Skype? That’s so 21st Century. In the future, we’ll all communicate like Darth Sidious, ordering our minions around in the form of three-dimensional holograms.
The technology is called TeleHuman and it’s being developed by the …
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Sharks with Laser Beams Attached to Their Heads: Dr. Evil’s Dream Comes True
Dr. Evil had one simple request to properly arm his lair – he wanted “sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.” While his right-hand man Number Two couldn’t deliver on this rather simple setup (instead, …
8 Tools for the Online Privacy Paranoid
It’s hard to use the Internet anymore without being watched. Tracking cookies follow your every move, so advertisers can figure out what to sell you. Social networks keep you constantly signed in, in part so they can see what …
Flipboard for Android: Coming Soon (as Long as You Buy a Galaxy S III)
[UPDATE: if you’re excited about Flipboard for Android but don’t want to buy a Galaxy S III, you won’t have to wait that much longer. A Flipboard representative e-mailed to tell me that the app will be coming to other Android …
Meet HERB, the Robot Butler That Knows How to Use a Microwave
People, we’ve been microwaving our own Hot Pockets for too long. It’s about time we delegated that responsibility to machines, so that we might spend our time doing more important things like watching re-runs of Wings and …
The Old Gmail Is Officially Dead, Dead, Dead
The Atlantic‘s James Fallows — a technology enthusiast as well as a god to anyone who likes good writing — is not a fan of the new Gmail. How hard did he try to avoid it? When he heard that Google was about to kill off the …
Become Fluent with Language Immersion for Google Chrome
Learning another language is hard when you aren’t immersed in it. Sure, you could move to Paris like you’ve always wanted to, but it’s probably more cost effective to use the Internet. Luckily, Google has released a few new tools …
92 Teen Text Terms Decoded for Confused Parents
Not so long ago, most teenagers’ text messages read to other people like a jumble of seemingly disconnected letters, numbers, and odd punctuation. Using a combination of shortened words, creative spellings, and a liberal …
We Do the Dance of Joy! ‘Perfect Strangers’ Made into a Video Game
When I heard that someone made a Perfect Strangers video game, I cringed. There were a lot of ways that this could have gone wrong–say, a dull point-and-click adventure or yet another faux 8-bit adaptation.
Fortunately, Jason …
Is Apple’s Dropbox-Related App Rejection Process Getting Ridiculous?
Apple rejecting apps that use online storage repository Dropbox? The nerve! How could they? Why would they? Another nefarious Cupertino ploy to harangue developers and take over the world? Not exactly, though the company is …
Google Docs Adds More than 450 Fonts, 60 New Templates
Google Docs (now with Google Drive!) was always convenient, but it was also kind of bland. Not that we expect creating cloud-based documents to be as fun as kite-surfing or anything; still, a few more aesthetic choices would be …
Amazon Offers Cloud Drive Desktop App, but It’s No Dropbox
Not to be forgotten in the online storage wars, Amazon has released Windows and Mac desktop apps for its own Cloud Drive service.
Amazon’s Cloud Drive app is a little less useful than desktop apps from other services such as …