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Tesla revises in-house financing plan for Model S buyers
- Last month Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a partnership with two major banks that would make it easier than ever for potential customers to secure financing when purchasing the company’s Model S electric car. The executive used some creative accounting…
Staples becomes first major US retailer to sell 3D printer
- Interested in a fancy new 3D printer but don’t know where to start? Just hit the easy button – as in, Staples. That’s because the company today became the first major US retailer to start selling a 3D printer. You…
UNICEF reminds the Internet that Facebook Likes don't save lives
- All too often we see causes spread on social networks claiming that, for each Like received, some sort of a charitable contribution will be made. But today UNICEF Sweden launched a campaign reminding people that Facebook Likes do not equate…
YouTube claims victory in the battle with television
- Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt recently proclaimed YouTube victorious in the battle against traditional television – if such a battle ever even existed. During a recent presentation to advertisers, the chairman said Internet video has already displaced television watching and…
Robotic insect takes first flight, barely weighs more than grain of rice
- Researchers toiling away in a Harvard University lab have developed what is said to be the world's most miniscule, guided, flying robot. Weighing just under three thousandths of an ounce, RoboBee with its 3cm wingspan borrows heavily from real flying…
Time Warner Cable CEO says it could follow to Aereo's business model
- Aero seems to be making waves in the cable industry. The company streams free over-the-air channels to Internet devices for a small fee, and this has broadcasters such as CBS threatening legal action against it. A small company like Aereo…
Songza iOS app receives a major overhaul, new Concierge features
- Looking to discover some new music but perhaps you’ve grown tired of the usual suspects like Pandora, Grooveshark, Rdio or Spotify? Want a recommendation engine that actually caters to what you are in the mood for? If you answered “yes”…
True photo tagging arrives on Instagram as 'Photos of You'
- A new feature on Instagram allows members to tag themselves, friends, family or anyone in photos they’ve taken and uploaded to the photo sharing service. Photos of You specifically uses Instagram handles to tag people, an improvement over the old…
IMAX's Private Home Theater brings the big screen to you
- If you’ve got a cool million or two lying around and you want the ultimate in home theater entertainment, look no further than IMAX. The company recently announced plans to offer a select few the opportunity to bring the IMAX…
Three injured in Samsung gas leak, second time this year at Hwaseong plant
- South Korean news agencies are reporting that electronics giant Samsung experienced a toxic gas leak at a manufacturing facility in Hwaseong. Yet another dent in Samsung's increasingly blighted safety record, the resulting gaseous hydrofluoric acid leak injured at least three…
Omaha next up for gigabit Internet, but it's not Google Fiber...
- With gigabit Internet already deployed in a handful of U.S. cities, less fortunate municipalities are likely to develop -- or may already have developed -- a little gigabit-envy. The next city to join that exclusive gigabit club though will be Omaha,…
Jelly Bean installs surpass Ice Cream Sandwich for the first time
- Google has revealed that for the first time, the number of active Android 4.1 and 4.2 Jelly Bean installations have surpassed those of Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s good news for Google as the platform has faced fragmentation issues for quite…
Digg's RSS reader expected in June but it might come at a price
- Let’s start with the good news: Digg is expected to release a beta version of their RSS reader sometime in June – well ahead of the planned closure of Google Reader on July 1. The bad news, unfortunately, is that…
AMD quad-core FX-4350 and six-core FX-6350 get official
- AMD recently added two new chips to the FX processor family, the quad-core FX-4350 and the six-core FX-6350. Both chips are based on the Piledriver architecture, support the latest instruction sets including FMA3 and AVX and work with existing AM3+…
Turn your boring LinkedIn profile into a vivid portfolio
- LinkedIn is bolstering member profiles today by launching a new feature that lets users showcase their professional story through rich, visual content. In other words, you can now add photos, videos and even presentations to your profile to help showcase…
T-Mobile and Metro PCS merger officially complete
- A while back, T-Mobile and Metro PCS were all over the news after announcing plans to merge their businesses. Things went quiet on the matter for a while, but now the merger is officially complete, with the two companies becoming one…
Google releases how-to video to help users get ready for Glass
- There are a lot of varying opinions floating around the Internet about Google’s Project Glass from early adopters who were lucky enough to get their hands on a set, but regardless of how you feel about it, Google is turning…
Vine update enables front-facing camera, mentions
- Earlier today Twitter announced they have updated video sharing app Vine with a number of user-requested features. Chief among them is the ability to capture video using your device’s front-facing camera – a feature that was glaringly absent in the…
Enigma makes accessing public data on the internet easy
- The amount of untapped public information available on the web is quite astounding. But the majority of people have no idea how to access it, and even if they do, the sheer amount of data will probably get them nowhere.
Nielsen announces pilot program to measure online audiences
- Nielsen will soon begin to measure the television viewing behavior of people that watch content online as part of their new Digital Program Ratings. The pilot program kicks off in May and will run through July with participation from the…
Wave of freshly minted Chromebooks to arrive later this year
- Despite the ostensibly small niche Chromebooks occupy, a recent rumor suggests another wave of Chrome-inspired laptops are on the way anyhow. The bulk of those upcoming models are expected to arrive during the second half of 2013 with a growing number of manufacturers…
AMD's Kaveri solves age-old issue, promises faster on-die GPUs
- AMD has revealed more information regarding Kaveri: its upcoming 28nm Steamroller-based APU. The company is touting Kaveri's heterogeneous system architecture -- a design which aims to greatly increase the performance output of on-die graphics cores. This technological achievement likely mark…
Paid Hulu subscriptions doubled to four million this past year
- Hulu recently announced they have doubled the number of paid subscribers over the course of the last year despite the fact that founding chief executive Jason Kilar stepped down last month. Reaching four million paid subscribers is a noteworthy milestone…
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