FINALLY. I discovered a new podcast that covers all of the day’s tech news, but doesn’t force listeners to endure long, random tangents or kick off with 10 minutes on Josh Topolsky’s hair — as endearing as it is ;-) The podcast is appropriately titled, “Tech News Today,” includes full coverage of the day’s news, isn’t […]
Three geek mags worth your time and money — none are surprising, sure, but the iPad subscriptions are pretty sweet and I wanted to share. Got other suggestions? Please let me know :-) GEEK Magazine – gives you everything geek — TV, gadgets, music and comics! Total Film – douses you with extras like Blu-ray reviews, movie trailers, […]
God bless The Verge. Although they can be a little whiny on their podcasts, I love ‘em — even when they spout off about the minor details no one cares about (iPhone weather icon, anyone?). Truly, I’m an avid listener, reader and fan. And Josh’s late night appearances with Brian and Jimmy are always fun. Below […]
A smart-road design that features glow-in-the-dark tarmac and illuminated weather indicators will be installed in the Netherlands mid-2013. Special paint will be used to paint markers like snowflakes across the road’s surface — when temperatures fall to a certain point, these images will become visible, indicating that the surface will likely be slippery. The Roosegaarde design […]
The following are the last two paragraphs of Obama’s and Romney’s statements about the technology startup industry – Read the full statement at Techcrunch >> Obama: [...] As a nation. we can’t simply cut our way to prosperity or fall back to the top-down, trickle-down economics that benefits the few, but guts investments in our country’s future that grow […]
Twine, the sensor block system developed by Supermechanical was the first web enabled product to be a breakout hit on the site by raising over half a million dollars in early January, and recently the Pebble watch blew through Kickstarter’s old funding records by raising more than $10 million during its month-long campaign. PostScapes take a look at some of […]
This is my favorite time of year — when journalists focus on the new year’s predictions in tech. No stranger to this trend is social media news giant, Mashable, who predicts a rise in ‘ultrabooks’ (think MacBook Air), ‘social media exhaustion’ (think less Facebook) and ‘mobile chip wars’ — a nebulous concept that’s never fully […]
People power will come to life. You will never need a password again. Mind reading is no longer science fiction. Scientists are working on headsets with sensors that can read brain activity and recognize facial expressions, excitement and more without needing any physical inputs from the wearer. “Within [five] years, we will begin to see early […]
