Curiosity’s first rock sample target may have been found
It’s time to check in with our old buddy Curiosity as it makes its way across the surface of Mars. NASA announced today that the rover may have found its first rock sample, which could provide clues...
View ArticleChrysler unveils plan to manufacture Jeeps in China
Chrysler has announced a deal with Guangzhou Automobile Group, a Chinese manufacturer, that will bring Jeep production back to China. This won’t be the first time the popular brand has been...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 15, 2013
Welcome to Tuesday evening, everyone. The afternoon started off with something of a bang with Facebook’s big event, during which the company revealed the service’s new Graph Search and explained the...
View ArticleWhite PS3 Slim destined for Canada according to Best Buy listing
We’re getting some good news for our pals in Canada this evening, as Best Buy seems to think that Sony’s white PS3 super slim will be launching in the country later this month. A new listing for the...
View ArticleGoogle Glass announces two upcoming developer events
Last summer, Google offered a $1,500 pre-order for its Google Glass at the I/O conference. Now, a little less than six months later, the company has invited those who signed up to attend one of two...
View ArticleJerry McDougal, Apple’s Vice President of Retail, resigns
Jerry McDougal was in the running for Senior Vice President of Retail at Apple, but in a somewhat surprising move, he elected to resign instead. Replacing him will be Apple’s former Vice President of...
View ArticleTop Windows Phone 8 app will be awarded free TV advertisement
Microsoft will feature one lucky app in a Windows Phone 8 TV advertisement via its Windows Phone Next App Star contest. The contest is open to global Windows Phone developers, whose apps will be judged...
View Article2013 Shelby Focus ST debuts at the North American International Auto Show
We’ve see a lot of interesting cars announced during the 2013 North American International Auto Show. The 2013 Ford Focus ST wasn’t one of the cars unveiled at the show. This turbocharged hot hatchback...
View ArticleLomography Smartphone Film Scanner turns 35mm film into digital pics
Odds are many people out there have old developed film from the old days of 35 mm photography lying around. If you ever wished that you could take those old photos from physical film and transfer them...
View ArticleDeveloper fired for outsourcing job to China
It might seem like a crazy stunt that you would never think anyone would pull off, but it officially happened. A developer at an undisclosed “critical infrastructure company” was caught outsourcing his...
View ArticleChevrolet shows off 2014 Corvette all-digital instrument panel
Before the 2014 Corvette C7 was officially announced earlier this week, we got a very short glimpse of the all-digital instrument panel back in November, thanks to a teaser trailer about the new car....
View ArticleFacebook’s Zuckerberg: Sluggish Google indexing drove us to Bing
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has blamed Google’s reactiveness to privacy concerns for negotiations between the two companies breaking down, pushing the social site into the arms of Microsoft’s...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up: January 16th, 2013
This morning the automotive madness continues with the ultra-hot all-digital instrument panel for the 2014 Corvette Stingray. The folks at Bang & Olufsen are shuttering shops across the nation as...
View ArticleHTC M7 first full image leaks out, looks vaguely familiar
Look what we have here, folks. After months of rumors and no images to go along with them, we finally have what is said to be the HTC M7 in all its glory. We saw a slight glimpse of the device last...
View ArticleLG plans to sell 75 million phones in 2013
Like any company heading into the new year, LG is planning to have a great 2013, and the company is looking to sell 75 million handsets during the 12-month period, 45 million of which are projected to...
View ArticleApple and Amazon ordered to meet over App Store court case
If you’re not familiar with the legal battle between Apple and Amazon, the two companies have been fighting over the term “app store” for quite some time now, and they have a trial date set for August...
View ArticleXbox Live account migration tool nutshells the process
This week the folks at Microsoft have revealed a feature that should very well have been part of the ecosystem all along: the Xbox Live account migration tool. This process allows you to port your Xbox...
View ArticleExperts say soot is greatly contributing to global warming, more so than...
Black carbon, or more colloquially known as soot, is getting a second look from environmental researchers and scientists about its contribution to global warming. Experts are now saying that soot is...
View ArticleAnonymous forces Westboro Baptist Church out of Aaron Swartz funeral protest
Over the past week we’ve seen several reactions to the death of freedom of information activist Aaron Swartz, one of the most disturbing being the planned protest of his funeral by the Westboro Baptist...
View ArticleGraph Search gets pre-emptive Facebook Privacy Guarantee
This week the folks at Facebook are going full-throttle on not just Graph Search, but the privacy measures they’ve put in place to make sure people don’t fear its arrival. You’ll find that the “How...
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