purple Haze app serves as the mobile presence for [...]

Nintendo Sunsetting Some Online Features Of Wii And DS Games

By |Gaming, News|

Nintendo has announced that they are sunsetting some online features of the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS handheld system that will adversely affect some of the more popular titles. Beginning May 20th Nintendo will disable online play, matchmaking and leaderboads on several games including; Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros., Brawl Fire Emblem: Shadow [...]

This Was The First Thing To Shake Up The Board Game Industry Since The 1970’s

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2014|

If you said Kickstarter you would be correct. Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler has been on a bit of a conference and press run lately. Just a few weeks ago he was in Charleston South Carolina for the Dig South festival, sharing a stage with TechCrunch East Coast Editor, John Biggs. Monday, he was also with [...]

BBM Channels graduates from beta on BlackBerry smartphones

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile|

While BlackBerry may not be selling smartphones like they used to they are still doing well with their messaging platform, BlackBerry Messenger or BBM. Recently BlackBerry released BBM on Android and iOS, and the response was overwhelming. Despite some issues getting the app to market it appears as though it was worth the wait, and [...]

Kauffman Foundation Announces 8 Finalists For “Get In The Ring”

By |Everything Else|

Global Entrepreneurship Week, the national week long celebration of entrepreneurs and startups is now less than a month away and with that the Kauffman Foundation announced on Wednesday the finalists for their big event called "Get In The Ring The American Startup Clash". While they are backing a number of events, both in their hometown [...]

Orbotix Has The Answer To Amazon’s Drones, It’s Amazon Prime Ground

By |Amazon, Editors' Picks, Gadgets & Tech, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

Amazon manages to find themselves in the news all the time. Luckily for the largest e-commerce company in the world, it's often good news. Sometimes, it's out of this world news, or at least off the ground news. Like when Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced two weeks ago that he's exploring the idea [...]

Blackberry Boldly Goes Where No Manufacturer Has Gone Before

By |Editors' Picks, Mobile|

(image: engadget) Thursday marked the first Blackberry earnings call with CEO John Chen where Chen has been at the helm for the entire reporting period. Chen seems to have stunned most of the technology and investment community by reporting stronger than expected results. The Waterloo based smartphone company, that was once at the [...]

Google Now Offering Street View To Android App Developers

By |Android, Developers, Google|

Android app developers looking to add another amazing feature to their Android apps, can now add Google Street View images. In their latest Google Play Services update (Google Play Services 4.4), Google has added their collection of eye level images of the real world giving apps another way to entice users.  Google Play Services is [...]

8th Grader’s Design A Medical Device For Classmate [ISTE 2014]

By |3d, 3D Faster, Editors' Picks, ISTE 2014|

The intersection of 3D printing and education has brought about some amazing things. 3D Printers in the classroom have changed classrooms 10 fold since the time their 2d predecessors made it into classrooms in the 1980s. I personally have vivid memories of the creations we made with Printshop and a dot matrix printer. Can somebody [...]

Amazon Prepares To Launch Grocery Service In San Francisco

By |Editors' Picks, News|

No the Amazon drone delivery isn't ready yet, however The Verge is reporting that the e-commerce king is preparing to launch it's Amazon Fresh grocery service in San Francisco, possibly as early as next week. Amazon initially launched their grocery service in Seattle and Los Angeles. A report from AllThingsD says that Amazon's green trucks, [...]

Evanced Games: Uncovers The Fun & Excitement Of Learning [sxsw]

By |Education, SXSW|

Evanced Games is the company behind Wandoo Planet, who we also spoke to at SXSW. Beyond showcasing Wandoo Planet, Evanced Games was at the conference to show off their four other education games.

If You’ve Got 12 Minutes, Microsoft Has A Tour Of The New Xbox One

By |Editors' Picks, Gaming, News|

The next two weeks are certainly going to be hot for video game enthusiasts. The two biggest players in the console gaming ware are releasing new systems in time for the 2013 holiday shopping season. While both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 have had updated versions released over the years it's been 7 [...]

ASMO Charger Is The World’s First Green, Intelligent Phone Charger

By |Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Mobile|

There are some startling statistics when it comes to the chargers for the nearly 7 billion mobile devices in the world today. Many people have no idea that when they leave their cell phone or tablet charger plugged into the wall, when the device isn't charging, it's still pulling current as if it were charging. [...]

Google’s Play Music With All Access Music App Now Available For iOS

By |Android, Editors' Picks, Google|

After five years of writing and reporting about Android some consider me an authority on platform debate. While I've never (and I'll repeat this again), in 35+ years I've never owned a PC (only Apple) I was quite the Android and Google loyalist for a long while. In fact there are some Google products that [...]

New Details About Google’s Project Ara – Modular Smartphone

By |Editors' Picks, Google|

"Project Ara is designed to make upgrading your smartphone’s guts as easy as putting together a LEGO set. (Think sleeker). Instead of having to splurge for a new handset if you want the fastest CPU, strongest battery or loudest speakers, the idea behind Ara would allow you to acquire those individual pieces and snap it onto your device."

10 Holiday Tech Gift Ideas For Grandparents In An Infographic

By |Editors' Picks, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

The folks at FallAlert, a technology company targeting senior citizens with a Life Alert like device, has compiled a list of 10 great gift ideas for grandparents this holiday season. Then, they put the complete list into a pretty groovy infographic. The list ranges from FallAlert,of course, to the latest Kindle Fire and the newest [...]

Google, Apple, and the Top 10 Most Valuable Brands [Infographic]

By |Apple, Editors' Picks, Google, Infographics|

In 2013, Google overtook Apple as the most valuable company in the world. Apple had held that title for three straight years. We were just forwarded an infographic from FinancesOnline, that provides a look into the top brands of 2014. Further, in his excellent write-up preceding the infographic, David Adelman - deputy business and finance editor at [...]