Don’t Gamify News
March 9, 2012As if you needed more reasons to chase around digital badges on the internet, this week, crowdsourced journalism platform NewsIt announced that it has raised a $500,000 seed round. NewsIt’s.
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Adding Texture To Touch Screens
March 9, 2012[youtube id=”5X-9-57qG9Y” width=”600″ height=”350″] Feel it to believe it? Finnish developer Senseg says they’re sitting on the technology to make a tablet’s touch screen feel like sandpaper, silk or cloth..
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Game Engine For An Entire Planet
March 9, 2012[youtube id=”ODPPNWXN1nc” width=”600″ height=”350″] You’ve got the whole world in your hands, at least according to the team of developers behind the game engine Outerra. But does the engine, which.
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Everything Is Awesome and No One Is Happy: Best Quotes From The Apple Event
March 9, 2012The media reports leading up to the Apple event this week felt a little like your parents telling you there is no santa the week before Christmas. They took all.
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Google Chrome Hacked at Pwn2Own 2012
March 9, 2012Only a week after Google began offering cash for exploits in its Chrome browser, French security group VUPEN was able to take down the browser within the first five minutes.
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Flypad: Here, Take My iPhone And Drive
March 8, 2012[vimeo id=”35823386″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Orthogonal Labs’ Flypad is based on an interesting idea: Using the accelerometer and touchscreen built into a smart phone to control other devices. And though gaming.
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Envia Electric Car Battery Lasts 300 Miles
March 8, 2012In a press release late last month energy tech innovator Envia Systems announced it has developed an electric car battery capable of lasting up to 300 miles. At 400 watt-hour/kilogram,.
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Should Startup Incubators Offer Charm School?
March 8, 2012Nerds are becoming business leaders, but they are lacking social skills for the business world. Should incubators be teaching charm school classes to startup founders?
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PSN Exclusive Journey Creates Fellowship Among Strangers
March 8, 2012It’s not often that I get to say this, but I’m always pleased to have the opportunity: Journey is a video game entirely of a different color. Overall it’s difficult.
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Bloom.com Takes Social Beauty To The Next Level Thanks To $5.4 Million Series A
March 8, 2012Social commerce site Bloom.com raises $5.4 million to become the top destination for beauty on the web.
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