NewSchools Venture Fund to address shortage of ed-tech capital

A partnership between Rethink Education and NewSchools marks an "unprecedented step" in the alignment of public and private education investors.

Valve’s experimental psychologist discusses sweat detection and eye-tracking for games

Eye-tracking, sweat measurement, and others indicators let developers know how a gamer feels while playing a game.

Avast acquires Secure.me in privacy/security lovefest

"I am overwhelmed that our vision has reached its destination," wrote Secure.me co-founder Mario Grobholz on the company blog. "The deal with Avast is the most crucial milestone in our company’s history."

Sweet irony: Warner Bros. faces lawsuit over illegal use of Nyan & Keyboard cats

Creators of Internet cat meme videos Nyan Cat (a kitty with a poptart body that flies through space on a rainbow) and Keyboard Cat (aka Charlie Schmidt's cat Fatso made famous in this 2007 video) are suing the media company for copyright infringement.

Apple saves $9.2 billion in taxes … by borrowing $17 billion

There's a reason the rich get richer, and wealthy corporations get wealthier. They're smarter than the rest of us, and they have more financial tools at their disposal.

Acer’s bizarre new Aspire R7 PC looks a whole lot like the Starship Enterprise

Acer is going off the rails and into the world of Star Trek with its Aspire R7 all-in-one computer.

Echo’s new DiscussIt app simplifies moderation for big media companies

It's a bit of an understatement to say that moderation duties are cumbersome for large media companies with fan feedback from hundreds of different communities on the web.

The DeanBeat: Neurogaming is a nascent market fueled by brain games and sensors

NeuroGaming makes for great science fiction and fascinating R&D, but is it a commercially viable category yet?

Bad news for Bitcoin: CoinLab sues Mt. Gox for $75M after partnership fails

Back in late February, top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox struck a deal to let Seattle startup CoinLab handle its U.S. operations. But now what looked like it would be a beautiful friendship has turned into an ugly mess.

Google may tap LG for another Nexus phone (I sure hope not)

After a successful collaboration with the Nexus 4 Android smartphone, Google may also be working with LG for yet another Nexus devices. Here's why that's a bad idea.

Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says

Android may have wrestled massive smartphone market share away from Apple the past couple of years, but until now Apple's managed to hold onto its dominance in tablet sales. That's now changing, says IDC analyst Sameer Singh.

Google Play comes to Nook at long last, as B&N throws in the Lone Ranger towel

Barnes & Noble has thrown in the towel and abandoned its Amazon-style Android strategy, finally agreeing to add Google's app store, Google Play, to the Nook tablet.