For tablets that want to compete with Apple’s iPad, proving superior at productivity is seen as a holy grail, and true multitasking is the key. If users can jump between apps with ease, the logic goes, the tablet might attract …
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Shambles Over to Android, but You’ll Need a Sony Phone to Play
You can now play Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies on an Android phone. Hooray! But not just any Android device: only Sony’s Android-based Xperia S, Xperia Ion and Xperia Play smartphones. Boo.
If you have an iPad or iPhone, …
Best Buy Founder Offers $8.8 Billion to Take Company Private
Richard Schulze, the founder and former CEO of Best Buy, submitted a written proposal this morning to the firm’s board offering $24 to $26 per share to take the electronics retailer private.
The Perfect Playlist: How Your iPod Can Help You Run Faster and Harder
Sometimes you need an extra push to hit the pavement or treadmill — or to make it through that last grueling mile of training — and the key may simply be loading right songs on your iPod.
Man Texts About Needing to Stop Texting, Then Drives Off a Cliff
Texting while driving could be as dangerous, if not more, than driving drunk.
via Man Texts About Needing to Stop Texting, Then Drives Off a Cliff | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Pixar-Loving Robot Builder Creates Real-Life WALL-E
Hopefully, this one won’t be so lonely.
via Pixar-Loving Robot Builder Creates Real-Life WALL-E | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Mars Curiosity Rover: Wheels Down on the Red Planet
The rover pulls off an improbable landing—and fires up its instruments for two years of research.
via Mars Curiosity Rover: Wheels Down on the Red Planet | Science and Space | TIME.com.
The Future of Smart Health
If you follow my column here at Techland, you will know that I write quite a bit about smart devices. The road map of the technology industry is one where very powerful semiconductors and sensors are being embedded into many …
Curiosity Takes Center Stage as Crowds Cheer in Times Square
It was a bit surreal to stand in the middle of Times Square and hear a throng of revelers chant “NASA! NASA!” as if the space agency had just won a gold medal in the Olympics. They were cheering the successful landing of …
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Inside Facebook’s World
A visit to the social-networking giant’s amazing Silicon Valley campus.
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Sights from Facebook’s new Menlo Park campus.
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