Gyro Screwdriver Channels Video Game Controller [VIDEO] | | | Household appliance company Black and Decker has launched a new product -- their Gyro screwdriver. The Gyro is named for the gyroscopic technology it uses to operate. This technology is already used most visibly for video game controllers. Unlike...
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Scientists Convert a 53,000-Word Book Into DNA | Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:59 PM | |
| | In a scientific first, Harvard University researches successfully transformed a 53,426-word book into DNA, the same substance that provides the genetic template for all living things. The achievement could eventually lead to the mass adoption of...
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Twitter's API Update Cuts Off Oxygen to Third-Party Clients | Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:28 PM | |
| | Twitter unveiled some of the upcoming changes to version 1.1 of its API that could have a drastic impact on the service's third-party ecosystem. As promised, Twitter is squeezing the knot around the neck of third-party Twitter apps that mimic...
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New Ustream App Lets You Broadcast Directly to Facebook | Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:01 PM | |
| | A new app from UStream lets you broadcast live video directly from your iPhone to your Facebook feed. Called Broadcast for Friends -- or BFF -- the app can be used to share a live video to just your group of friends or publicly. Ustream recently...
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YouTube the Focal Point in Republican 'Convention Without Walls' | Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:59 PM | |
| | YouTube will be the centerpiece of the Republican National Convention's digital and social strategy, dubbed the "Convention Without Walls." The purpose of Convention Without Walls? To make the RNC the most open and accessible convention in...
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Invisible Bike Helmet Keeps Riders Safe, Looking Cool [VIDEO] | Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:31 PM | |
| | How often have you, or someone you know, eschewed a bicycle helmet to look cool at the expense of safety? Well, gamble with a traumatic brain injury no more. Two Swedish inventors created an invisible helmet called Hövding, and it doesn't...
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Why Technology Is Key to Overcoming the Language Barrier | Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:03 PM | |
| | Every four years the Olympics bring the world together, albeit briefly. And no matter a person's global location, we all connect through athletes like Oscar Pistorius, Jessica Ennis, or Usain Bolt. That's because the water cooler has been...
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Transform Your iPad Into a Clickity Clackity iTypewriter | Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:31 PM | |
| | Tap tap has replaced clickity clack as the primary typing sound of gadgets. Even if you miss the din of the typewriter and the feel of each individual key under your fingertips, you can't exactly browse the Internet on an old Remington. At the...
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Judge: Apple Lawyers 'Smoking Crack' | Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:02 PM | |
| | Are the lawyers Apple hired for its patent litigation against Samsung smoking crack? That's what judge Lucy Koh asked Thursday in court. But an Apple attorney categorically denied the charge, saying, "Your Honor, I'm not smoking crack." This all...
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Turn Your Instagram Pics Into Coasters [VIDEO] | Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:45 PM | |
| | Your Instagram pics live in the digital realm, but what if you could look at them on your coffee table, too? A company called Coastermatic will turn four of your best Instagram shots into coasters for $25. The round, sandstone coasters display...
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Google Maps: 10 Handy Tricks You Should Know | Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:38 PM | |
| | Google Maps is a fantastic free tool, but we're guessing you don't have much spare time to play around with the service. That's why we've gathered 10 useful tips to help you get more out of Maps. We'll teach you how to better visualize...
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Instagram 3.0 Launches With New Profiles and Photo Maps | Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:59 AM | |
| | Instagram is going live with version 3.0 of its iPhone and Android apps Thursday. If version 2.0 was about new tools to develop photos -- Instagram introduced a slew of new and faster filters, as well as tilt-shift -- version 3.0 is about new...
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Trailer, Pics Hits the Web | Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:42 AM | |
| | The official trailer for World of Warcraft's latest installment -- Mists of Pandaria -- has hit the web, generating buzz ahead of its September launch. The video for the online role-playing game was introduced on Thursday during the gamescom 2012...
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Twitter: A Day in the Life [INFOGRAPHIC] | Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:59 AM | |
| | Woke up, fell out of bed...checked my Twitter right away. Sound familiar? The microblogging network is core to many of our digital lives and content consumption habits. But what really goes on in the Twitter world on a given day? One thing is for...
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