Internet Raises $60,000 In 1 Day For Family In Need, Reminds Us To Never Lose...
This past December, Ronan Winter's life changed forever. The husband and father of two from Temecula, Calif., was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer two days before Christmas. In just four short...
View ArticleYour iPhone Passcode May Not Be As Effective As You Think
Despite Apple's assurances that your phone's files are protected behind that four-digit passcode, one German security expert says a lost or stolen iPhone might not be as safe as the company suggests....
View ArticleMother's Day Gifts for the Technomom in Your Family
Another year has passed and it's almost Hallmark -- uh, -- Mother's Day. Now, before you get the woman that gave birth to you or the mother of your children the usual card, flowers candy or jewelry,...
View ArticleA Company You've Never Heard Of Might Have A Bigger IPO Than Facebook
(Reuters) - Alibaba Holdings Inc (IPO-ALIB.N) will seek to raise $1 billion in what could become the largest technology debut in history, the Chinese e-commerce and payments giant said in its IPO...
View ArticleTech Policies That Transform Our Future
For the last decade, there has been a hot-blooded policy debate in Washington that most consumers are unaware of and to some, it may seem quite niche, yet network neutrality (a.k.a. the open Internet)...
View ArticleCritics Pan FCC Chairman's Net Neutrality Tough Talk
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is talking tough about the future of the Internet. Last week he promised to broadband executives that he would not "allow innovation to be...
View ArticleAfter Public Outrage, Hula's CEO Agrees To Change STD App Name
HONOLULU (AP) — A sexual health information app called "Hula" will be changing its name after complaints that it is culturally insensitive to Native Hawaiians, the app's owner said Tuesday. Ramin...
View ArticleFire Whirl Photographed In Missouri Looks Like A Tornado Of Nightmares
What's worse than a tornado full of sharks? It's a tornado full of fire -- also known as a "fire whirl" or, even more ominously, a "fire devil." And unlike a "Sharknado," this fire devil is real....
View ArticleSilicon Valley Conservatives Plan A Netroots For The Right
WASHINGTON -- A pair of young conservative tech entrepreneurs who set out in 2013 to connect conservatives in Silicon Valley aim to put their fledgling organization on the map this summer with a...
View ArticleHow Much Money Top 50 Free Mobile Apps Actually Make
Giving the answer "42" or "not a lot" and making this post very short is tempting, but I will steer away from the pitfalls of a question too general to handle, and will break it down in parts. This...
View ArticleAmericans Invaded A Country On Minecraft And Planted Flags Everywhere
Small Danish towns and villages have been blown to pieces and replaced by tanks and American flags. This is, of course, happening in the online game "Minecraft," where the Danish government in April...
View Article3 Big Challenges for Latin America's Electricity Sector, 3 Big Strategies for...
This post is co-authored by Salvador Núñez The World Bank expects Latin America's power consumption to more than double between 2010 and 2030, and estimates that $430 billion of investment will be...
View ArticleYour Ducking Conversations Censored
All of us who have iOS (and a filthy mouth) and text, email or otherwise chat know how irritating it can be to have your colorful metaphors changed to "ducking," "shot" and "Damon" and so on through...
View ArticleScientists Create First Living Organism With 'Artificial' DNA
For billions of years, the history of life has been written with just four letters — A, T, C and G, the labels given to the DNA subunits contained in all organisms. That alphabet has just grown longer,...
View Article7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now
It's that time of the week again! Time to waste time, that is. Just like most Wednesdays, we're back to share with you 7 fresh, new sites to entertain and distract you through the mid-week slump. Check...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Gets Even Better (Especially For City Dwellers)
Google unveiled a big update to its Google Maps app Tuesday, with features that will now let you book a Uber car right from the app, check public transit times and plan future trips. Many of the new...
View ArticleMan Drives Tesla From NYC To Miami Without Spending A Cent
Normally, road trips cost a pretty penny, but one man recently proved that it's possible to drive from New York to Miami without spending a dime. Michael Fritts, from Herkimer, New York, drove nearly...
View ArticleAmazon Warehouse Workers Barely Have Time To Eat Lunch: Lawsuit
A new batch of Amazon warehouse workers sued the online retailer in federal court last week, claiming the company's workplace policies don't leave them with reasonable time to eat their lunches. In the...
View Article9-Year-Old Girl Gets 3-D Printed Prosthetic Fingers Thanks To Innovative High...
If ever there was an argument made for getting more 3-D printers into schools, this might be it. MyFoxPhilly recently did a report on 9-year-old Kylie Wicker of Rockland, Illinois, who was born without...
View ArticlePhony Interpreter From Nelson Mandela's Memorial Lands Gig With Startup
The phony sign language interpreter from Nelson Mandela's memorial service now stars in an ad for the Israeli streaming app Livelens. In the spot above, Thamsanqa Jantjie apologizes for "what I did"...
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