In today’s digital age, our sense of reality is often hardened by the different forms of media pelting us from every angle, especially when it comes to conflict overseas.
Danfung Dennis — an award-winning mixed-media storyteller — wanted to undue our collective numbness with an innovative new iPad app that seeks to blend …
File this under: Things I wish existed when I was struggling for a C- in statistics. A team of researchers at University of Oxford and University College London may have found a way to unnaturally boost your arithmetic skills by hooking your brain up to – get this – electrodes.
From a study that appeared in the November 23 issue …
While Demand Media and their recently redesigned eHow property were – for the most part – unaffected by the broomsweep of Google’s algorithm change, a lot of SEO-driven content farms took huge hits in terms of traffic.
According to a study from Sistrix, Associated Content was among the biggest losers, down an eviscerating 93% …
Pandora, the popular streaming music service, has been issued a subpoena by a federal grand jury concerning the sharing of personal data with its smartphone application.
Pandora Media Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in seeking an initial public offering, which revealed a subpoena received for potentially …
A national survey conducted on the role of technology in education – comprised of 30,000 students from over 6,500 private and public schools – has just been released, and (surprise, surprise!) students really wish they could use their phones in class.
The full Speak Up report, titled “The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, …
Do you love modern art, but hate all the snobby, faux-intellectual posturing that comes with going to the museum? If you own an iPad, the new MoMA app just might be for you.
Developed in collaboration with noted design agency Rendermonkey (edit: turns out it was developed in-house with an assist from a nice little indie shop called …
We take a look at five really rich people in the tech business and the ways in which they give back—or, in some cases, don’t.
Lasers are cool. They’re useful during presentations, can fix your eyesight, and are capable of propelling spacecraft along their solar sails. Sometimes, they even burn holes in stuff.
(More on TIME.com: 10 Technologies We Want to Steal from Harry Potter)
A team of researchers from Hong Kong and China may have discovered another …
The iconic Sidekick as we know it is nearing its end, and T-Mobile wants to be there to help you cope.
This past Tuesday, T-Mobile sent a letter out to its customers letting them know that as of May 31, 2011, the Danger data service used by the ubiquitous slide phone will be shut down for good, and users will need to move their data …
Should Apple own the exclusive rights to the term “App Store”? Microsoft sure doesn’t think so, and Apple’s latest trademark filings couldn’t resist taking a jab or two at its biggest, longest-standing competitor.
(More on TIME.com: Top 10 Consumer Tech Rivalries)
On Monday evening, Apple filed its newest round of …
In order to lure away wide-eyed PC users, one of Apple’s more popular breadcrumbs has been Mac OS X’s ability to resist pesky malware, or so Justin Long’s boyish gaze would have you believe. But as aluminum-clad unibodies become more common than not, how will Apple respond when the viruses inevitably come?
(More on TIME.com: Want …
During a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., President Obama outlined a plan to bring 4G technology to 98% of American households by 2016.
According to an official White House statement, the plan “will enable businesses to grow faster, students to learn more, and public safety officials to access …
