Foursquare Raises Another $35 Million
Foursquare has raised another $35 million in a Series D round of funding, the company announced Thursday. The new round, which was first reported…
Block by Block, Detroit’s Startup Scene Revives a Great City
As an Englishman who has visited and travelled through more than 25 U.S. states, I have always found that the best place to understand…
Twitter-Powered Vending Machine Dispenses Pandas
A vending machine filled with stuffed animals would be unusual enough, but a vending machine that gives away stuffed animals in exchange for tweets…
New Mac Pro Now Available and Other News You Need to Know
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the…
Samsung to Unveil 105-Inch Curved Ultra HD TV at CES
Samsung just couldn’t let LG have the only 105” curved ultra HD TV at CES this year, so it announced its own variant on…
Why 2013 Disrupted the Gaming Industry as We Know It
Gamers will fondly remember 2013. The year offered enough for every player to savor: new consoles, Grand Theft Auto V, indie games that stole…
Filmmaker Makes Cheeky Commercial for a Used Nissan–And Nissan Buys It
Floridian Filmmaker Luke Aker, a.k.aIkonik Productions, may have found the best way ever to sell a used car. Aker made a witty parody of…
Vine Users to Get Vanity URLs on Dec. 20
Twitter‘s video-sharing service Vine will allow users to get vanity URLs for their profiles starting Dec. 20, Twitter has announced Wednesday Owners of verified…
Which Industry Inspires the Most Swearing?
What kinds of companies illicit profanity from their customers? The answer, according to a Seattle mobile-advertising company, is satellite television providers. Housing contractors and…
‘LEGO: The Hobbit’ Video Game Trailer Stokes Your Spirit of Adventure
Lego has officially announced a video game adaptation of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. The game will let you step into the square, plastic shoes…
Has Nike’s Very Special Sneaker Strategy Gone Too Far?
Another holiday, another batch of fancy new basketball shoes to choose from. Nike has unveiled signature Christmas shoes for LeBron James, Kevin Durant and…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is Working on the Movie for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’
Joseph Gordon-Levitt announced Monday night that he will be working with Warner Bros., David Goyer and Neil Gaiman to bring The Sandman to life…
LG’s Curved Ultra HD LCD TV Is a Cinephile’s Dream
UltraHD (4K) screens have an amazing four times the resolution of HD. Curved displays can improve the picture by cutting down reflections. And a…
Snowden’s Leaks Finally Forced Companies to Enhance Security
Last week, Google, Microsoft and five other leading Web companies formally requested that the U.S. government rein in its use of dragnet surveillance. These…
U.S. Army’s New Cost-Saving Laser Can Shoot Down Drones
The U.S. Army has developed a more efficient and cost-effective way to take down drones, and it involves a weapon that hasn’t yet been…
49ers Fans Crowdfund Billboard to Troll Seattle Rivals
Trolling rival sports fans on Twitter? That’s so passé. A group of San Francisco 49ers supporters is upping the ante by crowdfunding money to…
Google Glass Unveils Winkfeed RSS and Weather Alert Apps
Google unveiled on Wednesday new Glass apps that offer different content-consumption options on the device. The tech giant announced three new apps in an…
‘Seventeen’ Is One of First Major Magazines to Join Snapchat
Seventeen Magazine has joined Snapchat and is looking for followers, making it one of the first major magazine publications to join the messaging service….
Hackers Breach ‘Washington Post’ for Second Time in 3 Years
For the second time in three years, hackers have breached the security systems at The Washington Post. The newspaper was alerted to the incursion…
How ESPN Found the Biggest Sports Fans on the Internet
No matter how you run the numbers, most of the players, teams and leagues in pro, semi-pro and college sports owe the glory of…