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Holiday Gift Guide: Some Less Expensive Ideas from Bracketron

By |Gadgets & Tech, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

We've already begun compiling some of our favorite gifts for the upcoming holiday season. However, most of the products in our gift guide are priced well north of $100. We realize that you may not want to spend that much on a gift for your boss, or your neighbor, or your son-in-law. Thus, here are some cheaper, yet no less useful, gift ideas from Bracketron:

Yahoo Is Going To Rock Out With Live Nation Everyday For A Year

By |Editors' Picks, News, Yahoo|

While everyone is talking about Marissa Mayer and the fact that she's made $214 million dollars in just 15 months at Yahoo, what are they going to do about it? They're going to rock out with Live Nation. Yahoo announced at their "Digital Content New Front" on Monday in New York that they've entered into [...]

EdTech: Kahoot Is Gamifying Quizzes & Classroom Participation

By |Editors' Picks, Education|

Kahoot is a new edtech company that's leading the charge to gamify quizzes and classroom participation. Classroom response systems are nothing new. They've actually been around since the 80's but until now, they've been clunky and outdated. A classroom response system allows a teacher to get a bit interactive by having students participate in an [...]

Why Google App Translation Matters and Why Android Apps Will Win the App Store War

By |Apps, Editors' Picks, Google, Guest Post|

Last month Google announced that it was opening up its translation service to all Android developers enabling them to offer their apps to any customer in any language from third-party service providers. This is a big deal in the app store wars. Here’s why… More than seventy-percent of customers prefer to buy products in their [...]

Microsoft’s Xbox One To Go On Sale In 26 New Countries In September.

By |Editors' Picks, Gaming, News|

Today the boys in Redmond announced they will be taking their black box to 26 countries including the home of their biggest rival, the Sony PlayStation 4. Historically speaking Microsoft's gaming consoles have never done well in the land of the rising sun (The Wii U overtook the Xbox 360 in overall units sold in [...]

Holiday Gift Guide: A Bluetooth Boombox For The MiniCooper Lover

By |Editors' Picks, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

If you're a Mini-Cooper owner or just love the Mini-Cooper style then you're going to love this new Bluetooth boombox speaker designed as a Mini-Cooper mirror. This fully licensed speaker is the perfect gift for the auto enthusiast on your holiday shopping list. The Mirror BoomBox is molded in the form of a MINI Cooper [...]

The Push and Go Electric Bike Could Bring Energy to Eveyone [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

We had a chance to speak with Abu Alim during One Spark. Alim was displaying his project, "Push and Go Electric Bike." Of all the projects that were on display at One Spark, Alim's electric bike is easily the one with the most potential. In a nutshell, the bike utilizes an open thermodynamic system that allows [...]

One Spark Preview: Vinny Gives You the Wholesale Price of Used Cars

By |Apps, One Spark 2014|

Vinny is a free application that helps you to find the real value of a used car. Just scan the vehicles VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) barcode, or entering the VIN number, adjust the condition of the vehicle (mileage and wear) and the app gives you the "Vinny Price."

The Glowfaster Smart Jacket Lights up As Your Heart Rate Speeds Up

By |Crowdfunding, News|

That is a pretty cool concept: visual feedback based on the wearer's heart rate. The app that controls the jacket - currently only iOS but an Android application is in the works - is full of features:

Zappos Plays Wheel Of Fortune At Houston’s George Bush Airport

By |Editors' Picks, News|

Zappos is back in the news this week. Last week we reported that after spending some time with Zappos founder Tony Hsieh, Kanye West said the company sold "sh*t product". By the time the mass media caught the story Zappos had responded with this awesome video. Wednesday the uber creative company and their ad agency [...]

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, [...]

Cognitive Clubhouse: After-school Center With Huge Goals [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, Education, One Spark 2014|

"Cognitive Clubhouse will serve as a hub for critical and creative thinking. It will be the site of a variety of student centered programs and exhibits ranging from science, (Big Bang Science), history (Lunch with Legends), art, engineering, innovation, entrepreneurial education, gaming and coding."

AVG Hits 100 Million Downloads In The Android Google Play Store

By |Apps, Google, News|

Protecting Android phones is  serious business. Unlike iOS, Android devices are prone to malware and viruses similarly to the way that PCs are. Mobile security providers like NQ Mobile, LookOut and AVG are protecting millions upon millions of Android users worldwide. AVG, one of the leading providers of internet, computer and mobile security, with over [...]

EdTech: Need That Extra Oomph In Math, Trust The Great Parents Academy

By |Editors' Picks, Education, Interviews|

   We have been coveing a ton of great education startups over the past several months. However, most of these companies are involved with the standard classroom education. However, we just came across Great Parents Academy. Great Parents Academy provides students and teachers of grades K-5 with high quality supplemental math curricula for these students. We had [...]

Holiday Gift Guide: The ROCCAT Kone Pure Color Phantom White Mouse

By |Gadgets & Tech, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

ROCCAT is known around the world for their exceptional gaming accessories. They've created some awesome technology for gamers, like the ROCCAT Power-Grid app. Their Kone Pure Color mouse line now in it's fifth year is back again, this time in pure white. Like the original Kone Pure, the Color edition features a high-end 8,200 DPI [...]

LyricFind Inks Big Deal With Universal Music Publishing Group

By |Music, News|

Thanks to the invention of smartphones, computers and websites, people don't often have to guess what the lyrics are to their favorite songs on the radio. One quick Google search and you can find the words to just about every song ever published. The problem is those lyrics come back from a variety of websites. [...]

Is Google Going To Work On Project Loon At Moffett Federal Airfield

By |Editors' Picks, Google|

Google has leased a famous blimp hangar from NASA for a reported $2 million dollars per year and a $33 million dollar commitment to refurbish the property. Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield was used for many years to house the USS Macon, a very large World War I blimp, for the US navy. The [...]

DuckDuckGo Founder Gabriel Weinberg | The Innovators Interview

By |Editors' Picks, Interviews|

Gabriel gave us some insight into the privacy-first search engine.

Holiday Gift Guide: Armorz Stealth Extreme Lite Shatter Proof Protection For iPone and Galaxy Note

By |Gadgets & Tech, Holiday Gift Guide 2013|

Have you recently gotten a new iPhone 5S, 5C or Samsung Galaxy Note? Are you looking for the best screen protection on the market? If that's the case add the Armorz Stealth Extreme Lite shatterproof screen protectors to your holiday list of awesome stocking stuffers. Unlike the flimsy, plastic screen protectors flooding the accessory market, [...]

Kapu Toys: A Digital Toy Box for Kids

By |Apps, Education, Interviews|

    There are a ton of educational games and apps aimed at young children. However, most of these are just that, educational games. Educational apps are almost inherently work/goal oriented. As such, they not really games; they are more like dressed up math problems. We just came across a company that makes games for young [...]