LL Cool G: Ladies Love ...

As the only girl on the Gadgets team, I often get asked to write what I call “lady-rants” about products targeted toward women. I have a problem with most of them, as the products themselves are either being forced into a demographic by marketers (like the HTC Rhyme , which...

Brinno Peephole Viewer ...

My Dad, bless his heart, spends all day on the Internet and, like a reverse Cat’s In The Cradle, my dad is just like me in that he loves to find wild junk that he thinks is interesting. To wit: he just found the Brinno Peephole Viewer, an electronic system for looking through a...

“Provocative” Publi...

So in the interest of supporting unique publishing methods and ideas, I thought it might be interesting to talk about Verdant Books and something they’re calling an “interactive novel.” Now my idea of an interactive novel is Choose Your Own Adventure, but this is...

Social Commerce Network...

Kleiner Perkins-backed social commerce network Lockerz is debuting a new Pinterest-like self-expression platform, where members can create and share collections of images and videos from anywhere on the Web. But unlike Pinterest, users can actually receive rewards for sharing content,...

Google Launches “Solv...

Google today launched a somewhat mysterious website called “ Solve for X ,” which will now be the official homepage for a conference by the same name. Solve for X, according to the description provided, seems similar in format to the series of conferences from TED , but with...
iPhone 4S Ranks #1 In Q4, But More First-Time Buyers Choose Android

iPhone 4S Ranks #1 In Q...

According to new research from the NPD Group , Apple passed LG and Samsung to become the top-selling U.S. handset brand in Q4 2011. Combined, the three available models of the iPhone (iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS) accounted for 43% of the U.S. smartphone market. Android, however,...

Samsung Galaxy Note Goe...

Do you believe in a thing called love? If not, just listen to the rhythm of my heart… Or head on over to AT&T’s website to pre-order the Galaxy Note . If for some reason you don’t remember, the Note is a 5.3-inch phone/tablet hybrid that showed its face in a costly...
Report: Samsung Planning A Full Line Of Galaxy S3 Phones, First Model To Hit This May

Report: Samsung Plannin...

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone needs to be huge, iPhone 4 huge. It needs to be as competitive as the Galaxy S II as its set to go head-to-head with the iPhone 5. But success won’t be found as easily this time. Samsung had nearly a full year to design and release Galaxy S...

Hunch Takes A Deep Data...

In November, eBay acquired Hunch, a service that provides a “taste graph” of personalized recommendations based on users’ interests. eBay wants to use Hunch’s technology to used to drive more personalized, relevant shopping experiences on the marketplace through data...

Rdio Releases New Andro...

Today, Rdio is releasing a brand new application for Android phones chock-full of fresh features, which is awesome. Mainly because it gives me an excuse to write up a related rant I would have published at some point anyway. But let’s get the new Android app part out of the way...

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