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Whether it's in response to the over-stimulation of banner ads and animated gifs, the proliferation of mobile and tablet devices whose screen sizes dictate simpler navigation and layout options, a reaction to our informa...

It is one thing to like Apple products. It is quite another to let your insane tech zealotry escalate to the point where you are actually paying other people to inject ink into your skin with needles so that you may fore...

The U.S. Navy may need to look no further than the water around its ships to produce jet fuel, according to a program underway at its research laboratory.

In August, the founders of TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Hmmm announced their plans to shift their attention (dare you to say pivot!) to a new app discovery service called Hubbl. Today, Hubbl is available for download on b...

A glitch had kept users from getting beyond the Terms & Conditions screen to where they could download apps, music, and more. It seems to have been resolved. [Read more]

Apple has changed its iOS developer guidelines, adding a clause (on September 12, a source tells me) that reads: "Apps that display Apps other than your own for purchase or promotion in a manner similar to or confusing w...

Forbes Insights series of guest posts on research topics of interest to business leaders:  

Have you ever wondered what Reddit will look like 1000 years from now? If so, Reddit user Gonzoblair has you covered. When lauded about the massive amount of time and effort it must have taken to create the image, Gonzob...

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Thirty years ago today, the CD started the digital revolution.

An X Factor spin-off show which aims to find a new technology entrepreneur to follow in the footsteps of Bill Gates is being planned...

New military malware called PlaceRaider takes control of a victim's smartphone camera and takes sneaky snaps to build up a 3D image of their surroundings

A wave of experimentation is sweeping the camera industry as it grapples with the second phase of the digital revolution. Be careful: today's bold design could be tomorrow's evolutionary dead end. [Read more]

1. Sleeping Puppy Dreaming This adorable pup makes some super cute noises. Click here to view this gallery. You know the phrase "let sleeping dogs lie?" Well, we quite agree, but would also add -- "and be sure to grab yo...

Showtime has posted Sunday's season-seven premiere of serial-killer drama Dexter on its YouTube channel, with the brief description, "Debra attempts to reconcile with Dexter." Leading up to the Sept. 30 premiere, Showtim...

You may be at a point in your life where splitting the bill comes off as tacky, but everybody's been in that position where it's totally necessary. For those times, like college, the Go Dutch Bill would come in super han...

We've heard plenty of rumors about a mini iPad, but so far Apple's been quiet when it comes to confirming the device's existence. Now we're hearing that the Cupertino-based company might finally announce the new tablet o...

Long before cell phones gave us the ability to share pictures with the tap of a button, Polaroid was synonymous with instant photography. In his new book Instant: The Story of Polaroid, Christopher Bonanos explains how t...

For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded fro...

Google just announced that its Apps for Education suite is now being used by more than 20 million students, faculty members, and staff worldwide. The company made this announcement in a blog post celebrating the upcoming...

Today, the White House confirmed reports that one of its "unclassified networks" was the target of an unsuccessful cyber attack. Officials aren't coughing up much more informaiton, but a few murmurs have seeped out. More...

Show someone a Facebook ad once and they'll forget, 100 times and they'll be annoyed. So Facebook is going to use offline purchase data to help businesses increase ROI up to 40% by showing them the "sweetspot" of ad freq...

The sky is dark at night. That's something we take for granted with no questions asked. But why is the sky dark at night? Hint: It's not because the sun is down. In a really simple and fun video, Henry Reich, a researche...