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mReminder™ is the first mobile enabled gadget for reminder and scheduling created for family. It combines remote reminder, sharable calendar and private family social exchange and works with all major smartphones. mRem...

The limousine President John F. Kennedy rode in fifty years ago today is an indelible part of our visual memory. That midnight blue Lincoln will be forever known as the setting of a national tragedy. Yet, after Kennedy's...

Congratulations to all aspiring crypto-currency cosmonauts out there; you'll soon be able to use Bitcoin, everyone's favorite pseudomonetary bubble, to book flights on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space boats.

This is one of the first rivalry weekends of the college football season, and I'll be spending it in New Haven, Connecticut, for what is perhaps the nadir of intercollegiate gridiron competition: the Harvard/Yale game. I...

Twitter's added an extra layer of encryption in part to make it tougher for the government to spy on users. The service will now use Perfect Forward Security just like Google, Mozilla and Facebook which creates unique en...

It's the hardware marriage we all assumed (and hoped) would eventually happen. A report over on gaming site MCV claims Sony is planning to offer an 'Ultimate Edition' PlayStation 4 bundle that would include its portable ...

Security camera footage makes some pretty boring TV. There's no sound, so you don't know what people are saying, and it's tough to read body language out of context. But that's exactly what makes deaf people the perfect ...

This afternoon it was announced that the co-creator of the classic video game DOOM has left the proverbial gaming building. John Carmack let it be known that he's leaving (resigning, as it were) from id Software and Beth...

Fun online DJ party time place Turntable.fm is shutting down. Bummer! Help us send it off.

For veteran gamers who enjoyed Doom and Quake, it's the end of an era -- id Software co-founder John Carmack has left the game studio to concentrate all his efforts on his Chief Technical Officer role at Oculus VR. It wa...

The folks at Honda have made it known that they'll be first off the blocks in the 2014 Civic with full iOS mirroring for iOS 7. This push will begin on the 4th of December, and will include full touch-friendly integratio...

Americans have long had an obsession with the West -- as much an idea as it is a physical place. Even if you risked getting lost , its wide open spaces have always had a sort of mystical pull. The West holds the promise ...

Google really knocked everybody's socks off when it revealed Glass last year--everybody except glasses-wearers, that is. As the company prepares to bring the device to market, though, Google doesn't want to leave anybody...

Having seen the writing on the wall, Instagram appears to be preparing for head-on battle with the likes of Snapchat for social micro-networking supremacy on the smartphone. Reports today suggest that Instagram will be r...

Smartphones have become an essential tool in every line of work, from corporate accounting to carpentry. But often times those working on construction sites don't have easy access to a power outlet for a quick top-off wh...

Hello Friday! We have a new Xbox . Huzzah! We have a new Playstation . Woohoo! Let's talk about it. Or whatever you want for the next couple of hours. The whole Giz staff will be hanging out. Won't you join us?

Tall buildings are economic bellwethers: Evidence suggests they tend to rise just before recessions , and they're the first to proverbially fall when the bubble bursts. Nowhere is that more obvious than mid-sized America...

In a test build of its mobile software for Android devices, Facebook seems to be finally headed down the flat UI path that Twitter and a host of other apps have already traveled. Aside from that, navigation in this build...

Google hopes the new tag and hiding phone apps on tablets will boost tablet design.     

I've always marveled at the fact that the US Air Force put huge artillery cannons inside airplanes. Watching them in action is impressive.

The Moto G may not reach the US until January, but that doesn't mean it will be unavailable on North American shores until then. Motorola's budget wunderkind has just reached the continent through Canada's Telus and its ...

Thanksgiving is coming, and for many of us, that means making an insane amount of food. While we love them dearly, they always seem to want to hover near the kitchen and talk while we do the work. Keeping five or more di...