Month: March 2014

When Chromecast was first released in July 2013, it was only sold in the United States. Now consumers in 11 more nations will be able to buy Chromecast devices. Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

Preschoolers can be smarter than college students at figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work because they’re more flexible and less biased than adults in their ideas about cause and effect, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Edinburgh, says a March […] Read the original post…

Apple’s new 8GB iPhone 5c model may offer significantly less storage space than other iPhone models, but its is close in available capacity to competing models from Samsung, which ship with 16GB of advertised storage. Continue reading → Read the original post by Julie

Monoprice via Rakuten offers the Monoprice DJ Style Over-the-Ear Pro Headphones, model no. 8323, for $17.99 with free shipping. Plus, coupon code “SUPER15″ yields 270 Rakuten Super Points, which are redeemable for a $2.70 Rakuten Shopping credit. Assuming you’ll use the credit, that’s $3 under our December mention and the […] Read the original post…

Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen confirmed on Twitter that his popular game will be returning to the iOS App Store. Gawker noticed the tweet, which was a response to a specific question about the game’s return. Nguyen didn’t beat around the bush and responded with an unequivocal “Yes.” […] Read the original post by Julie

Wi-Fi seems magical. Unless your connection keeps dropping or slowing to a crawl. Interference can cause that. Sometimes it’s a microwave or a automatic garage door opener or an elevator, sometimes it’s other devices on the same Wi-Fi channel. If you have an Apple AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, or AirPort […] Read the original post…

We sat down with the guys from Cipher Prime at GDC 2014 to take a look at their absolutely insane pharmaceutical-themed puzzle game called Intake. Players have to tap on pills as they fall to burst them before they hit the ground. The trick is that you need to tap […] Read the original post…

Quirky is more than just bendy power strips these days — recently, it’s been pushing its vision of the connected home thanks to a multi-million dollar partnership with GE. Read the original post by Engadget

If you’re a fan of the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise of games, we’ve got some good news for you. Atari has announced that RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 will soon be coming to the App Store. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

The vendor’s decision comes a week after reports that Asus was ditching a dual-OS convertible system under pressure from Microsoft and Google. Read the original post by Cody

Apple released iOS 7.1 earlier this month with a number of changes and improvements, but it also seems to be causing problems with Personal Hotspot on the iPhone. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has plans to return his hit game to the App Store, according to several interactions the app developer has had with fans. In a recent tweet discovered by Gawker, a fan asked Nguyen if he would return Flappy Bird to the App Store, and he […] Read the original post…

Cloudera, a Silicon Valley-based provider of enterprise analytic data management solutions that leverage Hadoop, announced yesterday afternoon that it has raised $160 million in new venture capital funding from T. Rowe Price, Google Ventures and MSD Capital . Read the original post by Fortune

Not everyone likes a lot going on in their background. They want something simple and minimalistic, like stripes. So if you’re a fan of simple striped backgrounds, then go ahead and check out these 5 wallpapers we’ve picked out just for you. Continue reading → Read the original post by Cody

Apple reportedly won’t OK Steve Jobs-themed offerings for its App Store, and the mobile world is a gloomier place because of that. Read the original post by Philip Michaels