Toyota‘s best-selling hybrid car is the Prius; it’s best hybrid car period could well be the Lexus GS450h F SPORT. While Toyota hybrids have capitalized on the earth-friendly, fuel-sipping potential of models like the Prius, over in the Lexus stable the addition of electric has been with more driver-friendly enhancement in mind, emphasizing the marque’s […]
For a while, the modern eco-friendly vehicle had a familiar silhouette, and it was Prius shaped. Now, though, Toyota is branching out in not only its electric range but its types of drive, and so we have the RAV4 EV, eschewing gas and fuel-cells altogether in favor of what could be the most pious interpretation […]
It’s not often when a single smartphone company has two reports leaking from the same arena saying they’re creating both higher-end and lower-end products in the same breath. That’s just what’s happened this weekend as a pair of reports from the same reporter suggest that South Korean media reports pin Samsung for a lower-end Samsung […]
Hybrid and ZEV car prices could rise by up to $4,000 as battery technology fails to keep pace with dwindling federal tax credits, Toyota has warned, despite aggressive targets for low-emission cars in the US. Development of cheaper, more power-dense batteries are likely to bring down the cost of building cars like the Prius, Toyota’s […]
If you’ve not heard a lot of chatter out of WIMM Labs over the past few months, there may be a very big reason why: it’s been reported today that Google acquired the company as early as a year ago. While it’s not immediately apparent why this news has broken just now, GigaOM suggests that […]
It’s been confirmed this morning that Apple retail stores will be launching their first iPhone trade-in program today. This program will allow iPhone owners to bring in gently used iPhones to Apple retail locations to receive credit at the Apple store that’ll be good for use in purchase of a new iPhone model. This trade-in […]
This week the folks at Walmart have decided to join the iPhone 5S party early with a cut in the price of the iPhone 5 well below any minor discount we’ve seen before. This sort of price drop generally indicates the impending launch of a device from a company that’s rumored to have a press […]
There’s word today that the upcoming smartwatch device set for a full reveal on the 4th of September from Samsung will be – perhaps only partially – made in the USA. This tidbit comes aside word that the device will be coming with “only” a 10 hour battery life. This has been suggested by the […]
The Chief Privacy Officer of Policy for Facebook Erin Egan has this week begun setting down a series of changes to several of the key Facebook Governing Documents, with emphasis placed on their Data Use Policy and their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. For the average Facebook user, this means you’ll be seeing Facebook make […]
While the current first-wave Moto X devices from Motorola allow custom-order colors and etching, a tip today suggests that a low-cost version of the device might include the ability to swap out casings whenever the user chooses. What we’re seeing today is a combination of a photo of some colored backsides of a next-generation Moto […]
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