We all have knowledge to share, so why not create a guide with your smartphone? That’s the philosophy behind Snapguide, a do-it-yourself guide creator app for the iPhone. Heavy Bits, the company that created the app, has just raised a …
Facebook has purchased facial recognition startup Face.com, the companies announced Monday morning.
“People who use Facebook enjoy sharing photos and memories with their friends, and Face.com’s technology has helped to provide the best photo experience,” a Facebook spokesperson told VentureBeat. …
The world’s third-most widely used server technology powers the top social site on the planet, a billion hours of streaming video a month, the busiest blog site on the globe, and top content delivery networks like Cloudflare, but no one …
As if on cue, the rampant speculation about Microsoft’s mysterious LA event today reached new heights over the weekend. Initially believed to be a tablet related announcement, more recent reports indicated that it could be the debut of a new …
Those in the market for a new car may want to give Nissan’s fully electric-powered vehicle, the Leaf, another look after the company’s latest announcement.
The company said that its Japanese customers will now start receiving Leaf-based EV Power Stations …
According to the latest Google Transparency Report, content removal requests from American government agencies have more than doubled since the first half of 2011.
A total of 187 requests affecting 6,200 items were sent from U.S government agencies from July …
Sorry, Japan, America is once again home to the world’s fastest supercomputer — for the first time since November 2009.
The newly created “Sequoia” cluster at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scored a whopping 16.32 petaflops with …
Update: This post has been updated with clarification from Netflix about the API changes.
Netflix made some pretty significant changes to its developer API Friday.
The changes rip away key pieces of information that could be useful for third-party Netflix …
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With more than a decade of digital media experience, I’ve seen plenty of bad ideas posing as innovation. For example, a few weeks ago I noticed a QR code that was incorporated into a mobile display ad. I stared quizzically …
Verizon’s home services arm has launched FiOS Quantum high-speed Internet access that delivers up to 300Mbps downloads and up to 65Mbps uploads, making it one of the fastest mass-scale offerings in the U.S.
The new Quantum service has speeds that …
Once you give a product a name, it seems like it is more likely to see the light of day. Intel is announcing today that it has created a new brand, dubbed Intel Xeon Phi, for a new kind of …
So you’ve got a shiny new mobile website to serve all those smartphone and tablet users — but how exactly are mobile visitors using your site? Forget about turning to traditional tools like Google Analytics. When it comes to mobile …
[ Update June 18 ]
Barnes & Noble is denying any involvement in today’s Microsoft announcement.
TechCrunch is reporting insider information that the big and much-anticipated Microsoft announcement tomorrow is an e-reader and streaming media tablet produced in conjunction with …
In honor of Father’s Day, I thought it might be fun to let my 55-year-old father play tech pundit for the day and give his impressions of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system as he used it for the first …
U.S. and European venture capital firm Index Ventures announced a €350 million fund for primarily early-stage European investments late Sunday. The firm said it’s impressed by the innovation it’s seeing in Europe despite economics issues that have plagued the area …
Apple knows the art of seduction. By positioning MacBook screens to perfect viewing angle in its stores, the company is subtly seducing you into laying down a couple thousand dollars to take that sleek gadget home.
Before any Apple-Store lurking …
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency asked this question on Twitter: what technology from science fiction would you most like to see as science fact?
Here are some of the most interesting responses, from the I-want-that-too to the wow-are-you-serious to …
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Smart marketers are putting a lot of thought into how to get their brands “Liked” on Facebook. But what happens after the Like?
You may be pushing out content to your followers, but with the clutter and limited shelf-life of …
I’m a multi-tasking, tab-switching, compulsive email-checker and apparently this behavior could indicate that I’m depressed, according to researchers from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Assistant professor of computer science Sriram Chellappan and software engineer Raghavendra Kotikalapudi gave an …
On Thursday, Google unveiled a new feature on Google+: YouTube parties. The concept is simple. Gather your friends, grab a list of YouTube movies you like, and watch them together online, even if you’re miles apart.
Really, Google? This is …
