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DoubleTwist’s new Android app records songs played on iTunes Radio (updated)
Those clever guys and gals at DoubleTwist have been freeing music from iTunes’ grasp for years, so we suppose it was only a matter of time before they figured out how to do the same with songs played...
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Google’s new wearable project is a smart contact lens with medical uses
Google loves wearables and this time it’s getting even closer to your body with a developmental smart contact lens. Through miniaturized electronics, it can apparently measure the levels of glucose in...
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Microsoft: Xbox One is #1 in the US for December with 908,000 consoles sold
Microsoft and Sony already went head to head with worldwide sales numbers for 2013 and while the PS4 rode is out front there (4.2 million to 3 million), the Xbox One apparently sold more systems in...
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Valve and Oculus worked together to build Crystal Cove VR headset
Remember that Oculus Rift prototype that ran away with our Best of CES 2014 award? Turns out Valve helped make it a reality. Speaking at Steam Dev Days, Valve’s Michael Abrash explained that the two...
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Google Isn’t the Only One Putting Electronics into Contact Lenses
Eye electronics: This contact lens made in the secretive Google X labs is designed to help diabetics by transmitting a feed of the glucose levels in their tears to a nearby receiver. Google is...
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How to Ride a Bicycle in Jakarta
Want to ride a bicycle in car- and motorcycle-gridlocked Indonesia? If you know how, when, and where to go about it, you’ll give yourself a good workout and avoid wasted time sitting in traffic. This...
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Code hints that Google may bake fitness sensor support into Android
KitKat brought pedometer functions to Android, but that’s not necessarily enough for smartphone owners who want to track their fitness routines. Google may be aware of that desire for more athletic...
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Oculus’ best practices explains how to create a VR experience that doesn’t...
Couldn’t make it out to Valve’s Steam Dev Days to hear Palmer Luckey gab about how to build a good virtual reality experience? No worries – Oculus’ new VR Best Practices guide will fill you in on the...
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HBO Go is coming… to PS3 and PS4
HBO Go is en route to PlayStation. While there isn’t a release window for the premium service’s streaming app, Sony’s VP of business development assures it’ll be “soon” for the PS3, with the PS4...
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Traffic ticket for driving with Google Glass gets dismissed in court
Pay attention to the road. At least, until the cars are able to drive themselves. That’s the rule, and it was probably one of the reasons why Google Glass early-adopter Cecilia Abadie got ticketed for...
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Google Drive dev tools promise better and more powerful apps (video)
If you’re an Android user, there’s little doubt that you’re familiar with Google Drive, Mountain View’s preferred cloud storage service that competes with the Dropboxes, SkyDrives and iClouds of the...
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Valve’s investing in VR, but has no plans to release its own hardware
Remember that Oculus Rift prototype that ran away with our Best of CES 2014 award? Turns out Valve helped make it a reality. Speaking at Steam Dev Days, Valve’s Michael Abrash explained that the two...
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Sync Your Files without Trusting the Cloud
Data dump: New software from Bittorrent can synchronize files between computers and mobile devices without ever storing them in a data center like this one. The debate over how much we should trust...
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Nintendo slashes 2014 sales forecast for Wii U from 9 million to 2.8 million
It’s not even financials season yet, but Nintendo is trying to lower expectations in advance. In a statement today, it’s announced that it’s reassessed unit sales for its flagship Wii U console,...
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This is what game devs are saying about Valve’s prototype VR hardware
We’ve seen quite a bit the Oculus Rift, but another major player in the coming virtual reality revolution has eluded us: Valve. Save for adding an experimental VR mode to the Steam Client Beta, the...
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Starbucks plans to secure user information with updated iOS app (update)
Following this week’s revelation that Starbucks’ mobile apps store data such as user names, passwords and even location coordinates in plain text, a company executive announced today that a refreshed...
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Nintendo is spending more on R&D as Wii U’s star continues to fade
Nestled inside Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s statement on those brutally slashed sales forecasts , he touched on what the company is doing to (hopefully) reverse the current downward trend....
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How to Clean Leather Shoes
Treated leather and suede leather shoes should be cleaned with different products and methods. Clean them every 3 months and condition them once a year. Read more below to learn how to clean leather...
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Losses, write-offs and pay cuts: it’s just a regular day at Acer
Acer executives are having a gloomy time of it after suffering a huger-than-expected financial loss for 2013 and subsequently being forced to take a 30 percent pay cut. Despite launching a wide range...
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Netflix’s first Oscar nomination comes for ‘The Square’ and you can watch it...
Yesterday the nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced, and for the first time that list includes a production that will be primarily distributed via Netflix (check here for a list of...
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