FCC sets the stage to make in-flight Wi-Fi ridiculously fast

May 10, 2013 6:24 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

In-flight Wi-Fi is one of the best aspects of modern air travel -- even though it's far slower than what you'd get from a 4G LTE smartphone or a typical home broadband connection. But that could all change in a few years.

Finding out which friends of yours use Bang With Friends is painfully easy

May 9, 2013 5:53 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

It seems there's a simple trick if you want to find out which of your friends use Bang With Friends, the app that lets you hook up with selected friends on Facebook.

Amazon’s Kindle smartphone is coming! It’s 3D! We’ve heard this before! But this time, it’s true!

May 9, 2013 3:53 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Take a deep breath, hold on to your hat, and take a seat: Amazon is building a smartphone.

Twitter acquires ‘big data’ and large-scale computing startup Ubalo

May 9, 2013 3:20 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The startup was working on simple ways of scaling code beyond single machines. Using the Ubalo infrastructure, developers could write code for multiple machines with no additional overhead.

Blueprints for first 3D-printed gun taken down — but they’re not really going away

May 9, 2013 3:18 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson received a letter from the State Department telling him to take down his 3D-printed gun blueprints. But the openness of the web means the files will stick around with or without government approval.

White House drafts official Open Data Policy of the United States … on GitHub

May 9, 2013 1:45 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"Today's news marks the first time a government entity has published law as a living, collaborative document," Balter said. "We're excited to see how the Open Data Policy evolves with the input of the community, and we hope this is just the first of many."

Smartphones up 37%, tablets up 106%, and Samsung growing smartphone shipments 10x faster than Apple

May 9, 2013 12:09 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Let me say that again: Apple is at single digit growth in a market growing at almost 40 percent.

After 1M downloads, Facebook’s Home is getting big updates starting today

May 9, 2013 11:25 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Today at Facebook HQ, the company is announcing that one month after its launch, Facebook Home has seen 1 million downloads, and those early users — mostly male early-adopter types — have shown some interesting usage …

ME Clock debuts ‘ultimate digital life coach’ to retrain your brain

May 9, 2013 11:16 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

ME Clock launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money for its system that uses positive psychology and behavioral training to help people achieve their personal goals.

Tesla Model S outscores every other car in Consumer Reports ratings

May 9, 2013 10:54 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

And just to put a cherry on top, the notoriously tough Consumer Reports writers say that the $89,650 Tesla Model S comes close, and just may be, the best car ever.

450M lines of code say large open source and small closed source software projects are worst quality

May 9, 2013 9:34 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The good news is that software keeps getting better, with fewer than one error per thousand lines of code. The bad news is that both large open-source projects and small proprietary software projects tend to have worse quality than average.

Healthfundr launches equity-based crowdfunding for health startups

May 9, 2013 9:00 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Healthfundr connects health startups with accredited investors to drive funding and attention to this challenging sector.

Google Glass hands-on: This isn’t and never will be a good device for consumers

May 9, 2013 8:00 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Editor's Pick This post was supposed to be my big hands-on review. Instead, all I have to offer is this: Unless your employer tells you otherwise, don't even think about getting Google Glass.

Slacker Radio CEO: Pandora’s 40-hour listening cap drove our record user growth

May 9, 2013 6:54 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Over the last few months Slacker Radio has made some big moves to step outside the shadow of rival smart radio service Pandora -- and it's doing so with some help from Pandora itself, according to Slacker Radio CEO Jim Cady.

Facebook’s next $1B acquisition may be social driving app Waze

May 9, 2013 6:12 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

After spending $1 billion on Instagram last year to keep pace with the mobile photo explosion, Facebook is now reportedly jumping into entirely new territory by spending a similar amount on the popular social driving app Waze.