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Who’s Flying Unmanned Drones In The US? Here’s A List 2

By Jon Christian May 8, 2012

  Do you feel like you're being watched? Maybe you are, by a legally-licensed aerial drone, flown by the government or a private entity. The United States' use of armed, unmanned drones in the Middle East has stirred up controversy during the past decade. Garnering less criticism, at...

St. Louis Arch Grants Chooses 15 Winning Startups, Including Techli 3

By Corey Cummings May 8, 2012

Out of 420 applicants, St. Louis Arch Grants has chosen its first 15 startups to receive a total...

SoundWave Cleverly Implements Gesture Recognition Into Existing PC Hardware 4

By Corey Cummings May 7, 2012

Microsoft Research and the University of Washington have developed Kinect-like gesture control...

Mozilla To Fight Sluggish Web Pages With “Click-To-Play” Plugins 5

By Jon Christian May 7, 2012

Consumer computer hardware is the fastest it's ever been, and broadband speeds dwarf what was...

Flashback Targeted Google (But Their Takings Were Pretty Modest) 6

By Jon Christian May 7, 2012

The hackers who disseminated the Flashback trojan, which shook the confidence of Apple users who...

MissTravel Doesn’t Do Background Checks: Proceed With Caution 7

By Techli Team May 7, 2012

MissTravel, a Las Vegas startup which advertises that "attractive people fly for free," has been...

Facebook Makes Chat A Little Creepier 8

By Jon Christian May 7, 2012

Take heed, event promoters and love-lorn flirts. Facebook's chat service will soon become a bit...

Gadget Accidents That Apple Won’t Repair, And How To Prevent Them 9

By Techli Team May 6, 2012

This week, an 11-year-old student was sent to the Cumberland County Juvenile Probation Department...

Is Intel Edging Into Raspberry Pi’s Turf? 10

By Jon Christian May 6, 2012

There's been speculation this week that an upcoming Intel motherboard form factor could be an...

Solar Powered Boat Completes Record Breaking Journey Around The World 11

By Corey Cummings May 6, 2012

After almost two years of sailing entirely on solar power, PlanetSolar’s Tûranor completed its...

Draw Something Loses Nearly 4 Million Users, Introduces Sponsored Drawings 12

By Corey Cummings May 6, 2012

OMGPOP, creators of the hot mobile app Draw Something, was acquired for $200 million by casual...

Back9Booking: A Free Booking Service For Golfers By Golfers 13

By Corey Cummings May 5, 2012

Back9Booking is a startup that takes aim at the one of the biggest frustrations of any golfer:...

MIT Tetris Hack Took 4.5 Years Of Planning [VIDEO] 14

By Jon Christian May 5, 2012

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology poured more than four years of time and...

Fetchnotes: The Simple Note Taking App 15

By Corey Cummings May 4, 2012

Fetchnotes is a handy note taking mobile app that wants to quickly capture those brilliant moments...