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The latest technology news, rumors, and announcements — smashed down to what matters.
Social Media Not a Political Echo Chamber? Not So Fast…
Image Courtesy of TheJota.com Many concerns have been raised regarding the potential political, religious, and idealistic tunnel vision that social media…
The Social Phenomenon of the Exploding Kittens Kickstarter
Raindrops and roses and exploding kittens, these are a few of my favorite things. Apparently, these are a few of the world’s favorite things. Exploding…
Sony Acquires Onlive to Dominate the Game Streaming Market
OnLive, the pioneers of online game streaming, are being acquired by the gaming giant, Sony. Details surrounding the motive and purpose behind the…
Sony E3 Press Conference Wrap-up
E3 is here and there have been some exciting announcements thus far. Bethesda kicked things off for us this morning and Sony closed the day out for us. So…
Sony Giving Away Free Games for 2011 Network Breach
Do you remember the 2011 PlayStation Network outage? Its sort of hard to forget when 77 million accounts were stolen and the PlayStation network was down…
Sony’s Unique Breed of Stylish Smartwatches
Smart watches have been making headlines on a regular basis as of late. Between HP hiring a fashion designer to design the HP Chronowing to Apple announcing…
Spotify and Taylor Swift Are at It Again!
The spat continues between Taylor Swift and her brawl with Spotify. To fill you in on the fight, it all began when last week Taylor Swift labeled Spotify as…
National Unplug Day: How to Survive
National Unplug Day is an annual “holiday” of sorts where people disconnect from the digital world. In fact, if you’re reading this, you’re doing the…
Mysterious App Hints at Google’s Future
According to a an unofficial firmware image and the Android rumor mill, it looks as if we may soon have another phone carrier to choose from. Android Police…
Mobilegeddon: the End (Of Desktop Dominance) Is Near
The end is here. No, I’m not talking about the zombie apocalypse (as much as you probably wish I was), I’m talking about the end of desktop dominance…
Sprint Will Pay Everything for You to Switch
There are a number of great deals phone carriers are offering at the moment. It seems that every few months, one carrier is trying to outdo another…
Square Creates Apple Pay Reader
WWDC15 has been full of excitement as Apple announces a number of interesting changes. Today, we saw a unique push for Apple Pay as Square revealed its new…
Stanford Creates Battery That Charges in 1 Minute
You’re rushing home with only have 5 minutes before you have to leave for the next event, fearing that your phone is not going to last the night. While you…
Sprint Announces the Stylish LG G Watch R
Every week there seems to be new announcements about different wearable technology. Sprint announced yesterday that they will be partnering with LG to offer…
Survey Finds Teens’ Using a Variety of Social Media Outlets
News flash, teens are using social media. Oh you already know that? Is it hard to believe that 92% of teens go online at least once a day? Surprisingly not…
Has Swatch Solved the Mystery of Smartwatch Battery Life?
Swatch’s Touch Watch available now (Not their smartwatch) Swiss company Swatch is planning a brawl with the upcoming Apple Watch this April. According to…