Mellisa Tolentino
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Ads in your Smart Cars, Bikes for Rent + More
In this week’s SmartCar roundup, we’ll be featuring not only the latest developments in smart cars, but other forms of transportation as well, such as the CoGo bike Share and smart cars for rent. Ads in smart cars Today, we see cabs and buses laced with ads. They are typically implemented in a physical ...
Twitter Rolls Out Non-SMS, Two-Factor Authentication
There’s a lot of buzz about the social world today. There’s the new two-factor Twitter authentication, WhatsApps’ new voice messaging, and even Facebook has rolled out a few new updates. So let’s check ‘em out. Twitter does away with SMS Most two-factor authentication relies on SMS messages. If you want to always be secured ...
New ReRAM Tech Bridges Performance Gaps Between DRAM + Flash
Crossbar, the Santa Clara startup, recently announced a game-changing new memory chip that has the potential to replace flash memory in a number of applications. Dubbed as Resistive RAM or ReRAM, this postage-sized chip has the ability to store up to a terabyte of data as well as access that data 20 times faster than ...
Darknet Freedom Hosting Sites Shutdown Led by FBI Exploit Use Against Tor Network
Last Friday, Eric Eoin Marques, the alleged founder of Freedom Hosting, was arrested for charges accusing him of being, in the words of a FBI agent to an Irish court, “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet.” Freedom Hosting is a major hidden services hosting provider that can only be accessed through the ...
FireEye Fires IPO Into Action Following NSA Cybersecurity Craze
FireEye Inc., an IT security vendor, submitted its S-1 filing with the Security and Exchange Commission setting out to raise as much as $175 million in its public offering, though the number of shares to be sold and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. FireEye was founded in 2004 ...
See Your Psycho Data, and Your Little Dog’s Too
In this week’s Quantified Self collection, we’ll be featuring the story of how one creator has visualized quantified data by incorporating fashion, along with a gadget that keeps track of your furry friend’s fitness, and an app that ties in all other fitness and quantified self apps. Visualizing Physiological Data Rain Ashford is highly ...
Why Did Jeff Bezos Buy the Washington Post?
You’ve probably heard by now that Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of internet behemoth Amazon.com, has acquired the Washington Post in a deal worth a stonking $250 million. Just to be clear, Bezos purchased the company with his own cold, hard cash, so the Post isn’t going to become a part of Amazon. ...
Apple Battles Google on New Grounds : Smart Services
As the smartphone market consolidates features for its hardware offerings, software remains an important differentiator in this highly competitive market. While Apple hasn’t unveiled a new iPhone in well over a year, the Cupertino company has released a new version of iOS 7 at WWDC early this summer. Some were impressed with the update, while ...
Zynga Shuts Down OMGPOP for Good
Zynga has announced its intention to shut down OMGPOP Inc., the maker of “Draw Something”, which it acquired in March of last year, on September 30, 2013. According to Zynga’s post announcing the news, it’s shutting down OMGPOP to “make way for new and exciting gaming opportunities.” Though OMGPOP will be shut down, popular games ...
Apple’s Charger and Factory Woes Pile Up
Last month, news surfaced of an iPhone 5 electrocuting a woman which resulted in her death. According to the reports, Ma Ailun, a flight attendant with China Southern Airlines, died after being electrocuted when she picked up her phone to answer a call just after getting out of the shower. Some speculated that her wet ...