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Whatsapp now has 500 million active users to offer its new social overlord
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 06:41
Some companies lose their following after an acquisition, but not Whatsapp -- apparently, its userbase just continued to grow after Facebook bought it for $19 billion. The FB-owned entity has revealed that it now has 500...
With a Kevlar-Lined Shirt, You're Not Completely Screwed in a Crash
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 23:00
Pay attention as the weather gets warmer: you're gonna see a lot of motorcyclists riding around in regular street clothes, nothing but hopes and dreams protecting them from nasty road rash should things get tumbly. Well,...
Hacker attacks on websites shot up 75 percent last quarter
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 12:30
Akami Technologies' State of the Internet report for Q4 2013 has just arrived, and one stat stood out like a bad rash: DDoS (denial of service) attacks were up 75 percent over last quarter, and 23 percent from the year b...
iPad and iPhone newbies increase as Apple tackles tablet sales
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 23:24
More than two-thirds of new iPad users over the past few months, and more than half of iPhone buyers, are new to the Apple products, CEO Tim Cook has said …
Sorry, Chicago--Los Angeles Was Home to the First Wrigley Field
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 22:02
Baseball fans will always associate the name of Wrigley Field, which celebrates its centennial today, with the Windy City. But it wasn't the first stadium to bear the name.
Apple iPhone and iPad sales: 43.7m and 16.4m in Q2 2014
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 22:35
Apple sold 43.7m iPhones in Q2 2014, while iPad sales reached 16.4m, with phone sales rising compared to the previous year, though the same could not be said of the …
Magic tree stands back upright after being chopped down to the ground
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 06:07
If reading The Giving Tree as a kid didn't convince you that trees have feelings, just watch this unbelievable clip of a magical tree rising from the dead. Seriously! After getting chopped to pieces by a man with a chain...
Google offered to help Samsung with Apple patent battle costs
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 06:03
Confirming what a lot of us thought already, Google is more than a little interested in Apple and Samsung's continuing court battle. New evidence revealed by Apple's lawyers outlines emails from Google that offered to fo...
Bing's kid-friendly search is now available to every grade school in the US
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 23:58
Your kid's in-school web searches may soon be much safer and smarter: Microsoft has just expanded availability of its Bing school program (now Bing in the Classroom) to all K-12 institutions in the US. The move lets any ...
Tim Cook: Apple will take emerging markets at entry-level
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 23:47
This week during Apple's earnings call for their financial Q2 2014, Tim Cook spoke up on the impact of changing smartphone plans and the growing smartphone market around the world. …
Etsy acquires indie-gadget marketplace Grand St.
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 23:36
Gadgets are probably the last thing you'd look for on Etsy's DIY-heavy marketplace, but that could soon change. Today the NY-based company announced that it's acquiring Grand St., an online retailer focused on electronic...
Cool visualization reveals how the number Pi looks
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 23:31
Cristian Ilies Vasile has created the coolest visualization of Pi I've seen. First he divided a circle in 10 segments, from 0 to 9. Then he traced a path going from the third segment to the first segment. From 1, the pat...
These Are Supposedly the 7 Best Objects Designed In the Last Year
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 23:20
If you had to pick a single thing out of the last year of your life and explain why it was better designed than anything else, what would you chose? A jury at London's Design Museum narrowed its list down to seven object...
Nanoparticle Panels Will Bring Blue Skies Indoors
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 22:45
Skylights are so 1986. Now it doesn't matter if the weather outside is dark and dreary, or even if it's midnight, for that matter: Thanks to this LED panel which replicates cloudless skies, you'll feel like you're bathed...
Apple Q214 earnings tap $10.2 billion net profit
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 22:43
Starting off the quarter with a record-breaking quarter for revenue from services, Apple showed a quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion USD. This amount works with a quarterly net profit of …
Engadget HD Podcast 395 - 4.23.14
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 22:41
Let's just cut to the chase: Aereo's battle with broadcast TV hit the Supreme Court this week and it's one of the biggest entertainment-related court confrontations since the Betamax case in 1984. Confusion levels have b...
Gibson's New Audio Cable Automatically Records Everything You Play
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 22:20
Ensuring that no spontaneous but memorable riff ever gets forgotten, Gibson has teamed up with Tascam to create the next-generation of audio cables that actually records everything being played on an instrument, for up t...
WSJ: The FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Will OK Pay-to-Play
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 22:15
Initial reports about the FCC's hotly anticipated net neutrality rules are out, and they are foreboding. While they'll prevent broadband providers from blocking legal content on the internet, it does not explicitly ban c...
FCC proposing skewed Net Neutrality rules: preferential treatment
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 22:13
It's become apparent this week that the Federal Communications Commission plans on proposing a set of rules which would affect the way we access the internet. While in the past, …
WSJ: FCC's new net neutrality rules let ISPs charge services for wide open 'special access'
Engadget - 23 Apr 2014 22:13
After existing Open Internet, or net neutrality, regulations were struck down in court earlier this year, it appears the FCC is ready to come back with new ones. Re/code reports Chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed they will b...
Detroit's Airport Just Installed a $75,000 Indoor Dog Bathroom
Gizmodo - 23 Apr 2014 22:10
If you thought there was nothing worse than flying with little kids, just think about the complications of traveling with a dog. Most dogs fly in crates, but service animals are allowed in terminals and plane cabins. And...
Recon Instruments gets Motorola Solutions cash for wearables
Slash Gear - 23 Apr 2014 22:04
Consumers wearables like Google Glass may still be trying to find their feet, but industrial head-mounted displays look to be gaining momentum with word that "the other Motorola" has splashed …