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• Encrypted iPhone Chat Service Cryptocat Rejected by Apple

  Encrypted chat service Cryptocat has spent the past two years blocking outsiders from reading private conversations, and now it’s facing a block of its own... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 GADGETS, TECH

• Netflix Checks Illegal Downloads On Piracy Sites To Decide Which Popular Shows T...

  Netflix, the video streaming service, looks at what’s popular on Internet piracy sites to determine what shows it should buy. Ironically, the service, which... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Cubli: The Robot Cube That Can Walk, Rotate, Balance And Jump

  In  a world of terrifying robotics, researchers at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, in Switzerland have built a cube. A robot cube. A robot cube... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Researchers Make Super-strong Robotic Muscle

  Scientists at UC Berkeley have made a breakthrough in artificial muscle technology, creating a micro-muscle that can can create up to 1000 times the strength... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Why News Corp. Bought Storyful and Founder Mark Little Talks About Why He Sold

  We’ve written before about how crowdsourced verification of user-generated content is a significant trend in new media, and Storyful has been at the forefront o... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• JavaScript is Closing the Gap on Native Performance, Says Mozilla

  

  In a new post on web technology performance, Mozilla says it’s cracked the code on faster, better-performing JavaScript. In fact, Mozilla researcher Alon Zakai... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Amazon’s Streaming Data Service, Kinesis, is Now Available

  Kinesis, the streaming data service that Amazon Web Services announced in November, is now publicly available. The service is comparable in theory to popular... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• McLaren’s Soundwave Windscreen Wiper Replacement

  It looks like the simple  windscreen wiper is destined for the history books. Supercar manufacturer McLaren is developing secret plans to replace the rubber ... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Silicon Image Launches Mobile-device Cable That Can Display 4K Ultra HD Video...

  

  Support for transferring the highest-resolution videos from a smartphone to a TV just got a lot stronger. Silicon Image announced today it has created chips tha... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• The Biggest Social Network No One Is Talking About: Gamers

  The NSA is spying on gamers for the same reason it wants to spy on your Facebook account. It’s a clear map of your relationships. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Google Buys Boston Dynamics Maker of Terrifying Robots

  Google has acquired robotics engineering company Boston Dynamics, best known for its line of quadrupeds with funny gaits and often mind-blowing capabilities. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Amazon’s Virtual Desktop Service WorkSpaces Launches on iPad

  Three weeks after Amazon announced Amazon WorkSpaces for AWS customers to create virtual desktops on various devices, the e-commerce giant has now launched an... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Product Comparison Service Versus Gets Social for Better-weighted Data

  Comparison service Versus (previously Versus IO, but now in possession of that crucial Versus.com domain name) has gone social. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Google Calendar Taps Maps for Location Autocomplete Suggestions, and Shows...

  

  Google has announced a handful of updates for Google Calendar today, as it looks to make it quicker for users to manually complete entries for events and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• TouchCast Brings Its Interactive Video Tools To PCs

  TouchCast, a startup with a more interactive approach to online video, is launching a beta version of its Windows PC app today. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Google Adds Car Facts, Prices to Its Knowledge Graph

  Google announced today that it has added yet another new category to its ever-expanding Knowledge Graph service. Starting today, users can search the make,... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Volvo is About to Unleash 100 Robo-cars in Sweden

  Volvo is bring its robo-car army to its home country of Sweden, with 100 autonomous vehicles taking to the roads of Gothenburg in the next three years. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Nasa to Send Seeds to Moon to Grow Lunar Salad

  Nasa is planning to grow plants on the Moon for the first time by sending   basil, turnip and cress seeds on a mission that will land on the lunar surface. It... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• How Much Does It Cost to Develop an App? The True Price of Starting from Scratch

  

  Everyone knows about the big names:  Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Instagram. Countless others have transformed mobile apps from a... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Microsoft Video Attacks Google’s Chrome as Surveillance Technology

  A leaked internal Microsoft video attacks Google’s Chrome Everywhere campaign, drawing pointed attention to Google’s program of monetizing personal... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 GADGETS, TECH