How To: Never Forget A Birthday With iOS
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How To: Never Forget A Birthday With iOS

Honey, do you know what today is? I’m sure you or someone you know has faced the infamous question, “Do you know what is special about today?”, from a friend or loved one. This topic has been the premise and … [Read more...]

Acer C7 Chromebook could get a slight refresh with 16 GB SSD
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Acer C7 Chromebook could get a slight refresh with 16 GB SSD

If you check out this page on the Best Buy website, you'll see an Acer C7 Chromebook touting some specs that don't quite match up with whats been released so far -- namely, the 16 GB solid state drive. This development, … [Read more...]

Bizzabo Is Like Business Dating For Conferences
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Bizzabo Is Like Business Dating For Conferences

Trade shows and conferences are big business, so it's no surprise that a number of apps are surfacing to take advantage of the 1.8 million meetings, trade shows, conventions and other events that take place across the … [Read more...]

Yahoo gobbles up PlayerScale, its second acquisition of the week
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Yahoo gobbles up PlayerScale, its second acquisition of the week

Another day, another acquisition by Yahoo. This time, it's PlayerScale, a startup that designs and builds the infrastructures used by many cross-platform games, including those on iOS and Android. Yahoo has had a … [Read more...]

AppGratis Launches on Android Weeks After Being Kicked Out of Apple Store
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AppGratis Launches on Android Weeks After Being Kicked Out of Apple Store

AppGratis, the French app promotion and discovery platform startup that was recently ejected from the App Store on the grounds that it violated two of Apple’s iOS Guideline, officially launched for Android users … [Read more...]

Mailbox Releases iPad Version of Its Email App
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Mailbox Releases iPad Version of Its Email App

Guess what I just downloaded?  The brand new Mailbox app update, which as you may have guessed from the title of this post is iPad optimized.  Mailbox had promised an iPad version would be on its way and it has … [Read more...]

Twitter Adds Two-Factor Authentication Option for User Accounts
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Twitter Adds Two-Factor Authentication Option for User Accounts

Twitter just announced via its blog that it has implemented two-factor authentication for user accounts.  The new login verification system (what Twitter is calling it), is easy to setup and will hopefully help prevent … [Read more...]

Google’s ‘end of search as we know it’ hits Chrome
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Google’s ‘end of search as we know it’ hits Chrome

Under the heading of "The end of search as we know it," Google showed off a number of new features for its search product at its I/O conference. One of them, a voice-enabled, conversational way to conduct searches, has … [Read more...]

Xbox Live memberships work on One and 360, support multiple accounts
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Xbox Live memberships work on One and 360, support multiple accounts

Here's a bit of good news about Microsoft's Xbox Live service. According to a report from gaming blog Polygon, Xbox Live memberships will work on both the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. Even better: you'll be able to create … [Read more...]

Tumblr Founder Now $250 Million Richer. USV Sees A 5,000% Return.
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Tumblr Founder Now $250 Million Richer. USV Sees A 5,000% Return.

Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr will net 26-year-old founder David Karp more than $250 million when the deal closes.  That's not bad at all.  Tumblr, which raised $125 million in funding since its launch six … [Read more...]

Xbox One Makes It Difficult to Borrow Video Games With ‘Pre-owned Fee’
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Xbox One Makes It Difficult to Borrow Video Games With ‘Pre-owned Fee’

Remember when we wrote about the end of borrow and lending video games?  Well, that unfortunate reality is perhaps already here.  Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto … [Read more...]

Xbox One Will Not Offer Backwards Compatibility for Xbox 360 Games
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Xbox One Will Not Offer Backwards Compatibility for Xbox 360 Games

If you were hoping to be able to play your Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One, you are out of luck.  The Verge has just learned that Microsoft has no plans to offer backwards compatibility with the Xbox One.  Microsoft … [Read more...]