Inventions on our “why didn’t I think of that” list include the pillow with arm hole, solar-powered iPad keyboard, and now the Twig on Kickstarter. The Twig is described by its crea...
With the annual E3 gaming show just around the corner, it bears looking at one industry that owes a lot to hardcore gamers: the auto world — specifically electric vehicles, or EVs. You see, gam...
Intel officially launched the next wave of its new processing technology Thursday — this one including the chips meant for ultra-thin laptops or, as Intel calls them, Ultrabooks. The dual-core ...
Google has applied to control a slew of domain names that are not only related to its core business but have “interesting and creative potential.” The company announced on its blog on Thu...
A recent Facebook update lets page administrators schedule posts in advance, similar to the scheduling functions of HootSuite and other third-party apps. However, users quickly noticed flaws in the u...
Surprise! Microsoft just released the Windows 8 Release Preview (RP) — the next big step in its seemingly never-ending journey to get on store shelves — bringing new features, improved ap...
Will history repeat itself for another smartphone-connected watch on Kickstarter? A smartphone watch called Cookoo is currently getting a huge initial boost from Kickstarter supporters. Even though i...
What made Steve Jobs unique? Seven months after the Apple CEO and founder passed away, two of his closest friends sat down with All Things D’s Walt Mossberg, who also knew Jobs for years, to af...
If you were expected to see all of Steve Jobs’s life on screen when the movie based on the Walter Isaacson biography hits screens, you may be disappointed. Aaron Sorkin, the screen writer who b...
When it comes to taking crisp, steady footage, photographers can opt to leave their heavy DSLR cameras and tripods at home. The new crop of iPhone stabilizers makes it an option to skip high-tech and...
Zynga is building a portfolio of mobile, casual and social games across a variety of social networks and platforms, including, most notably, Facebook and iOS. It has at least 100 million monthly play...
If there’s such a thing as a master class for new CEOs, I think Tim Cook held it last night. In a warm, funny, smart and highly controlled interview with All Thing D‘s Walt Mossberg and K...
Google+ rolled out on Wednesday a new ‘Local’ tool that allows users to share and find information about nearby places — from museums and spas to restaurants and hotels. In addition...
Today’s Google Doodle honors Peter Carl Fabergé, a famous Russian jeweller, best known for his Fabergé eggs. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Fabergé inherited the family jeweler business from...
Link shortening and tracking service bit.ly got a major makeover on Tuesday. It offers a slew of new features to help make link sharing more dynamic — from bookmarks and profiles, to its first-...
We’ve already heard Apple is working on an in-house app that will rid itself of Google’s mapping data. Now pictures of Apple’s 3D map app have popped up online, ahead of its expecte...
Finally, another long weekend has arrived, and this must’ve been the most lively, news-packed and interesting weekend in a long, long time. There were enormous stories brewing — for insta...
Facebook may be gearing up to launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report suggests. According to The New York Times, engineers have been sought by recruiters to work on building hardw...
Videoconferencing apps like FaceTime give you direct and live interaction with another person — and conventional phone calls let you do the same thing — but that’s hard to do while ...
1. LG 55-Inch OLED: The "Ultimate Display" When I first laid eyes on the LG 55-inch OLED display at CES last January, it was love at first sight. Now LG says its "Ultimate Display" wi...
Have you ever struggled with taking a picture outdoors on your iPhone because of the oppressive glare of the sun washing out the Retina display? A new Kickstarter project might have the perfect solut...
How many times have you gone out for some fancy food, and ended up spending the evening yelling into the ear of your dinner companion? An accomplished sound engineer has figured out a way to solve th...
“If you’ve ever picked up a guitar for the first time and tried to play a favorite song, you know how discouraging it can be. The gTar completely changes that,” says Drew Houston, D...
Live broadcasting by Ustream SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will today attempt to dock with the International Space Station. If everything goes as planned, SpaceX would become the first private compan...
The Pinterest-like website for learning that the founders of Grockit launched Thursday now has a Facebook integration that shows your friends what you’re learning. Learnist, the newly launched ...
A private spaceship is preparing to link up with the International Space Station for the first time Friday (May 25) in a historic step for commercial spaceflight. The unmanned Dragon capsule, built b...
Smacking the ketchup bottle to get that last dollop out is a (small) but wide spread problem most people would rather avoid. Scientists at MIT did just that and created a secret substance they dubbed...
Gabe Zichermann is a public speaker, designer, and author of the books Game-Based Marketing and Gamification by Design. Follow him @gzicherm Most of the interest in gamification and user engagement f...
A former Manhattan store owner confessed Thursday morning to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 — the boy whose disappearance sparked the now-famous face on the milk carton. If you canR...
Want to know when items you pin on Pinterest go on sale? Now you can — up to a point — thanks to a new feature launched this week at a site called Lyst. Lyst, a London-based startup, is a...
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