New York City construction sites are being updated with QR codes so citizens can keep tabs on projects around their area. Simply scan the reader over the black and white box on a project, and you’ll be able to find out the status of the building’s construction, how much they’re allowed to build, who owns the property and their approved …
Keeping with the complaint that nothing new is coming out of Hollywood, Alcon Entertainment is trying to bring back the Blade Runner property. The company, who produced The Blind Side, is trying to buy the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to the classic science fiction film. It’s not just prequels and sequels they’re …
If you’re looking for your perfect Xbox gamer tag, you’ll have a few more options to choose from soon. Microsoft is releasing previously taken, now unused gamertags for new players to take/swap for. Instead of having to be LTStarbuck92381049 or LEW10AUNTSARBUKC, you might actually be able to get her name.
Don’t worry: They’re …
Shaking your fist at the air because you finally saved enough to buy an iPad, only to find out that Apple dropped the price because the iPad 2 came out? Good news everyone: If you come in, Apple will give you the difference.
Just bring your receipt within 14 days of purchase to an Apple store, and they’ll give you the $100 back, …
Could Scrolls be the next bit hit after Minecraft, the online block building game that has taken creative minds by storm? Minecraft is still on its way to becoming a household name, but creator Markus Persson is already working on his next project: A fantasy-themed game that takes the gameplay of collectable card games and brings it to …
Writing your answers on the inside of a water bottle label or on the cuff of your shorts is so last decade. Four Japanese universities have filed reports that someone was leaking the questions and answers to some of their entrance exam questions while taking the tests, thanks to the aid of question and answer website Chiebukuro, the …
It’s hard to decipher what that bright light you saw in the sky was or, if you know when to look, where that shooting star should be located.
NASA’s All Sky Fireball Network aims to make the process of night sky gazing a lot easier. Using three video cameras located in Tullahoma, Tenn.; Chickamauga, Geor.; and Huntsville, Ala., …
An Orlando man faces charges for planting a virus in the popular Whac-A-Mole game and other titles, effectively shutting down machines all around the world. The best part: He plotted this scheme so he could have a steady stream of repairs and a constant paycheck.
Marvin Wimberly created a program that shut down Whac-A-Mole machines …
R.I.P. AmazonTote: Although no one outside the Seattle area really knew you, I’m sure that your services will be missed by those who used them.
Amazon’s alternate delivery program was a service run by the company that used its own workers and fleet of trucks to drop off ordered items packaged in reusable bags on a set day in …
Hipmunk, the ballyhooed startup that first sought to reduce the agony associated with finding decent airline fares, has invaded — or is that infested? — a new market. Logically enough, it’s hotel search. And as they did with fare search, Hipmunk has created a speedy and intuitive way to gather and parse all the info you need to find a …
Ex-Apple employee Paul Devine pleaded guilty in a San Jose federal court to receiving kickbacks from Asian suppliers in order to ensure they would have a favorable contract with Apple. Devine, who worked as a global supply manager, was accused of passing confidential information, according to Reuters. Accepting the charge of wire fraud …
Could you beat the world’s best texters in a race of speed and accuracy? Try your hand…err fingers at the LG Mobile World Cup. Winner gets $50,000 (split from a grand prize of $100,000) and the honor of being known as “the world’s fastest texter.”
You’ll have stiff competition from 13-year-old Briana Hendrickson, co-representative …
