Cox is bringing VOD to select TiVo boxes in July
Cox
and TiVo have been making noise about joining forces and making the
cable provider's extensive Video-On-Demand catalog available on retail
TiVo set-tops for nearly five years now. Following a recent post by
ZatzNotFunny, however, Cox confirmed ea... Read More ...
Nintendo asks you to pay what you want for indie games
Nintendo's
been going through some serious growing pains on its path to the modern
era of console gaming but with this latest step it's actually beating
Microsoft and Sony to the punch for once. The Japanese gaming company is
running a Humble Bundle.... Read More ...
Adult Swim makes virtual reality even weirder
Virtual
reality's notion of strapping a display to your head is already a bit
weird by itself, but Adult Swim just took that strangeness to a new
level. The network's Virtual Brainload app for Android invites you to
grab a Google Cardboard viewer and... Read More ...
Air Force certifies SpaceX to bid for military space missions
Making
peace with US Air Force and dropping charges against the agency has
paid off for SpaceX. Its Falcon 9 rocket has finally been certified,
giving the company the right to compete for national security launches.
Elon Musk's space corp has passed ... Read More ...
Motion-sensing 'PomPom Mirror' recreates your likeness in fur
If
you're tired of your ugly mug staring back from across the bathroom
sink every morning, just install this furry silhouetting mirror from New
York-based artist Daniel Rozin. He built it for the Descent With
Modification exhibit at NYC's bitforms ga... Read More ...
'Mad Max' the game has crazy cars, murder and a story
The
"Savage Road" story trailer suggests that there's a deeper tale behind
all of the desert-drenched road rage and creative killing in the Mad Max
video game. Apparently, that story is about a dude looking for a car,
finding a car, kissing a lady an... Read More ...
PlayStation Plus gets an answer to Xbox Live's subscriber-only sales
Sony
has long been willing to discount certain PlayStation games if you're a
Plus subscriber, but it hasn't offered the certainty of Xbox Live's
Deals With Gold. You don't know that you're going to get a steady stream
of bargains, especially not for ... Read More ...
Thieves steal tax data for 100,000 from an IRS website
You
might need to keep a closer eye than usual on your tax-related info.
The Internal Revenue Service is warning that intruders stole tax data
for 100,000 people between February and May by taking advantage of a
flaw in the agency's transcript websit... Read More ...
WTF, 'Clickbait' and 'Emoji' are now officially words?
As
the English language continues to evolve in response the internet's
cultural onslaught, Merriam-Webster has announced that it's adding a
host of new net-centric terms to its pages. In fact, the dictionary
company has recently added a total of 1,70... Read More ...
Marvel's universe gets a dedicated search engine for comic queries
Since
Marvel opened up its API to developers, creative types are able to
leverage the company's massive comic library for apps and the like. One
dev, Filix Mogilevsky, took it upon himself to create a search engine
for the collection of characters an... Read More ...
NASA picks the scientific tools it'll use to study Europa
NASA
is convinced that Jupiter's moon Europa is worth visiting, and for good
reason: its icy surface could be hiding a giant ocean friendly to life.
The agency is going to need the right equipment if it's going to verify
its theories, however, which ... Read More ...
Microsoft's apps will ship with Android tablets from LG and Sony
If
you thought Microsoft's app deal with Samsung was surprising... well,
that's just the tip of the iceberg. The Windows maker has reached
agreements to bundle its apps and services on Android tablets from 20
companies. Most of these firms are small ... Read More ...
Google to create 'universal access for people with disabilities'
One
billion people worldwide live with a physical or developmental
disability. And for those in developing nations, many of these
disabilities dictate a life of social and economic marginalization. But
Google's doing something about it. The company a... Read More ...
What's on tap for Google at I/O 2015
We're
coming down to the wire now: Google I/O 2015 is just a few days away,
and we'll be liveblogging and reporting from the ground as soon as the
festivities begin. Don't let its reputation as a developer bonanza fool
you, though. There's going to b... Read More ...
Fire breaks out at Apple facility in Arizona
An
Apple building in Arizona is on fire, and a live stream from local news
station ABC 15 shows crews on site, as well as a burning roof full of
scorched solar panels. Based on the location, it appears to be the
facility Apple purchased from sapphire... Read More ...
JXE Streams: 'Splatoon' seduces us with squids and squirt guns
I
couldn't resist Nintendo's Splatoon when I saw it for the first time at
E3 2014. Squids with squirt guns locked in a summery battle to cover
skate parks in neon ink? With a premise so weird and wonderful all on
its own, I probably would have loved ... Read More ...
Time-traveling detective game 'D4' hits PC on June 5th
D4:
Dark Dreams Don't Die is a wonderfully strange detective game with a
twist: There's a bullet lodged in your skull that allows you to touch
certain objects and travel back in their timelines, to places and events
pivotal to their existence. As a h... Read More ...
Facebook tests critic reviews in your restaurant searches
Ever
had a Facebook friend rave about a restaurant, only to find out that it
leaves your own tastebuds underwhelmed? Facebook might just come to
your rescue. It's experimenting with a feature that adds critic reviews
to certain restaurant pages in Ne... Read More ...
The US Air Force hopes to recruit you with a virtual reality game
The
US Air Force has an interesting dilemma: how do you convey the thrill
of flying a fighter jet to potential recruits without taking them on a
very expensive trip? Virtual reality, apparently. The military branch is
teaming up with Reel FX on Air F... Read More ...
Comcast says Charter/TWC deal 'makes all the sense in the world'
If
Comcast had any bitter feelings about the collapse of its Time Warner
Cable merger, following today's announcement of a $55 billion
Charter/Time Warner deal, it's not making them public. "This deal makes
all the sense in the world," Comcast CEO Br... Read More ...
Researchers use an app to predict GPA based on smartphone use
What
a person does on their phone call tell you a lot about them --
including their GPA. Researchers from Dartmouth College and the
University of Texas at Austin have developed an app that tracks
smartphone activity to compute a grade point average t... Read More ...
Here's how Apple's Force Touch might work on the next iPhone
We've
been hearing for months that Apple's upcoming iPhone models will be
force-sensitive, just like the Apple Watch and its newer MacBook
trackpads. Now we have an idea of how the company's "Force Touch"
technology -- which enables pressure sensitiv... Read More ...
LG and Huawei are reportedly making Google's Nexus phones this year
If
you were disappointed that your only choice for a new, official Google
phone last year was the gargantuan Nexus 6, you'll be glad to hear that
2015 could be very different. Android Police sources have elaborated on
previous rumors with word that b... Read More ...
Korg brings its classic M1 synthesizer to the iPad
If
you're fond making classic synth sounds with your iPad, Korg offers
quite the library of apps that'll do just that. As of this week, there's
a new addition: the M1 digital synthesizer and music workstation. The
"complete reproduction" of the instr... Read More ...
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