File this one under “Why the heck didn’t anyone think of it sooner?” Alexia Tsosis over at Tech Crunch is reporting on a new mobile ad model called Kiip (pronounced “keep”) that turns in-game achievements into real world currency.
Leveraging a term 19-year old co-founder (and Digg alum) Brian Wong calls the “achievement moment” — …
Remember the German guy who built his own working laser gun? That was nothing. The US Navy successfully tested their version of a weaponized laser, which they used to set fire to a boat off the coast of California.
Peter Morrison, program officer for the MLD warship raygun project says, “This is the first time a High Energy Laser, at …
Just when the contentious relationship between the Catholic Church and Facebook seems to have settled down, parish leaders at St. John Cantius in Chicago put out a controversial letter in this past Sunday’s bulletin, condemning the social networking site as a tool for vanity.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“[Facebook] is exactly the
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Sony CEO Jack Tretton just bared his claws in a catty new interview with Fortune magazine. In the interview, Tretton had some particularly harsh words for Nintendo’s new ‘3d-without-glasses’ 3DS, calling it of all things a “babysitting tool.”
Here’s the quote:
Our view of the ‘Game Boy experience’ is that it’s a great babysitting
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Yelp, the popular user-generated ratings site for local businesses, just added “sex clubs” to its growing list of categories. Pretty odd, right? Well, not so much. We tracked down a few of the even odder items reviewed on Yelp, including puzzlers such as a highly-esteemed sperm bank, an evening spent in jail, and (for one Texas town) a …
Using techniques usually reserved for identifying epilepsy in patients, a team of scientists at Washington University were able to successfully have subjects move computer cursors using nothing but their thoughts.
To make it work, the scientists first utilized a temporary surgical implant attached to regions of the brain that pertain …
More details are coming out about billionaire-adventurer Richard Branson and his planned forays into the ocean’s deepest nether regions.
According to the LA Times, Branson’s 20-foot Virgin Oceanic vessel will be feeding previously unseen topographical data back to Google Earth, the free 3D mapping software that lets users do cool …
Yesterday afternoon, Toyota and Microsoft announced a new $12 million partnership that aims to bring cloud computing on the road. This team-up will grant the industry-leading automaker’s vehicles access to streaming music, telecommunications information, GPS and energy mangement on the go.
According to Wired, the initiative will be …
Earlier today, YouTube reshuffled some of their search functionality while adding a new layer to help users discover videos.
The new feature, dubbed “Filter & Explore,” builds upon the old “Search Options” mechanism by leveraging similar topics to help users find something cool to watch– even if they weren’t necessarily looking for …
Toshiba just unveiled a new line of 3D panel televisions that will – for the first time – be available outside of Japan. And here’s the real kicker: They’re promising that at least one of these models will be completely glasses-free.
You hear that, 3D fans? Nothing weighing down your face. Just good ol’, unencumbered TV watching …