Unikey Technologies, a company made known by ABC’s Shark Tank for technology that turns your smartphone into a universal door key, has raised $1.1 million according to an SEC filing. The amount appears to be in addition to a $500,000 equity stake raised from Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary earlier this year on the...
An outspoken Chicago judge has dismissed Apple’s patent claims against Motorola “with prejudice,” meaning they can’t be argued again before that court. Apple can appeal the case to a higher court, but the decision is a blow to its hopes of arguing that Motorola–now owned by Google–infringed on patents held by Apple for key...
A trial date of June 3rd, 2013 has been set for the e-book case against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group, reports Reuters. The suit is being brought by the U.S. Government, who is alleging that Apple colluded with 5 publishers to increase the prices of e-books at the launch of the iPad. The other...
Online education is on a tear. Every few weeks or so, it seems like yet another startup offering online classes announces a multimillion dollar funding round. This week, San Francisco-based UniversityNow, which provides affordable higher education degrees online, said it raised $17.3 million. In the past three months, at least seven online course startups...
Facebook has a feature where it can place accounts in a special “memorialized” state when someone passes away. It’s actually a really nice thing, because I believe that our digital stuff staying around after we’re gone is a great. Being able to access a friend’s Facebook even though I can’t talk to them anymore...
Driving off Electric car maker Tesla Motors officially handed off the first ten of its Model S electric cars at a launch event at its factory in Fremont, Calif. on Friday. Workers filled a corner of the factory and surrounded a line of the cars as the first customers accepted their keys and were...
Melanie Nunez Jasmine Maxine Nunez With reporting by Elizabeth Luke Her badly burned body was found in James Baird State Park, in upstate New York, seven days after she disappeared. Firefighters had gone to control a brush fire near the Taconic Parkway, and saw her lying in the grass, wearing Levi’s 524 jeans, a...
Facebook is finally working closely with Apple — on iOS 6 — but it’s also hiring away some of its design talent. The latest is Chris Weeldreyer, who has just left his position as a user interface design manager to become a product design manager at the social network. What will Weeldreyer be working on?...
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Sometimes you need to use your cell phone to call contacts who you might not want to be able to reach you on your cellphone. Or perhaps you are on vacation or travel ling and need to forward your calls. There are simple ways manage your phones call options including hiding your Caller ID...