Intel set to build $4bn chip plant in Ireland, 14nm chips on the way
Intel is looking to set its sights on 14nm chips soon, but the company needs a new manufacturing plant in order to make it happen. Luckily, after several months of waiting, the country of Ireland has...
View ArticleGenetics allowing for a starchy diet turned wolves into man’s best friend
My daughter has asked me several times why dogs are dogs and wolves are wolves. She’s trying to understand why wolves, which look like dogs, are wild and can be dangerous to humans. According to...
View ArticleSee ya, Symbian: Nokia calls time on passé platform
Nokia has officially pulled down the shutters on Symbian, confirming that the Nokia 808 PureView would be the last device from the company to run the little-loved platform. The news, buried in Nokia’s...
View ArticleNokia posts Q4 2013 earnings, profits $269m with $10.6b in revenue
Nokia may be struggling a bit, but its Q4 2012 earnings report shows that the company made a profit this time around. They earned a revenue of $10.6 billion, which is down from $13.4 billion a year...
View ArticlePebble iOS and Android apps released: Now you just need the smartwatch
The Pebble smartphone apps for iOS and Android have both landed in their respective app stores, despite concerns by the smartwatch company that Apple approval delays might mar the day-one experience...
View ArticleAmazon acquires text-to-speech company IVONA Software
It seems that Amazon is looking to dive into the text-to-speech industry full on, because the online retail giant just announced that it has acquired text-to-speech software company IVONA Software for...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 8.0 shows up in the wild
We’ve been hearing plenty of chatter about Samsung’s rumored 8-inch Galaxy Note tablet lately, and we’ve already seen plenty of leaks of the new tablet, as well as a hint from a Samsung exec that we...
View ArticlePlayStation Network breach earns max cash fine from ICO (2 years late)
This week the folks at the UK-based Information Commissioner’s Office have made it clear that under the Data Protection Act they’ve had “one of the most serious” dealings in history with PlayStation’s...
View ArticleTemple Run 2 Android edition hits Google Play with a bang!
Today is the day that Temple Run 2 becomes available for Android, and much like what we’ve seen with the iOS version of the app (which took off like a rocket out of a nightmare the first 12 hours it...
View ArticleLenovo looking into RIM acquisition to bolster mobile offerings
Lenovo has been slowly creeping its way into the mobile market, and we saw a few of the things that the company is working on at CES a couple of weeks ago, including the IdeaPhone K900, which looks to...
View ArticleVine arrives: 6s video sharing for Twitter and Facebook
Twitter has launched Vine, a video sharing service that echoes the brevity of the 140-character limit by only allowing users to share up to six seconds of looping footage. Vine, launching initially on...
View ArticleFirst clip from JOBS shows Kutcher, Gad in action
The anticipation is building to extreme levels for the upcoming biopic, JOBS, about co-founder and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and sidekick Steve Wozniak. The two characters are played by Ashton...
View ArticleSamsung ATIV Odyssey Hands-on and Unboxing
This afternoon we’ve gotten our hands on the Samsung ATIV Odyssey for the first time off the showroom floor, and this Windows Phone 8 combination with Samsung hardware prowess is looking like a winner...
View ArticleGoogle Glass bone-conduction increasingly possible with indirect audio patent
Signs that Google is using bone-conduction for private audio from its Project Glass headset continue to mount, with a new patent application from the company describing exactly how the surreptitious...
View ArticleDNA tagging bullets mark criminal suspects for arrest
Let’s say a criminal suspect is on the run, and as a police officer, you begin to chase them down. You then realize you can’t keep up with them, so you pull out a specially-made gun and fire a DNA...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 90′s ad aims to reconnect with your youth
It would appear that Microsoft is aiming to pull in the masses of 20 or 30-somethings that started their web experience with a 1990′s-themed advertisement for exactly the same browser the company wants...
View ArticleApple employee town hall meeting letter sets the tone
Yesterday Apple announced new record results for their financial Q1 2013 including sales of iOS devices as well as overall revenue, and with those announcements came an invite from Tim Cook to...
View ArticleFrench court orders Twitter to identify racist users
Twitter has been criticized in the past for not being as vigilant as other social networks as far as removing offensive content, and it looks like a French court is taking matters into their own hands...
View ArticleRemaining THQ IP to be sold off in separate process
Yesterday, a bunch of studios and properties owned by THQ were auctioned off to other games publishers from around the world. Many of them found new homes, with Relic and the Company of Heroes series...
View ArticleVine app Review: video Tweets unleashed!
It’s time to get real with Vine, Twitter’s newest and perhaps most bold introduction of a service since their inception as a mobile-friendly service. Here with Vine you’re invited to create 6-second...
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