- 65 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Fran Berkman - Mashable - 10 hrs ago
Time passes quickly and change is relentless, particularly in the digital sphere. So, if your busy life kept you away from the Internet this week, there's plenty you … More »65 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
- WebOS opens up at last [video] Brad Reed - BGR.com - Fri, Sep 28, 2012
WebOS, the dearly departed mobile operating system developed by Palm and purchased by HP (HPQ), is open source at last. HP on Friday took the wraps off of Open webOS … More »WebOS opens up at last [video]
WebOS, the dearly departed mobile operating system developed by Palm and purchased by HP (HPQ), is open source at last. HP on Friday took the wraps off of Open webOS 1.0, which has “an OpenEmbedded build that allows a full webOS experience running inside an OE emulator,” along with core email and browsing applications that …
- Hot Bots: How Arduino Teaches Kids the Science behind Modern Gizmos Anna Kuchment - Scientific American - Fri, Sep 28, 2012
Hot Bots: How Arduino Teaches Kids the Science behind Modern Gizmos More »Hot Bots: How Arduino Teaches Kids the Science behind Modern Gizmos
Hot Bots: How Arduino Teaches Kids the Science behind Modern Gizmos
- 25-Cent Apps on Google Play for 5 Days; Discounted Music and Movies Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Wed, Sep 26, 2012
Late last year, Google's online content store for Android smartphones and tablets -- then known as the Android Market -- held a 10-day sale on Android apps, to celebrate … More »25-Cent Apps on Google Play for 5 Days; Discounted Music and Movies
Late last year, Google's online content store for Android smartphones and tablets -- then known as the Android Market -- held a 10-day sale on Android apps, to celebrate reaching its 10 billionth download. Each day, 10 apps were put on sale for 10 cents each, and there was no way to go back and get an app that you'd missed; …
- Samsung eyes Android rival to power upcoming Galaxy smartphone Zach Epstein - BGR.com - Tue, Sep 25, 2012
Samsung (005930) has been making moves to separate itself from the Android pack, and the South Korea-based company is about to take things a giant leap further according … More »Samsung eyes Android rival to power upcoming Galaxy smartphone
Samsung (005930) has been making moves to separate itself from the Android pack, and the South Korea-based company is about to take things a giant leap further according to a new report. Citing unnamed industry sources, Digitimes on Tuesday states that Samsung is preparing to launch its first Galaxy smartphone powered by …
- Six of the coolest homemade Arduino gadgets you can build yourself Mike Wehner, Tecca - Tech It Up! - Tue, Sep 25, 2012
These gadgets can't be found in stores, but you can create them on your own. More »Six of the coolest homemade Arduino gadgets you can build yourself
These gadgets can't be found in stores, but you can create them on your own.
- Samsung may be developing its own mobile browser to compete with Apple and Google Dan Graziano - BGR.com - Mon, Sep 24, 2012
According to a report from the Electronic Times in Korea, Samsung (005930) has begun development on its own WebKit browser for mobile devices. The South Korean manufacturer … More »Samsung may be developing its own mobile browser to compete with Apple and Google
According to a report from the Electronic Times in Korea, Samsung (005930) has begun development on its own WebKit browser for mobile devices. The South Korean manufacturer was previously seeking WebKit developers to work in its research and development facility located in Silicon Valley. A Samsung mobile browser will allow …
- Red Hat 2Q profit falls as acquisition costs spike AP - Mon, Sep 24, 2012
Red Hat Inc., which sells the Linux open source operating system, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 14 percent, in part due to increased technology investments … More »Red Hat 2Q profit falls as acquisition costs spike
Red Hat Inc., which sells the Linux open source operating system, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 14 percent, in part due to increased technology investments and acquisitions.
- Mozilla Firefox Turns 10 Fran Berkman - Mashable - Sun, Sep 23, 2012
[More from Mashable: 6 Best Games to Play This Weekend] More »Mozilla Firefox Turns 10
[More from Mashable: 6 Best Games to Play This Weekend]
- The irony of the Apple-Google battle: They’re rivals despite having entirely different goals Brad Reed - BGR.com - Fri, Sep 21, 2012
By now you’ve probably heard about the mini-backlash that’s ensued over Apple’s (AAPL) botched Maps implementation on iOS 6 after it decided to ditch Google Maps earlier … More »The irony of the Apple-Google battle: They’re rivals despite having entirely different goals
By now you’ve probably heard about the mini-backlash that’s ensued over Apple’s (AAPL) botched Maps implementation on iOS 6 after it decided to ditch Google Maps earlier this year. But anyone paying attention to the Apple-Google (GOOG) rivalry shouldn’t be surprised that Apple would flop in its first attempt at creating …
- New search engine offers better access to Congress BRETT ZONGKER - AP - Wed, Sep 19, 2012
Congress unveiled a new search engine Wednesday to help politicos, lobbyists, researchers, students and any other interested citizens find legislation working its way … More »New search engine offers better access to Congress
- Inspiring Educators Use This Year’s Election as a Teachable Moment Takepart.com - Tue, Sep 18, 2012
Dr. Jay Barth teaches history as it happens. More »Inspiring Educators Use This Year’s Election as a Teachable Moment
Dr. Jay Barth teaches history as it happens.
- Why Did a Jobs Site Acquire a $20 Million Tech Aggregator? Lauren Indvik - Mashable - Tue, Sep 18, 2012
Dice, a site for job listings in the tech industry, has acquired tech news aggregator Slashdot and two other sites from Geeknet Inc. for $20 million in cash. More »Why Did a Jobs Site Acquire a $20 Million Tech Aggregator?
- The iPhone 5's Five Weaknesses Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Tue, Sep 18, 2012
The tech press has called it "boring," as despite its new 4-inch screen the iPhone 5's improvements are mostly incremental; it's thinner, lighter, and faster. The two … More »The iPhone 5's Five Weaknesses
The tech press has called it "boring," as despite its new 4-inch screen the iPhone 5's improvements are mostly incremental; it's thinner, lighter, and faster. The two million people who've preordered the iPhone 5 don't seem bored by it, though. And even if the iPhone 5 were a bore, that's hardly a major weakness. (A smartphone …
- This Kickstarter Collaboration Brings Apps to Literally Everything Joann Pan - Mashable - Tue, Sep 18, 2012
The innovators behind Kickstarter's most successful tech launches are teaming up to recreate the physical world. More »This Kickstarter Collaboration Brings Apps to Literally Everything
- Dice Holdings buys Geeknet websites for $20M AP - Tue, Sep 18, 2012
Dice Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it acquired Geeknet Inc.'s online media business, including its Slashdot and SourceForge websites, for $20 million in cash. More »Dice Holdings buys Geeknet websites for $20M
Dice Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it acquired Geeknet Inc.'s online media business, including its Slashdot and SourceForge websites, for $20 million in cash.
- WordPress Is Probably Powering Your Favorite Candidate's Website Alex Fitzpatrick - Mashable - Mon, Sep 17, 2012
What platform is powering your favorite political candidate's website? WordPress, probably. More »WordPress Is Probably Powering Your Favorite Candidate's Website
- Three Speed Records the iPhone 5 Breaks Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Fri, Sep 14, 2012
New versions of Apple's products are often described as "Nothing Too Exciting," as Rebecca Greenfield did for The Atlantic Wire. Unlike the huge technological leaps from, … More »Three Speed Records the iPhone 5 Breaks
New versions of Apple's products are often described as "Nothing Too Exciting," as Rebecca Greenfield did for The Atlantic Wire. Unlike the huge technological leaps from, say, the Sony PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3, each year's new iPhone and iPad release tends to be only incrementally improved over last year's. And …
- HP CEO admits company will eventually offer another smartphone; no interest in BlackBerry 10 Dan Graziano - BGR.com - Fri, Sep 14, 2012
Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) first attempts at the mobile market didn’t fare well. CEO Meg Whitman revealed in an interview with Fox Business News, however, that the company … More »HP CEO admits company will eventually offer another smartphone; no interest in BlackBerry 10
Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) first attempts at the mobile market didn’t fare well. CEO Meg Whitman revealed in an interview with Fox Business News, however, that the company will have to “ultimately” offer another smartphone. Whitman gave no timetable on the device, although she noted that HP must “get it right” this time around …
- What the iPhone 5 Can Do that the Old iPhone Couldn't Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Every now and then, Apple releases some brand-new product that completely changes the market. The original iPhone was one of those, in 2007, as was 2010's iPad. More »What the iPhone 5 Can Do that the Old iPhone Couldn't
Every now and then, Apple releases some brand-new product that completely changes the market. The original iPhone was one of those, in 2007, as was 2010's iPad.
- 3D printers bring hi-tech manufacturing to the home Sruthi Ramakrishnan and Neha Alawadhi - Reuters - Thu, Sep 13, 2012
(Reuters) - Not so long ago, harried moms and dads would brave the holiday season crowds at the mall to buy those Lego accessories or that Star Wars battle cruiser. Now, … More »3D printers bring hi-tech manufacturing to the home
(Reuters) - Not so long ago, harried moms and dads would brave the holiday season crowds at the mall to buy those Lego accessories or that Star Wars battle cruiser. Now, with increasingly cheap and easy-to-use three-dimensional printers, they can turn out such gifts in the comfort of the family living room or garage. 3D …
- Who’s Wikipedia? What’s Philip Roth? The digital culture war Virginia Heffernan, Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News - Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Jimmy Wales, who helped create Wikipedia, was born in Huntsville, Ala. He went to grade school in a one-room schoolhouse run by his mom. As a child, he fell in love with … More »Who’s Wikipedia? What’s Philip Roth? The digital culture war
Jimmy Wales, who helped create Wikipedia, was born in Huntsville, Ala. He went to grade school in a one-room schoolhouse run by his mom. As a child, he fell in love with encyclopedias. He can code. He is a gamer. His first online business involved porn.
- Total shipments of Android phones to surpass 1 billion in 2013 Dan Graziano - BGR.com - Wed, Sep 12, 2012
Market research firm IHS iSuppli estimates that by 2013, cumulative shipments of Android smartphones will exceed 1 billion units. Handsets shipping with Google’s (GOOG) … More »Total shipments of Android phones to surpass 1 billion in 2013
Market research firm IHS iSuppli estimates that by 2013, cumulative shipments of Android smartphones will exceed 1 billion units. Handsets shipping with Google’s (GOOG) mobile operating system are expected to reach 451 million units in 2013, an increase from 357 million in 2012, and approach 3 billion cumulative units in …
- How is the New Kindle Fire Better Than the Old One? Jared Spurbeck - Yahoo! Contributor Network - Wed, Sep 12, 2012
Amazon recently announced a new lineup of its Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets, just a week or so afterthe last Kindle Fire sold out. It includes a new version … More »How is the New Kindle Fire Better Than the Old One?
Amazon recently announced a new lineup of its Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets, just a week or so afterthe last Kindle Fire sold out. It includes a new version of the 7-inch Kindle Fire, as well as a 7-inch "Kindle Fire HD" and two models of 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD, one with 4G wireless Internet and one that's Wi-Fi …
- Create Your Own Robot Using This Multiplo Kit Anita Li - Mashable - Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Building a bot won't require a degree in robotics engineering, anymore. Now, everything you need comes in a kit. More »Create Your Own Robot Using This Multiplo Kit
Building a bot won't require a degree in robotics engineering, anymore. Now, everything you need comes in a kit.
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