The HTC Hima’s details have been leaked this morning by a notoriously accurate leakster by the name of “Upleaks”, and the device is said to be coming by March of 2015 – and likely introduced either immediately before or during Mobile World Congress 2015. If past events are any indication, we might well see this device introduced in the first … Continue reading
Uber, that car service you’ve heard so many wonderful thing about lately, has announced they’ve raised an additional $1.2 billion. The added funding likely values Uber above $40 billion, but that’s not the big story this time around. In getting the added funds, Uber is preparing to invest more in the international market. Specifically, Uber wants to expand their footprint … Continue reading
With storage prices plummeting and Internet speeds rising, cloud-based backups make more sense than ever before (and are easier to manage to boot). If you want to take advantage of the popular desktop syncing tools, all of the major cross-platform players—Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive—offer some selective syncing features that you can use to keep any files you don’t need right now off your computer.
Forget the flying cars and robot maids, we’re just a few precious generations away from ditching this hunk of space rock called Earth and living among the stars. The dream of off-world living is thanks, in large part, to a single Princeton physics professor who not only envisioned a new path for humanity but nearly convinced Congress to go along with it. Piers Biznoy explains just how close we came to building orbital habitats in the 1980s in his new book New Space Frontiers.
Despite rumors that Sony Pictures would officially blame North Korea for the recent hack that exposed everything from its payroll to its employees medical records to unreleased scripts , a North Korean diplomat now says his country didn’t do it. The New York-based official says it’s just “another fabrication targeting the country.”
Like a childhood mood ring you really wanted to believe in but always knew was hogwash, every year Pantone predicts our national mood by highlighting a single shade from its library. This year’s choice—the company’s 15th annual color of the year—all about “sophisticated, natural earthiness.” Or maybe just wine, which works too.
Many of us tend to drag our mobile phones around with us all day, keeping them close at hand and in pocket. But once you hit home, it’d be nice to gain a little freedom from device dependence — while still having access to calls and notifications. T…
At long last, the BBC has released an iPlayer app for the Xbox One. It’s been over a year since the console debuted in the UK, and finally it’s able to make good on its promise of becoming the all-in-one media hub. It makes use of the BBC’s new unifi…
Amazon already sells diapers and wipes in bulk, but now its looking to give Prime subscribers an option of its own. The online retailer’s new Elements program will do just that, and the first two products it’s selling with the so-called transparent o…
Earlier this year, Amazon entered the crowded field of streaming set-top boxes. But while the Fire TV sounded like a real winner on paper, in practice it was more of a mixed bag. For round two, the internet retail giant scaled back its ambitions and …
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