Aeryon Labs of Waterloo, Canada has revealed that it’s given one of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Libyan rebels to help them collect intelligence from afar.
The “Aeryon Scout Micro UAV” weighs just three pounds and can be packed into a suitcase or backpack. The system is controlled via a simple touchscreen map interface, …
Sony might have figured out a sneaky but ingenious way to increase sales of its next crop of e-readers: Cash in on the still-existent Harry Potter craze.
According to The Register, the next Sony Readers—to be released in November, in time for the holiday rush—will come pre-loaded with all seven Potter books, ahead of the 2012 …
Things You Probably Shouldn’t Do on Twitter #23: Tell your followers that if they want to be your intern, they should call a phone number that belongs to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Sounds obvious, right?
And yet, it’s something that rapper “The Game” didn’t seem to think about when he sent that very tweet out to his 580,000 …
Well, here’s one growth industry in the middle of our dire economic straits: According to a new survey of sales revenue provided by more than 2,000 publishers in the U.S., book sales are rising, with e-book revenue growing a surprising 1,274% between 2008 and 2010.
Revenue on e-books reached $878 million in 2010, with sales hitting …
My wife ran the Boston Marathon a few years ago. More impressive than that, I jumped in and ran the last four miles with her. Me! Four miles! I know! More than the actual race day, though, I remember her having to train during one of the crappiest, dumpiest Boston winters in recent memory—to the point that she basically had bronchitis
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The Honda Civic’s one of those cars you expect to find perenially perched atop almost any Consumer Reports “best of” annual rankings lists. And that placement’s no small thing. Consumer Reports styles itself as an informational bulwark for consumers, with a mission to “test products, inform the public, and protect consumers.” In 2010, …
Google+ looks like it’s about to become a little more authentic…and maybe a little less annoying about the way it gets there.
In a post from Rackspace’s Robert Scoble yesterday on everyone’s favorite quasi-Facebook, he discussed a conversation he’d had with Google VP Vic Gundotra on the subject of identities and Google+:
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Wanted: More judges like U.S. District Judge William Alsup.
Alsup is presiding over the currently ongoing lawsuit between Google and Oracle over the former’s Android OS—which the latter says infringes on their Java patents—and is demonstrating a refreshing attitude towards both companies’ attempts to argue their case.
Alsup …
It’s the end of an era: Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and Technicolor, two iconic names in the movie industry for almost a century, have signed subcontracting deals that, more than likely, herald the end of actual film being used for motion pictures.
The two companies have signed three-year contracts that will see Technicolor …
If you’re thinking about advertising on Facebook, you should probably get that sorted out soon. According to the Financial Times, the price of advertising on Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has risen 74% over the past year, with costs continuing to escalate as big brands take their ads online.
The 74% rise is in cost-per-click, …
Last week, we told you about the Associated Press’ guidelines on social media that, basically, told staff that they couldn’t share their personal opinions online for fear that it might reflect badly on the AP. After outcry online over the issue, the AP has released an updated set of guidelines to allow for more freedom of opinion… …
Apple may be regretting letting iTunes and iPod users effortlessly skip back and forth through their playlists, having just been told by a Texas court that it’ll cost the company $8 million in damages for the ability to do so.
Apple’s payout comes after it lost a patent infringement case brought against it by a patent licensing …
