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Report: The Fastest 4G and 3G Wireless Networks in America
As SNL so masterfully parodied, TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
The editors at …
TechnologizerApps & Software
Wonderopolis Gets Smartphone Apps
Last year, we named a site called Wonderopolis to our list of the year’s fifty best sites. Created by the National Center for Family Literacy, it publishes a wonder each day for parents and kids to share — answers to burning …
TechnologizerBusiness
Another Way to Save Best Buy: Make It More like Costco
Just about everybody, it seems, is full of helpful advice for Best Buy on how it can fix its business. I provided my suggestions back in March. (That was before the company’s CEO, Brian Dunn, resigned under mysterious …
NBC to Stream Entire 2012 Summer Olympics Live
NBC will stop being stingy and embrace live streaming for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
All 32 Olympic sports will be streamed live at nbcolympics.com, the New York Times reports. NBC’s advertising website indicated last …
Intel’s Letexo Brings the Hybrid Tablet/Laptop Party — So Where’s Apple’s?
Tablets. Laptops. Peanut butter and jelly, right? In fact I’d argue that’s been the case from the start, so much so that I’m as surprised now as I was when the iPad first arrived two years ago that we haven’t seen a vanguard …
How Pebble Became a Smartwatch Phenomenon Overnight
Even before it’s finished, the Pebble smartwatch has achieved enough to make any of its rivals jealous. Pebble is only a prototype at the moment, yet eager consumers have pledged more than $3.8 million dollars on Kickstarter to …
Tech Figures on the TIME 100 List
Here’s a look at who made it onto the final TIME 100 list from the tech world:
Marc Andreessen – Andreessen Horowitz
“Nearly two decades ago, Marc Andreessen co-created the first popular Web browser. Now he’s the man to …
Crab-Computing: The Future of Computers Powered by Crabs! Wait, What?
If you’ve heard of the game Minecraft, you may also have heard about all the folks who’ve built working virtual arithmetic logic units (ALUs) out of the LEGO-like game world itself. Sure, they’re more spectacle than useful, but …
TechnologizerTwitter
Twitter’s Promise: Unexpected Sanity in the Patent Mess
Adam Messinger, Twitter’s top engineer, has blogged about a new concept that the company plans to implement and advocate for. It calls it the Innovator’s Patent Agreement:
The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps
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TechnologizerMicrosoft
Windows 8 Versions: The News Is Mostly Good
For years, it’s been fashionable to complain that Windows comes in too many versions, resulting in unneccesary complexity and confusion. Here’s a 2003 Cnet story by Joe Wilcox which reports on controversy over Windows XP’s …
Hey, Politicians: This Is How You Get the Gamer Vote
My interest in politics can best be compared to my feelings toward cat ownership: It’s an important institution for cat lovers but I add no value to it by haphazardly talking about how great (or not great) cats are, offering …