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You don’t need me to tell you how incredibly cool programmable robots are. Robots like this can cost a person a boatload of cash if they don’t possess the proper technological know how to build one. Well, both of those worries have been taken care of with this project called Romo (no, not the starting…
Microsoft is on the hunt for talented people to join its ‘Surface Team,’ as a slew of job listings posted on the company’s Careers site. The Surface tablet has not been well received by Microsoft’s manufacturing partners, companies like Acer and Hewlett Packard have expressed its disapproval of the move. Meanwhile, other OEMs are on…
For years Apple has been the center of rumors suggesting unfair labor practices when it comes to its manufacturing partners oversees (ahem, Foxconn). Now, a report floating around is suggesting that Samsung supplier, HEG Electronics, is exploiting children by employing them as underage workers. China Labor Watch, a human rights group based in New York,…
Microsoft did a couple of interesting things today. One was announce its new Windows Phone Dev Center, formerly known as App Hub, which brings a better experience for developers and publishers. The second was sneakily introduce the new name of its app destination. Microsoft has decided to lose the name Windows Phone Marketplace, opting for a…
Tired of going out of your way to hit up your local ATM to deposit a check? Well, Bank of America just updated its iOS application to version 4.0.392. This upgrade brings a slew of new interesting features, such as giving bank customers the ability to make check deposits and send money to others by…
Surprise, surprise. Toshiba has started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) updates to lucky Thrive owners. This was totally unexpected as many of us believed the upgrade wasn’t expected until the fall. We guess the Tokyo based manufacturer figured out whatever issue it was having with the update, which caused them to originally delay…
Nokia has been popping up in the headlines as of late, with the possible unveiling of new Windows Phone 8 handsets at its event on Sept. 5. Now pics have surfaced of a mystical yellow-ish Lumia 800/900 device that’s believed to be an old prototype. These images posted at Chinese microblogging site Sina, and the prototype…
A Texas college student by the name of Chance Bothe decided to put his life in the hands of chance, when he opted to text while driving. The guy had a freaky premonition that he’d drive himself off a cliff into a fiery death. Well, I may have embellished a bit, but most of what…
Today Samsung has finally made the Galaxy Note 10.1-inch official. The larger Note is expected to hit shelves worldwide sometime this month. The stylus-equipped Android tablet will feature some boastful features like a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor and 2GB of RAM. Recently we got a glimpse at the unreleased 10.1-inch Note courtesy of an unboxing…
eBay is doing something special for all you lucky San Franciscans out there. One of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world is bringing same day product delivery to all those who live in San Francisco by way of its iOS app called eBay Now. The new service is currently in beta, so users who…