| Microsoft to Offer Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to Students for $70 | | Microsoft has announced the details of a new special offer for students, which will be able to purchase the Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition online for $69.99. The offer starts Feb. 1 in the U.S., and will also become available in 49 additional countries by March 19. On Feb 21, the offer will become available in 22 new countries, including Canada, the UK, France, Germany and Spain.
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| Tell Time With This Slick Clock Made of LEGOs | | Leave it to LEGOs to make telling time cool. The guy who created this LEGO brick contraption is no short of a civic engineer who is probably our best bet at one day creating a time machine (which would also probably be made from LEGOs). SEE ALSO: LEGO PancakeBot Is Deliciously Nerdy Innovation The device uses a system of balls, levers and pulleys to tick away the minutes.
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| Lady Gaga Loses 156 Million YouTube Views on Official Account | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:39 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Lady Gaga has joined the list of musicians to lose millions of video views on YouTube. Her official account lost some 156 million views, NME reports. According to a YouTube spokesperson, VEVO reduced the play counts on many major artist's videos by up to 2 million views in December 2012 due to articially inflation of view counts. Gaga's account survived that initial sweep.
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| Wristwatch to Combat Sexual Violence in India | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:06 PM | Discovery News |
| In the wake of a brutal string of gang-rapes of female bus passengers — one in New Delhi and one in Gurdaspur — Indian officials have unveiled a new weapon they’re hoping can help combat violence against women.
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| Look at These 10 GIFs and You Might Actually Learn Something | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:19 PM | Christine Erickson |
| GIFs are more than just entertaining animated loops; they can actually teach us tons of quick and interesting facts. Think about the old textbooks most of us grew up with in the classroom. Each chapter's stock photos helped a little, but visual learners would benefit even more from quick animations. In other words, GIFs could be especially useful in scientific and medical fields.
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| BlackBerry 10: What You Need to Know | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:02 PM | Emily Price |
| Blackberry 10 was officially launched at an event in New York City on Wednesday. Along with the official debut of the mobile operating system, the company behind it also made some huge announcements about its future. Curious what all the hype is about? Here's a quick look back at the event, what the company announced, and what we can expect in the future.
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| Facebook's Q4: By the Numbers | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:31 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook's fourth-quarter earnings was a bonanza for anyone looking for updated stats on the company. The one that caught a lot of analysts' attention was 23% — the proportion of ad revenues that the company derives from mobile. Facebook's perceived lack of progress in mobile was a major reason the company's stock slid precipitously after its May 2012 IPO.
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| Dish Hopper DVR Lets You Watch Satellite TV From Anywhere | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:19 PM | Charlie White |
| Now there's an improved Dish Hopper satellite video DVR on the market, adding attractive new features that might make it worth a second look. The big news is the Hopper's built-in Slingbox that lets you watch anything on your DVR wherever you have an Internet connection. We tested the new Dish Hopper with Sling, viewing video at home and on the go.
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| Fall in Love With This Oscar-Nominated Disney Short | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:05 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Need a quick hit of romance and Mad Men-style glamor to get you through the rest of your work day? Take six minutes and watch this Oscar-nominated short from Disney: Paperman. A blend of hand-drawn animation and computer graphics, Paperman is set in a stylized mid-century Manhattan. It deals with the star-crossed love of two office workers, and how a pile of papers brings them together.
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| Can the Z10 Save BlackBerry? | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:36 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| BlackBerry, or the company formerly known as RIM, did all it could today in its bid for relevance. It delivered a cutting-edge smartphone, the Z10, a solid, old-school QWERTY Q10, and an intriguing and in some ways innovative mobile platform. I just wish I could tell you if it's enough. RIM ... er ... BlackBerry's CEO Thorsten Heins deftly played the role of affable showman.
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| Watch People Try to Use BlackBerry 10 for the First Time | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:16 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The BlackBerry Z10 is a powerful smartphone. It consolidates all messaging into a single, united interface called the Hub, it can run up to eight apps in the background, and it has an extremely high-res screen at 356 pixels per inch. But it also works in some starkly different ways than other smartphones. For starters, there's no home button, so unlocking the phone works differently than on the iPhone and most Android phones.
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| 10 Key Takeaways From Bill Gates' Annual Letter | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:53 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Bill Gates' 2013 Annual Letter highlighted the power of data and measurement to help lift the world's most needy up from poverty. This year's letter was presented through an interactive experience fit with shareable quotations, embedded films and infographics. You can also view photos of Gates and his wife Melinda's work around the world, from meeting with high school students in Denver to visiting agricultural facilities in Ethiopia.
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| Twitter Makes it Easier to View Photos and Videos | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:36 PM | Emily Price |
| Twitter rolled out an update today that makes it easier to view photos and videos on the site, specifically photos and videos in profiles or search results. Now when someone tweets a photo, you can click on it directly from search results or that person’s profile page and view a larger version of the picture without being taken to another page.
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| 'Sesame Street' and Grover Get Monster Win on Twitter | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:05 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Sesame Street tweeted its way to a monstrous Internet win Wednesday afternoon. Grover took over Twitter duties to put a social media spin on the classic 1971 children's book, The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover. The Twitter version played out in 29 tweets that you — and your kiddos — can read below. Sesame Street also has an interactive version available on iTunes.
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| Here's How the BlackBerry Z10 Stacks Up With Competitors | | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:02 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| BlackBerry — the company formerly known as Research in Motion — announced on Wednesday the arrival of its new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, which has the potential to brighten the future of the struggling company. The sleek device is a lightweight beauty and packs a whole slew of bells and whistles.
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