I’m not big on to-do lists (or lists in general), but I keep one list updated pretty religiously: my favorite – and least favorite – beers. I’ll try just about any locally brewed or new craft beer I haven’t had before, and my …
Snapkeys 2i: ‘Invisible’ Touchscreen Keyboard for Phones and Tablets
Touchscreen QWERTY keyboards for tablets and phones all have the same insurmountable problem: To type on them, you must look down at the keys to see what you’re doing. For users who can touch type on physical keyboards, the need …
Report: Foxconn Chief Reveals Details About Apple ‘iTV’ Set
It looks like we might finally have some solid intel on Apple’s iTV and not from some anonymous “people with familiar with the matter.” This news appears to come directly from Foxconn chief Terry Gou, the man whose factories …
Video: The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week
Important developments concerning talking robotic vacuum cleaners, a high-tech ghost town and Mother’s Day.
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Rumor: Apple Adding Photorealistic 3D Maps to iOS 6, Dumping Google Tech
Goodbye Google Maps for iOS, hello Apple in-house developed mapping tool with a stunning, unlike-anyone-else 3D angle? That’s what 9to5Mac says it’s heard from “trusted sources,” and that the overhauled Maps app is in the offing …
Would You Buy a 7-inch Apple ‘iPad Mini’ for $200?
Tell me if this makes sense to you: Apple’s preparing to launch a significantly smaller version of its already not-exactly-huge iPad and keep everything exactly the same — including the 2048 x 1536 screen resolution — except …
Wallet, Wallet Everywhere: Making Sense of the Mobile Payment Wars
There’s a cold war going on in the technology world. As smartphones become ubiquitous and online shopping grows, tech companies and payment companies are arming themselves for battle over how people pay for things.
Their …
Scientists Finally Create Robotic Buttocks That React to Human Touch
Technology has enriched our lives in so many ways. The world’s best and brightest created the Internet, cracked the human genome and landed machines on Mars. Also, someone created a robotic butt.
Nobuhiro Takahashi of the …
Pebble Smartwatch Pre-Orders Are Sold Out, $10+ Million Pledged
After 85,000 pre-orders and over $10 million in Kickstarter pledges, the Pebble smartwatch is sold out.
Pebble is a wristwatch that connects via Bluetooth to the iPhone and Android phones, allowing it to receive caller ID, …
‘Harry Potter’ Series Will Be Free in Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library
If you’re one of the last few people on Earth who haven’t read the Harry Potter series, now you have no excuse. Today Amazon announced that it’s adding all seven of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books to the Kindle Owners’ Lending …
Tale of Two Techs: Yahoo CEO Mess Deepens as AOL Rides Patent Sale
Yahoo and AOL are both former tech/media darlings in the midst of turnaround efforts, but lately they’ve had a striking divergence of fortune.
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Passpoint Aims to Take the Hassle Out of Hotspots
“Excuse me, can you tell me how to get on the wi-fi?”
Several fellow journalists asked me that as I used my iPad in the press room here at the CTIA Wireless conference in New Orleans. Actually, it’s a question I get a lot when …