Daily Archives: March 20, 2013

What The Heck Is This 4K TV Thing People Keep Drooling Over?

March 20, 2013
What The Heck Is This 4K TV Thing People Keep Drooling Over?

Kevin Smith/Business Insider See Also Apple People Are Not Like Samsung People — Here’s The Statistical Proof Sorry Apple, Samsung Is Making A Smartwatch Too A Key Defector From Team Apple Has Returned To The Fold The big theme of the Consumer Electronics Show this year was 4K TVs, sometimes called Ultra HD.  Everyone from...

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Apollo-Era Rocket Engines Pulled From The Bottom Of The Atlantic Ocean [PHOTOS]

March 20, 2013
Apollo-Era Rocket Engines Pulled From The Bottom Of The Atlantic Ocean [PHOTOS]

Bezos Expeditions The nozzle of an F-1 engine. Scientists used underwater vehicles to recover, from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, the most powerful engines ever fired to boost rockets from the Apollo program into space.   The engines were discovered last March by an expedition under the command of Amazon‘s CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. Parts...

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Google Launches Its Evernote Killer, Google Keep (GOOG)

March 20, 2013
Google Launches Its Evernote Killer, Google Keep (GOOG)

Email More Screenshot See Also How To Charge Your iPhone By Turning A Crank Even When Password-Protected, Anyone Can Access Your Samsung Galaxy Phone BOTNETS: How Hackers Can Control Your Computer Remotely For Mayhem And Profit Google has released Google Keep, a note-taking app that is most comparable to Evernote. It’s free and currently...

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Beloved Mac and iOS RSS reader NetNewsWire set to return after ditching intractable iCloud data syncing

March 20, 2013

iCloud data syncing, especially with Core Data, has become the bane of many an iOS developer’s existence. I can’t tell you how many developers have run into major issues implementing sync with Apple’s iCloud, no, really, I can’t tell you as most of them won’t go on the record. But there are quite a...

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Shutterstock announces ‘Offset,’ a new high-end marketplace for stock photos

March 20, 2013

New York-based stock photography marketplace Shutterstock has announced plans to launch a new service, dubbed Offset, which will offer premium, high-end stock photos and illustrations through a new marketplace. According to Shutterstock, Offset’s content is “in an entirely new caliber” with the sort of images that you’d use as a magazine cover or a...

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Hackles raised as Senate Budget Resolution mulls expanded online sales tax provision

March 20, 2013

The Senate, currently debating a budget for the US government, may include a provision to require states to collect sales tax on sales from retailers that do not reside inside their borders. Key members of the Senate are considering adding the bill to the current budget resolution. Passing the Senate wouldn’t enact the concept...

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More New Androids Than Babies, And Other Surprising Mobile Facts [Infographic]

March 20, 2013
More New Androids Than Babies, And Other Surprising Mobile Facts [Infographic]

Smartphones are in fact taking over the world. An infographic from Web-application monitor service New Relic offers some surprising statistics about the mobile landscape. For example, every day more than 1.3 million Android devices are activated — which is way more than the 300,000 babies born daily. Users now spend more time each day...

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Send To Kindle: Amazon’s Land Grab For What’s Left Of Your Attention Span

March 20, 2013
Send To Kindle: Amazon’s Land Grab For What’s Left Of Your Attention Span

Amazon’s new “Send To Kindle” button is nothing original. Its functionality is exactly what we’ve already seen (and used) with apps like Instapaper and Pocket. But it’s an important move for Amazon, which stands to benefit from capturing more of our fractured attention spans. The more we turn to Amazon for ebooks, games, videos,...

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Google Keep Takes Aim At Evernote — And Also Apple

March 20, 2013
Google Keep Takes Aim At Evernote — And Also Apple

Earlier today, Google launched Google Keep, a cloud-based note taking service designed to help people keep track of their thoughts, scribbles and notes. It’s an obvious smack at the popular Evernote service. With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track...

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Little-known Viewster scores big with free movies and TV shows

March 20, 2013

There’s a new kid in town, and it’s racking up video views: Zurich-based online video startup Viewster is set to announce Thursday that it managed to break into comScore’s list of the Top 50 U.S. video properties for the first time in February, attracting more unique viewers than Sony’s Crackle and the video sites...

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