Flipboard: Now You Can Publish Your Own 'Magazine'
Flipboard opens up its platform to its users — sort of — though many might be surprised to learn that by "plussing" articles they…
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Articles tagged "News"
Tue, 26 March 2013
Fri, 1 February 2013
Meet Truth Teller, An Automated Political Fact-Checking App
The Washington Post has launched the prototype of Truth Teller, a news app that can fact-check speeches, virtually in real…
Thu, 15 November 2012
Flipboard Adds iBooks To Its Magazine Stand
Flipboard expands beyond curating short form social content with a new books section available in 10 countries.
Mon, 8 October 2012
How U.S.-China Tensions Could Affect Your Next Smartphone
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence report explicitly called out Chinese electronics…
Fri, 28 September 2012
Hobbyists Embrace Open-Source Concept For Drones
Drone hobbyists can buy their craft complete out of the box, but many are going the open-source, DIY route to radio-controlled flight.
Wed, 29 August 2012
I Am A President -- Obamamania Shuts Down Reddit
In another social-media first, President Barack Obama took to Reddit today to become the first sitting head of state to moderate the…
Fri, 24 August 2012
Evernote & Moleskine Merge Paper & Pixels in "Smart Notebook"
Evernote signed a treaty with Moleskine Friday at the Evernote Trunk Conference, formally declaring a truce in its war on paper. It…
Wed, 15 August 2012
Kippt Lets You Build An Automated Archive for Links You Like
On Wednesday, the personal link library Kippt rolled out its own syncing services. You can now connect your accounts from Twitter, GitHub…
Tue, 7 August 2012
Energized: New Batteries Could Triple Drone Airtime
With the drone market projected to double to $1.2 billion by 2020, two recent innovations to extend battery life could significantly…
Wed, 1 August 2012
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[Chart] Is There A Bottom To Netflix' Incredible Year-Long Free Fall?
While "Over The Top" technologies like Netflix and Hulu are clearly the wave of the future, the market has bludgeoned Netflix over the…
Wed, 18 July 2012
These Designers Did for Fun What News Sites Can't Do to Save Their Business
A Web design studio built the first news site I’ve ever read from top to bottom two days in a row, and it did so as a side project. Mule…
Mon, 16 July 2012
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[Infographic] Donuts Inc. Dominates Applications for Generic Top Level Domains
A new wave of change is coming to the Internet. It is not the subtle change caused by the rise of the mobile application ecosystem or the…
Tue, 3 July 2012
FIFA: Soccer Refs Might Use Sensor Networks to Keep Score
Should computer-controlled sensor arrays be used to keep referees from making bad calls? Officials of FIFA, soccer's international governing…
Wed, 27 June 2012
Microsoft Loses Appeal of EU Antitrust Judgment From Another Era
Right on schedule, the European Union General Court rejected Microsoft's appeal to dismiss $1.12 billion in fines for allegedly not…
Thu, 21 June 2012
Huffington Post Puts a Subscription Magazine on the iPad Newsstand
At a swanky launch party last week, Huffington Post unveiled a new iPad-only magazine called simply Huffington. It's a new outlet with a new…
Wed, 20 June 2012
Internet Buys Bus Monitor A Vacation After She's Viciously Abused By Kids
After a video of middle school students attacking 68-year-old bus monitor went viral, a Reddit user started a campaign to raise money to…
Mon, 18 June 2012
Knight News Challenge Awards $1.37 Million to Projects That Should Already Exist
The Knight Foundation has announced six winners of the first round of this year's Knight News Challenge. Past winners have been ambitious…
Mon, 4 June 2012
The United Nations Could Seize the Internet, U.S. Officials Warn
Several emerging countries are rallying behind a campaign to have the International Telecommunications Union, the U.N.'s global standards…
Thu, 31 May 2012
Kayak Has Much More Than a Derailed IPO to Worry About
The decision by online travel service Kayak Software to delay its initial public offering has been blamed on Facebook's botched public…
Microsoft Offers Windows 8 Release Preview as an Upgrade
The worst-kept secret in Microsoft’s history may well lead to a surprise anyway. This afternoon, the company made available a program that…
Wed, 30 May 2012
Read/Write Daily: Face-Eating Cannibals & Other Scary Stories
Today's theme is bad news. Let's face it: Tech news tends to describe the world through rose-colored glasses. Things are kind of hairy out…
Fri, 11 May 2012
Are the Feds Still Tracking Your GPS? One Senator Wants to Know
The Supreme Court thought it settled the issue in January, but the debate over warrantless GPS searches won't go away. Now, one U.S…
Wed, 9 May 2012
BeyondTrust acquires eEye to Create Security Powerhouse
Virtualization security vendor BeyondTrust is acquiring eEye Digital Security for undisclosed terms. The two companies have leading…
Tue, 8 May 2012
Good News for Solving Bufferbloat: CoDel Provides "No Knobs" Solution
Data transfer speeds have been getting faster and faster, but that doesn't mean that we're actually reaping the full benefits. A few years…
