AP – Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted Tuesday that rapid advances in technology will soon transform science fiction into reality mdash; meaning people will have driverless cars, small robots at their command and the ability to experience being in another place without leaving home.
AP – Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what’s left of its kingdom.
AP – A new law could result in fewer TV stations on the air, in exchange for faster wireless data services for smartphones and tablet computers.
Yahoo! News – Republicans hope to regain control of the narrowly divided U.S. Senate this year, and the open seat in Virginia plays heavily into their strategic plans. But a new candidate in the race threatens to shake things up, complicating both Democratic …
Yahoo! News – Millions of years ago, there lived penguins so huge they may have been able to parry the attacks of dolphins with their humongous, fish-catching beaks. The bones of some of these prehistoric flightless birds were discovered in 1977, and scientists have …
Mashable – Foursquare tells people where you are. A new mobile app called Forecast, which is opening to Facebook users on Tuesday, instead tells them where you will be. Here’s how the free app for iPhone and Android works: Users make Forecasts that include what they plan to do and what time. Those Forecasts are [...]
Reuters – There is a good chance young people growing up in today’s always-wired world will eventually become bright, nimble decision makers – if they don’t wind up intellectual lightweights unable to concentrate long enough to chew over a good book.
Reuters – The founder of the online file-sharing site Megaupload.com has asked a New Zealand court to free nearly a quarter of a million dollars in frozen assets to pay for living expenses, including nannies and bodyguards, as a bid by the United States to put him back behind bars was thrown out of court [...]
Digital Trends – A revamped iPad may not be the only thing Apple fans have to look forward to at the company’s March 7th event in San Francisco: 9to5mac cites sources close to Apple in anticipating a new Apple TV model will also be announced. The new device, codenamed J33, is expected to include a [...]
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | It’s no surprise more Android smartphones are being sold worldwide every year than iPhones, at least, when you add the numbers and count every Android smartphone from every vendor. Apple sells more iPhones than any other company and makes more money per smartphone sold than most of them put together, but [...]