I bought an iPhone 4 in February, but my wife, who wants one badly, decided to wait. She travels to Europe and the Middle East frequently through the year for her job, and while AT&T would cover her in all the places she currently visits, their coverage at her parents’ house in the U.S. is a voice and data black hole. Considering we …
God Said Knock You Out: ‘El Shaddai’ Review
In 2011, the Rapture was supposed to come. It didn’t. Instead, we get a video game based on the Bible. Well, sort of.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron takes its inspiration from the Book of Enoch, an apocryphal text authored centuries before the birth of Christ. Even though it isn’t considered canonical in most Judeo-Christian …
WATCH: Holographic Personnel Used to Direct Airport Travelers
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope. Oh, and please remove laptops from their protective sleeves and all metal objects from your pockets.”
The future? The future. An airport in France is using holographic staff members to welcome passengers and provide them with instructions as they proceed toward their respective …
Man Uses Twitter to Get Free Morton’s Steak Dinner Delivered to Airport
If you’ve ever suspected that maybe, just perhaps, you’re not really doing social media right, here’s something that might reinforce that feeling for you: A man got a free steak dinner delivered to him as he disembarked a plane following a long flight, and all because of one cheeky tweet.
Social media consultant Peter Shankman—who …
Watch YouTube Videos with Others Using Google+ Hangouts
If you’ve ever dreamed of watching a YouTube video of a kitty playing with a ball of yarn with your best friend a thousand miles away, the Google+ “Hangouts” feature is the answer.
No, I don’t mean I’m going to send you a link, and then you click on it, and we both watch it at different times. The Google+ Hangouts feature as …
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Ten of the Shortest-Lived Tech Products Ever
Ten gadgets and services whose existences were nasty, brutish, and short.
Excellence from the Machine: ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ Review
Deus Ex amounts to a sacred text for video game enthusiasts. The 2000 release designed by Warren Spector and Harvey Smith changed the way that people thought about playing through a video game story.
Playing as UN anti-terrorist agent JC Denton, you uncovered a vast and centuries-old conspiracy that threatened the geopolitical …
Libya: How ‘Green Square’ Got Renamed ‘Martyrs’ Square’ on Google Maps So Quickly
Well that was quick.
Do a search for “Martyrs’ Square, Libya” on Google Maps (or just click here) and see what happens. As rebels advanced on Gaddafi Sunday night, they took the liberty of renaming “Green Square” back to “Martyrs’ Square,” its name before Gaddafi took power some 40+ years ago—a change that’s already been reflected …
Germany Orders Websites to Remove Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons
Liking things on the internet may be illegal in Germany.
More specifically, liking things on Facebook; German websites were ordered to shut down Facebook fan pages and remove “Like” buttons from their own websites on Friday, for fear that both are in violation of German and European laws.
(MORE: Don’t Blame Social Media for Social …
Report: ‘Kindle Scribe’ Could Be Amazon’s Next E-Reader
Amazon’s next Kindle might not just be for bookworms. The company has registered the “kindlescribe.com” and “kindlescribes.com” domains, leading to speculation that the next Kindle will include a stylus for note taking.
Fusible discovered the domains, which Amazon registered on August 20. As Business Insider notes, the e-reader could …
Missouri Teachers Sue for Right to Friend Students on Facebook
Should teachers be allowed to befriend students on social media? That’s the question at the heart of a new lawsuit in Missouri, challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new “Amy Hestir Student Protection Act.”
The act, which goes into effect August 28th, was created to prohibit inappropriate contact between students and …
Top Five Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Free iPhone 3GS with AT&T contract at Best Buy (today only)
Free iPhone! No catch! Oh, wait: double catch.
You’ll need to actually go to a Best Buy store to get it and you’ll have to sign a two-year AT&T contract. Aside from all that, though: Free iPhone!
The deal is good …