Endpoints Versus The Internet Of Things


Last week on Twitter, a few friends of mine, IT industry analysts and journalists, were tossing around the conversational ball.  We were debating terminology — The Internet of Things — that has...

The Branding Secrets From Social Media Superstars


Ever wonder how certain people become social media superstars? How average, everyday people – not your typical celebrity – amass tens of thousands of Twitter followers, get “verified” on both Twitter...

ViviTouch HD Feel Technology Is Enhancing Audio, Gaming, And Even Adult Toys


Have you ever experienced sound as an actual tactile sensation? Or truly felt the difference between firing an M14A4 and a SCAR-L in Battlefield 4? That’s the promise of ViviTouch technology:...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling


By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...

FDA Grants Earlier Than Expected Approval For Medtronic’s CoreValve


The FDA today approved Medtronic’s CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are unable to undergo conventional open-heart surgery....
    






Nintendo’s Imagined Success Is More Dangerous Than Their Current Failure


There’s big news today that Nintendo has drastically revised their fiscal year forecast of Wii U sales, cutting the prediction from 9 million to 2.8 million,  just a few months before the goal was...
    






Best Online Colleges


While education has expanded beyond the rote learning of bygone days, the new challenges that face the student of today are myriad. The fact that there are such a large number of agencies that lend...
    






IBM To Spend $1.2B For New Data Centers As Part Of Pre-2015 Spending Spree


A week after announcing it was moving the Watson computer system to New York City as part of a new $1 billion business unit, IBM is squeezing in another major business deal before it reports its...
    






‘The Banner Saga’ Review: Beautiful, But Not Quite Brilliant (PC)


The moment I laid eyes on indie developer Stoic’s The Banner Saga, I wanted to love everything about it. The art-style is simply jaw-dropping, calling to mind classic Disney—Sword in the Stone comes...