So you need to identify yourself. You could have your fingerprint professionally authenticated. You could also have your iris scanned. How about using your smartphone to read blood patterns in your eye? EyeVerify is bringing that technology to your iPhone …
Who needs to go on vacation when you’ve got Google?
Google today is rolling out the World Wonders project, an interactive site that explores 132 historic sites from all across the world.
Google charted the sites in much the same …
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Building on its voice-over-IP calling empire, Rebtel announced today that its VoIP app is now available for the iPad.
Rebtel has become a popular solution for consumers who want to make cheap phone calls — the company revealed today that …
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Fans of Taptu’s news DJ mobile apps will now be able to get their news fix from computers as well. The company today launched a new HTML5-powered web app that also synchronizes with all of Taptu’s existing apps — giving …
Two of the biggest companies in the tech industry, Facebook and Google, are interested in grabbing a piece of popular music video site Vevo.
The tech giants are competing for an equity stake in Vevo as well as a lucrative …
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made billions of dollars as the founder of the disruptive digital news and data service that bears his name, prefers to get his news the old-fashioned way: On dead trees.
Bloomberg reads no less …
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Trip Hawkins, who resigned on Sunday as chief executive of mobile and social game maker Digital Chocolate, was trying to form an alliance dubbed FreeGameLeaders to generate free traffic for browser-based games. It was like the “rebel alliance” fighting against …
Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel has a temper. The tech industry better get used to it, because he’s looking north toward Silicon Valley.
Emanuel has built a respected and feared reputation as one of the leading power brokers in Hollywood. The …
Data visualization for huge sets of information can be hard, man. Datahero wants to make it easy, and apparently, some pretty interesting investors do, too.
The product is still in private testing stages, but it’s impressed (to the tune of …
Web-clipping and bookmarking tool Clipboard is dressing up in its best new features and making a grand public debut today. The site, which has been invite-only since it launched in October, is finally open to anyone who wants to sign …
For all the successes of Google’s Website Translator, it’s easy to forget that the effort is still a major work in progress.
The latest addition to the project allows website owners to customize the way the service works on their …
The final act of SpaceX’s first mission to the International Space Station, a groundbreaking accomplishment for private space travel, is set to occur this morning as the Dragon capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.
According to NASA’s schedule, the …
Microsoft is apparently going to great lengths to prevent people from using the familiar Start button and Start menu in the company’s forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.
The company is removing all code from Windows 8 referencing the Start button/menu …
Kixeye has been one of a handful of large game developers that has been so successful on Facebook that it has never expanded beyond the social network. But the San Francisco company announced today that it will partner with Ngmoco …
Cricket Wireless will soon become the first prepaid carrier in the U.S. to offer the iPhone 4 and 4S, the company announced Thursday.
Starting on June 22, Cricket’s service will run $55 a month for unlimited data, texting and calling. …
With the definition of what makes an Ultrabook becoming increasingly muddy these days, Intel has stepped in to provide more requirements for its new ultraportable laptop label in a blog post this morning.
Now in addition to thickness and 5-hour …
Popular video-sharing site Vimeo has launched a new Enhancer tool that makes it possible to seamlessly add more than 50,000 music tracks from the Vimeo Music Store directly to online videos, the company announced today.
Vimeo has always focused on …
Dell is launching a wave of new Latitude laptops and OptiPlex desktops for business users today. They include a laptop that can reach up to 32.7 hours of battery life (with an extra battery pack), getting well past the day-long …
