As device makers strive to improve battery and charging tech, Apple tests inductive charging for its watch
Building a Better Battery — SAN FRANCISCO — The next breakthrough smartphone, or maybe the one after that, might not have a traditional battery as its sole source of power.
Hashtags in 57% of Super Bowl ads; Facebook led social networks with 5 mentions to Twitter's 4
New Record For 2014: Hashtags Mentioned In 58% Of Super Bowl Ads … Hashtags were in 58 percent of Super Bowl ads, up from 50% in 2013 and setting a new record.
Forgotify: The Tool for Discovering Spotify's 4 Million Unheard Tracks
The idea first came to Lane Jordan when he heard an odd little fact: Around 20 percent of tracks on Spotify—some four million songs—had been played exactly zero times. — Four million songs! That go...
ABC orders pilot for ‘Selfie,’ its latest attempt to turn a social media trend into a comedy
People always like to guess whether a new show will be a hit or miss — and newly-announced ABC pilot Selfie has the potential to be a huge miss. The show will be written by Suburgatory creator Emily K...
Al Shabaab shuts out central and southern Somalia from internet
Kamau Mbote — Clients at a cyber cafe in Somalia: Reports indicate that Al Shabaab has shut off internet services in central and southern parts of the country. — Telecos operating in Al Shabaab-c...
Developer Behind “Flappy Bird,” The Impossible Game Blowing Up The App Store, Says He Just Got Lucky
Flappy Bird, a game you can barely play for more than a few seconds without throwing your phone across the room in frustration, is dominating the App Store and Google Play.
Xperia Z1 Compact exceeds predecessor with smaller, better display and unmatched battery life
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact review: when smaller is better — For the longest time, the prevailing trend with mobile phones was to take last year's handset and make it smaller.
Twitter partners with 300 Entertainment to give ‘full access’ of its user data to the music industry
Hot on the heels of a deal with CNN and Dataminr to bring the benefits of its data to journalists, Twitter is focusing on unlocking the potential of its platform for the music industry.
Siri Co-Creator Ponders the Future of the ‘Her’ Operating System
Siri, meet Scarlett. — Hollywood has always shown the way to the future. It's a little known fact that, for decades, the bigscreen inspired many forward-looking technologies long before their day.