February 2, 2010
What Is This Mysterious Facebook Music App?
Facebook Music may not exist, but you may have it installed anyway. Right now if you log into the site and go to Facebook’s “Edit Applications” screen, you’ll probably encounter…
MyHeritage buys Germany's OSN, now 540 million profiles strong
[Israel] Israeli genealogy site MyHeritage has completed its third acquisition, buying Germany’s OSN. OSN operates seven genealogy sites including Verwandt.de in Germany, Moikrewni.pl in Poland and Dynastree.com in the US.…
Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go
As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few…
Oh Best Buy, only you could get away with having someone arrested for gift card issues
It wasn’t too long ago that our own Nicholas Deleon was detained and manhandled at a Best Buy. Today, we hear reports of someone who, for the crime of having…
Gameloft shares its 'iPhone revenue': €17.6 million in 2009
[Paris] French game developer Gameloft, listed on Euronext Paris, this afternoon shared its 2009 financial results with the world. The video game publisher achieved consolidated sales of €122.0 million -…
Everybody Forgets The Readers When They Bash News Aggregators
I remember way back before the Internet when I got most of my daily news via the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. If it wasn’t reported by either of those…
3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market
3Crowd, the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson,…
Last year’s CES found us at the booth of the iTable, which was an overlay for LCDs and TVs of any size that turned them into a multi-touch surface. We…
Live From Facebook's HipHop Technology Tasting
I’m here at the Facebook Technology Tasting, where the social network is showcasing their newly open sourced PHP technology, HipHop. The new technology effectively transforms PHP into C++, resulting in…
The final season of Lost starts in mere hours and here’s a video that should bring you up to speed.
You are now aware that bathtubs can have portholes. I was actually about to ask why we don’t have clear bathtubs (we do, in fact) and it occurred to me…
For anyone who listens to Keith Urban’s advice and actually buys music, you might have already noticed that most Japanese artists aren’t on iTunes. The reasons why are boring and…
New (?) Duke Nukem Forever footage prompts question: Does anyone care anymore?
Is this footage new? Meh, doesn’t matter.
The Zune HD is a tempting piece of PMP goodness and it just got a whole lot more tasty with a modest price drop. Both Amazon and Newegg have at…
Slim isn't all there is to it: calculate your Full Gadget Ratio™
I love when something comes out, let’s say the MacBook Air, and everyone crows about how thin it is. Great, it’s thin. But that’s not the whole story. It still…
Hidden Backdoors On Torrent Sites Led To The Latest Twitter Attack
Early this morning, Twitter began alerting certain users to reset their passwords because of a possible phishing attack. They later elaborated on it a bit but it still wasn’t clear…
Vinyl Android figurines are the coolest things since sliced ice
Okay, look. I wasn’t going to post about these, because every bit of attention these things get will make it that much harder for me to acquire them before they…
Mantys is part motorized scooter, part golf cart, and a pinch of Segway
Oh I like this very much. Very much indeed. The Mantys (or “MANTYS” as the company shouts) is a personal motorized golf cart that’s steered simply by shifting your weight.…
Really, folks? Are you really going to complain about multi-disc games now? Of all the injustices in the world, of all the legitimate issues you can have with technology, you’re…
Spotify removes the invitation-only lock in France
[France] Spotify is no longer invitiation-only in France. The streaming music startup now lets anyone register, but for some reason – probably to make sure you actually live in France…
Someone, please, find out where I can buy these Star Wars posters
I’m in love with these Star Wars posters designed by Chicago-based artist Justin Van Genderen. I have a wall in my office screaming to display all five. But I can’t…
Video: Android's New Pinch-To-Zoom Multi-Touch In Action
As we noted earlier, Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a…
Where Did Internet Explorer's Browser Share Go?
Yesterday, browser market share figures came out from Net Applications, and the big news is how Chrome is moving up the ranks at the expense of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and…
THQ sells 3.5 million copies of UFC: Undisputed, drops price to $30 for you lollygaggers
Breaking news: UFC is popular. THQ has revealed that it sold 2.5 million copies of UFC: Undisputed, its fighting game based on the UFC license. And now you know why…
Avengers unite! [$14.99 on etsy via geek-gadgets]
Did Google Just Multi-Punch Apple In The Face?
As great as Android phones are getting, there has been one major feature lacking that users have complained about: multi-touch. Yes, some third-party apps have been free to use it…
News Corp Earnings Are In: Digital Media Contribution Decreases By $32 Million YOY
News Corporation this afternoon announced financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2009. Zooming in on the ‘Other’ segment, which houses News Corp’s Digital Media group, things are…
From 1978: Unbelievable Japanese "Star Wars" TV spot for "sea chicken"
Star Wars has always been popular in Japan, so seeing Luke Skywalker et al. in a Japanese TV commercial from the 1970s isn’t a big deal in itself. But seeing…
Google Nexus One gets OTA update, multi-touch goodness
When Google announced the Nexus One at an event early last month, one journalist asked, “Why doesn’t this have multi-touch? When is it going to get multi-touch?” Andy Rubin, VP…
Oh, now you don't support music piracy? Sure, OK, Keith Urban, whatever you say.
To say I know who Keith Urban is would be scandalous. I’ve since learned, in the six seconds of research done for this here post, that he’s something of a…