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• Google is Looking at Making Smart Contact Lenses with Cameras Inside

  

  Google Glass hasn’t even been officially released for the general public and Google is already thinking about bringing its technology to contact lenses. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Bookless Public Library Opens In Texas

  An all-digital public library is opening today, as officials in Bexar County, Texas, celebrate the opening of the BiblioTech library. The facility offers about... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Google Acquires Solar-powered Drone Company Titan Aerospace

  Technology companies are expanding beyond the Net and taking to the skies — literally, with solar-powered drones that will beam broadband Internet access to... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Facebook Planning PayPal Alternative

  Facebook is reportedly planning to take a step into financial services, allowing users in select regions to store money online to use for making payments and... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Google May Promote Search Results of Sites That Use Encryption

  Google is thinking of giving greater prominence in its search results to websites that use encryption, a move that would indirectly make it more difficult for... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• ‘Solar Paint’ Could Generate Electricity from Walls

  

  Soon, a thin film of ‘solar panel’ could be painted over windows and walls to turn every home into a giant hi-tech ‘sun trap’. The hi-tech solution could make... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Quip Is A Beautiful New Mobile-First Word Processor From Ex-Facebook CTO Bret...

  

  30 years later and our word processing software hasn’t evolved, not even to adapt to mobile. That changes tonight with the launch of Quip, a freemium new word... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Microsoft Takes on Apple CarPlay with Windows for Car

  Microsoft has been powering a lot of different car entertainment systems over the years. Ford, Kia, BMW, Nissan, and Fiat have all used special versions of... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• eBay Is Betting On Bringing Commerce To Wearable Devices

  The next ‘big thing’ for eBay could be the introduction of ecommerce to wearable devices. The company has formed a brand-new group of engineers and designers... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Leaked Documents Show Google’s Plans for ‘Android TV’

  Google is currently hard at work on a new media platform, dubbed Android TV, that will help give you easier access to movies, TV shows, music, and more from you... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Dropbox is Watching Your Files for Copyrighted Material

  For years now, internet users have become used to the risk of having files and content they share through various online services be subject to takedown request... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Death May Be Treatable but It Be Treated?

  A pair of advocates—they do legitimate research too, but their ardor is so intense, it’s hard to call them scientists—believe that they will, within their... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Microsoft Changes Policy in Wake of Hotmail Snooping

  Microsoft’s mea culpa for its Hotmail snooping is more than just words, with the company making a serious change in policy to accompany its apology. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Rather Than Giving Google Your Data For Free, Donate It For Good

  The Internet knows everything about you: where you shop, what you like, your age, race, the sex stuff. The Internet also knows how to make money from what it... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Apple’s Chromecast Killer Could Look Like This

  

  There’s been a lot of rumors surfacing that Apple may be working on a streaming television service with Comcast, it’s only natural that some observers are... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Amazon Press Event Hints at TV Streaming Device

  

  It looks like we will finally get to see the long-rumoured product from Amazon next week. The company just sent out invites to a media event in New York next... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• South Korea’s “Robot Land” Will Open In 2015

  Back in 2009, the South Korean government publicized plans for a robot theme park slated to open in 2012, but it never took shape. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Facebook Acquires Oculus VR for $2 Billion

  Facebook announced Tuesday that it acquired Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift gaming headset in a cash and stock deal valued at $2 billion. The term... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Scientists Grow Miniature Human Brain in a Lab Project

  

  Scientists have long been taunted by the human brain. After all, the very organ that gives us knowledge remains largely unmastered — something President Obama... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Showcases 9 Startups in Paris

  

  Today at the Palais des Congrès, Microsoft held its first demo day in front of investors and journalists. Investors in the room included well-known business... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 GADGETS, TECH