Good news for those of you still clinging to Windows Live Messenger in its current form — it looks like you’ll able to keep using it for just a little bit longer. It’s no secret that Microsoft would retire its 13 year old messaging service in favor of the one it paid $8.5 billion...
Google’s Street View Goes Inside Its First NFL Venue, Maps Colts Stadium
The football season may be over, but with 202 days to go before the next NFL game kicks off again, Google today announced that it has brought its Street View cameras into the Indianapolis Colts’ Lucas Oil Stadium. The new 360 degree imagery, Google Maps product manager Evan Rapoport writes, is “another example of how...
Peak Gmail: Too Many Messages, Not Enough Space, And, Finally, A Way Out
I’ve been receiving ominous warnings in my Gmail inbox for months now: “You are almost out of space for your Gmail account. Once you run out of space, you will not be able to send or receive any emails until you delete some items.” Well, that’s one way to get out of inbox overload!...
The Iron Yard stokes startup fires in the Southeast
In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains sits the small city of Greenville, S.C.. Formerly known as the “Textile Capital of the World,” this town of shady streets, quaint local businesses, and a thriving arts scene is now home to a bubbling startup community. Most of this heat starts at The Iron Yard, a...
Skype officially rolls out video messaging on iOS, Android, Mac — but not Windows
Skype’s long-awaited video voicemail feature is finally here. Skype will begin rolling out video messaging today to its iOS, Android, and Mac apps in the United States, United Kingdom, and a few other countries, a company representative confirmed to VentureBeat this morning. Changes to the chat service’s terms of service in December hinted that video messaging...
The DeanBeat: The state of free-to-play mobile gaming, by the numbers
The statistics around mobile gaming are becoming staggering. At the Casual Connect Europe in Hamburg, Germany, the move toward mobile games was evident among the 1,600 attendees. The numbers suggest that a sweeping shift is happening in the industry. Of the 7.1 billion people on the planet, about 4.3 billion have mobile phones, according to the...
The Tesla Nightmare Shows Why All-Electric Cars Are (Basically) Dead On Arrival
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NYT Reviewer Responds To Elon Musk: I Did What Tesla Told Me To Do (TSLA)
Phil Denton / Creative Commons The New York Times’ John Broder has responded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s point-by-point response to his review of the company’s Model S car, and basically says Tesla’s own employees instructed him to do everything Musk took him to task for: Beginning early in the morning of my second...
Britain’s New Self-Driving Car System Is Nothing Like Google’s
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Watch: Incredible dashboard footage of the Russian meteor strike
You’ve probably heard by now that Chelyabinsk, Russia was hit by a meteor strike on Friday. Details of the incident are still emerging, but local officials are reporting that over 400 people were hurt by the incident. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the injured. If you’re interested in seeing what happened, the common...