Mellisa Tolentino
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Google Glass Etiquette: Don’t be a #Glasshole
With the recent Glass Explorer kerfuffle, wherein a so-called Glass explorer was wrongly accused of pirating a movie while wearing his Glass to the movies, the issue of whether the device is good or bad is once again up for debate. As with most things, the truth is that Google Glass can be both good ...
Big Data predicts this year’s GRAMMY winners
The GRAMMYs are just a few days away. The music world’s biggest awards show will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014, in LA. Music lovers will be tuning in on CBS for the live telecast, and I’m pretty sure many SiliconANGLE readers will be rooting for their favorite bands or artists to get that ...
Car manufacturers questioned for data collection
This week’s SmartCar roundup scrutinizes the issue of privacy with regards to information obtained by connected cars. AAA’s Consumer Rights for Car Data As more connected cars are manufactured and sold each year, AAA reports that about 20 percent of cars released this year alone will collect and transmit data outside the vehicle to ...
Glass Explorer gets booted out the movie theater, accused of movie piracy
If you’re one of those lucky Google Glass owners whose fond of wearing the device everywhere you go, turned on or not, you might want to reconsider doing so. An anonymous reader of The Gadgeter shared his unfortunate experience while wearing his Google Glass at the cinema. He related how he was with his wife ...
Amazon denies online pay-TV effort
Would you be surprised if Amazon launched an online pay-TV service? No, neither would we, especially when it continues to offer a growing amount of original content, such as Alpha House, Betas, and children’s programs like Annebots, Tumbleaf, and Creative Galaxy. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is holding talks with big ...
iHealth Labs launch takes health monitoring to 3 new levels
Wearable technology was big at CES 2014. We saw a multitude of wearable devices that not only keep track of our daily activities but also connect us to our mobile devices. Yet there’s more to wearable devices than just attaining your Quantified Self as it can be used for medical diagnostics. This week’s Wearable Tech ...
Worst passwords of 2013 : How to keep safe this year
Passwords are designed to protect us, but managing them in today’s technologically advanced world seems more trouble than it’s worth. Despite 2013 being a year of consumer awareness for a number of security and privacy issues, people still haven’t learned their lesson. According to the latest report from SplashData, the Worst Passwords of 2013 reveals how ...
Get ready to sink your teeth in 3D printed Hershey’s chocolates
3D printers have been in existence for quite a while, but even now there are few households that own one seeing as the technology is still prohibitively expensive, and they’re not all that easy to use. Then there’s the issue of long waiting times involved as well. Though 3D printing is quite an amazing sight ...
Apple & Samsung unlikely to settle with anti-cloning provision
Apple and Samsung’s patent brawl ‘might’ be about to end, as the two firm’s look set to come to some kind of settlement – but only if the South Korean company gives into the Cupertino firm’s whim. Apple has been adamant in the past that it will never settle with Samsung or any other company ...
Microsoft releases fix for Surface Pro 2 December update
Surface Pro 2 users were delighted to get an update to the device’s firmware late last year. The update promised improved system stability, wireless display and connectivity, and Surface Cover interaction, among other improvements. That’s all very well and good, but alas, that’s not what the update delivered. For some, the update cause more issues ...