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Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi, the creators of a simple direct booting OS on a USB stick called Keepod plan on changing the world for many. On a recent trip to Nairobi Bahar and Imbesi visited the WhyNot Academy. The school still used chalkboards and textbooks to help teach the students. It was just two [...]
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. [...]
Huawei, like many other key manufacturers, weren't waiting for tomorrow mornings official kickoff of Mobile World Congress to make a big splash. At their press conference today in Barcelona the Chinese manufacturing giant unveiled 5 new 4G LTE connected devices. The devices include a new connected watch/ fitness tracker, a new MiFi that they are billing as [...]
Remember the good old days when you would go watch a cool band at the local watering hole and there would be a tip jar up by the guitar stand? Bands need money from merch and tips just to survive and a new app from Nashville software company DevDigital is making it easier to give [...]
This post originally appeared on PitchBook Private equity and venture capital firms have made sure to announce or complete deals with all the companies you need to have a great Halloween in 2013. PitchBook’s global deal coverage has even found some international financings to include on the list, honoring All Hallows’ Eve celebrations around the world. It must [...]
A few years back when the first Galaxy Note came out alongside a comparable phone from LG, the word Phablet didn't have the same connotation that it does today. When we saw the first PadPhone three years ago at the International Consumer Electronics Show, it was met with mixed fanfare. Some we're still on a [...]
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 [...]
On Monday, T-Mobile, the Un-Carrier, announced their third quarter results. In a nutshell, they were better than anyone could have reasonably predicted. The company added well over 2 million new customers: T-Mobile reported 2.3 million total net customer additions with 1.8 million total branded net customer additions for the quarter, including branded postpaid net additions [...]
Krebsonsecurity, who's usually right on when it comes to credit card security, is reporting that Home Depot may have suffered a massive data breach of customer credit card data. In this report, Daniel Krebs, a trusted reported on matters of credit card security, has begun investigating what looks like a massive breach of customer data. [...]
Several news sources, including the GSMA, the global trade organization for the wireless industry, have reported this morning that Sprint has bowed out of the bidding for T-Mobile, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States. With T-Mobile on an increasing and steady incline over the last five quarters, and Sprint just about stagnant [...]
Findster GPS Tracking Lately, we have seen a huge rush on the GPS tracking devices on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter. However, these devices, though interesting and useful, often have one major downfall: a monthly service charge. That needn't be the case, or so argues Findster: Findster is a new and innovative GPS tracking system working towards the [...]
Google's annual developer's conference, Google I/O, kicks off tomorrow in San Francisco. Consequently Google holds their annual conference in the exact same location that Apple does, the Moscone center. Google is also holding satellite I/O sessions across the country and around the globe. This is the third year in a row that they've offered people [...]
Kickstarter and Indiegogo are filled with some amazing things. We've seen a great backyard weather station. We've seen solar powered roads and even the internet of things reach tooth brushes. Kickstarter has also provided a jumpstart to books, albums, movies and video games. But this week we found out that Kickstarter is even the place to [...]
By trade, and education, Marissa Mayer is an engineer. She was employee number 20 at Google and their first female engineer back in 1998. As she grew with the company she helped invent things that we use, and take for granted everyday. Mayer's name is found on several Google patens for technology still in use, [...]
The internet of things is coming to everything, and while you may not think it's possible, the internet of things has made it's way to tooth brushes. Ethan Schur, the co-founder of Grush knows that there are already tooth brushes on the market with sensors in them, but after checking out Grush compared to others [...]
76% of twitter users access the social network via mobile phone, according to the social network. That means that even in environments where there is no pc or laptop to connect to the internet Twitter is still available, and it's proven time and time again that Twitter encompasses a wide variety of demographics. That's why [...]
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.
Fluent Forever is a new take on language learning and education that focuses on pronunciation. The project was created by Gabriel Wyner, an opera singer. As opera is sung in Italian, French, German, English, and Russian, Wyner sought to learn these languages fluently. What he found in his quest for fluency led directly to the creation if his new learning method.
Edifier, a Canadian designer and manufacturer of internationally award winning audio speaker products has come out with a new Bluetooth speaker in time for the holidays. The new e25 Luna Eclipse is a powerful speaker in a beautifully designed housing that will look great on a desk, a home entertainment shelf or even the coffee [...]
There is no question that the traditional textbook will soon be a thing of the past. They are, simply put, outdated. A science textbook from 2009 is filled with information that has since been proven wrong, or has since been updated to a significant degree. It does not make sense to keep using such [...]
