Why settle for a whole bike when a half will do? This decidedly odd Kickstarted bicycle, called the Halfbike, promises a lightweight, speedy ride across town while bringing you the best of running and biking in one weird package. Created by architects Martin Angelov and Mihail Klenov, the bike is at $50,000 of an $80,000 goal and has ten days left. Read More
It should come as no surprise that once the Pokemon Adventure April Fools’ Day joke created by Google Maps creators was “finished”, enough interest had been generated to inspire an … Continue reading
Did you catch the selfie that the Red Sox’s David Ortiz took with President Barack Obama? That was a great instance of cultural zeitgeist, wasn’t it? However, Samsung also has a deal with Ortiz that let it use the shot (taken with a Galaxy Note 3) in…
Yesterday Microsoft made some big announcements. It finally unveiled Windows Phone 8.1, a major update for its mobile platform. The update will bring a much rumored feature. Microsoft’s very own Siri and Google Now rival that it calls Cortana. Windows Phone 8.1 will be released to all existing WP8 devices this summer, globally. Though users in the Asia Pacific region won’t be in luck as far as Cortana is concerned. The update won’t come with the digital assistant in that particular region at first.
Windows Phone 8.1 Won’t Bring Cortana Immediately For Asia Pacific Region original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Last year, Delta Air Lines canceled fewer flights than any other airline, scratching just 0.3 percent of its flights. That’s more than five times better than the industry average. It’s an obsession for Delta, an airline that once ranked near rock-bottom for cancellations, and as The Wall Street Journal explains, the company strives for zero-cancellation days in some very unorthodox ways.
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It is a big week for Microsoft. Just yesterday it announced the first major update for Windows 8.1. It also unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 which comes with a plethora of new features, including the much rumored digital personal assistant Cortana. Later this week the company will pull the plug on one of its most popular operating system, Windows XP. There are still a lot of users who continue to use the OS, and they won’t receive any software software after April 8th. To ensure that it does, the UK government has paid Microsoft nearly £5.5 million to keep the updates coming for another year.
UK Government Pays Millions To Receive Windows XP Support original content from Ubergizmo. 
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If there’s been a theme online over the past couple of years, it’s the rise of web service hacks and privacy blunders, and Microsoft is hoping to help developers keep … Continue reading
From time to time Google tries its hand at something new, something that it has never done before. Word on the street is that a Google wireless carrier service is being explored. Apparently the folks at Mountain View want to launch their very own service and they’re reportedly in talks with Verizon to see if Big Red will let them piggyback on its nationwide network.
Google Wireless Carrier Service Reportedly Being Explored original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Underground, where this is no GPS and certainly no Wi-Fi, mapping caves requires a different kind of technical ingenuity. Thus, there is cave radio. To learn about the DIY world of cave radio and underground exploration, Gizmodo picked the brain of Stanley Sides, tinkerer and former president of the Cave Research Foundation.
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There’s no lack of footage to be had this week of the upcoming X-MEN movie, that’s for certain. In the videos you’re about to witness, the team responsible for promoting … Continue reading
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