Tesla Model S price increase inbound
Tesla has given the heads up that a price increase is in the works for the popular Model S, which was recently name Car of the Year by Motor Trend. The increase hasn’t been put into effect yet,...
View ArticleNokia Transport updated for Windows Phone 7 and 8 and Symbian
Nokia Transport just received an update, adding segmented route maps and more specific directions for those crucial moments when you need to know precisely what to do. This comes in addition to a...
View ArticleeBay and PayPal see big jump in mobile payments this Thanksgiving
Betwix watching football, eating turkey, and enjoying the holiday festivities, shoppers used their mobile devices to pay for a large amount of their online shopping sprees. Both eBay and PayPal saw a...
View ArticleDamian Dinning explains Nokia departure, joining Jaguar Land Rover
Yesterday we heard that Damian Dinning, who served as the head of Nokia‘s camera and imaging department, was leaving the company. He’ll be ending a 9 year tenure on November 30, but when this...
View ArticleNintendo reportedly planning Wii Mini console
All eyes may be on the Wii U at the moment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Nintendo is ready to abandon the Wii. A new rumor from Nintendo World Report claims that the big N is planning to launch a...
View ArticleLG: LTE in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover
The LTE modem discovered in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover akin to an appendix or tailbone, LG has explained, dashing any hopes of a firmware update unlocking future 4G capabilities. Interest...
View ArticleMinecon Paris attracts thousands of Minecraft fans
It continues to be a surprise to me that the blocky video game Minecraft has proven to be so incredibly popular. The game is available on the PC and can be had on the Xbox 360 and a number of...
View ArticleNew AI think-tank hopes to get real on Existential Risk
A future where humanity is subjugated by AIs, hunted down by robots, or consumed by nanobot goo may be the stuff of today’s sci-fi, but it should also be on the curriculum according to Cambridge...
View ArticleBlackBerry App World Now Supports Carrier Billing on over 50 Carriers
RIM announced today that it now has carrier billing implemented on over 50 wireless carriers around the world. Carrier billing means that BlackBerry users can purchase apps on the BlackBerry App World...
View ArticleKindle Fire slashed to $129 in Cyber Monday promo
Amazon has trimmed the price of its Kindle Fire tablet for Cyber Monday, bringing the 7-inch ereader slate down to $129. Available on both the “Special Offers” subsidized model or – for $144 – the...
View ArticleMinecraft will soon run on Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has gained a huge following since its initial release back in February, and while we were all spending time with our families over Thanksgiving, the Raspberry Pi team was hard at work...
View ArticleGoogle grabs ICOA WiFi hotspot specialist [Update: Or maybe not]
Google has snapped up ICOA Inc., a WiFi and wired broadband hotspot specialist providing internet access at airports and other public locations, in what could be another play to bypass traditional...
View ArticleEye implant allows blind people to read braille
Researchers have discovered a way for blind people to read text by translating the alphabet into braille, and sending an image of the translation to visual neurons in the eye using an implant that...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 26th, 2012
This morning we’ve got one whole heck of a lot of digital sales going on around the web – that’s what happens the Monday after Black Friday – but we’re concentrating on the news that never, never...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi MAME cabinet brings the arcade to your tiny fingertips
The $35 Raspberry Pi hobby board is one of the most innovative pieces of circuitry that we’ve seen yet. It’s so simple and cheap, yet it leads to thousands of hackers and modders cooking up their own...
View ArticleLevine: BioShock Infinite won’t have a multiplayer mode
These days, it seems like publishers are all about multiplayer. They’re sticking multiplayer in where it doesn’t belong (we’re looking at you, Dead Space and God of War) simply because they think a...
View ArticleGrand Theft Auto Radio app comes to Android
If you spent your fair share playing all of the Grand Theft Auto titles in your spare time, you undoubtedly know all about the different radio stations that played while you were driving around town in...
View ArticleGoogle rallies against “closed door” ITU internet regulations meeting by UN
If you’re reading this article from the safety and freedom of your own home, thank the fact that the International Telecommunications Regulations treaty hasn’t been modified since 1988. Back then, it...
View ArticleApple had to go through Harley-Davidson for Lightning trademark
In today’s installment of “words you didn’t know could be trademarked,” we’ll focus in on Apple and its relationship with a motorcycle manufacturer by the name of Harley-Davidson. Apple’s “Lightning”...
View ArticleSpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to start a Mars colony
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, is aiming his sights towards starting a Mars colony of up to 80,000 people. To do this, Musk wants to ferry people to Mars at...
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