The annual SXSW interactive conference in Austin is sometimes plagued with snail-slow internet speeds (when you can connect at all). But this year it’s been a little easier to find a wifi hotspot: just look for a homeless person. Yes, homeless people are now being used as wifi spots.
While Wednesday’s roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention.
Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement.
A world full of daydream believers is mourning the death of the Monkees' Davy Jones today (Feb. 29). As soon as news of his heart attack and passing at age 66 hit the internet, Jones' musical peers and fans took to Twitter to express their love for the '60s pop-rock star. Slash, Dee Snider and the Who were among the musicians paying their respects and remembering their interactions with
Ever since ‘planking’ went out of style the world has been desperate for a new viral craze. While some of these emerging trends have been more popular than others ‘Supermanning’ may be the funniest one yet.
While it’s unclear exactly how much social media giant Facebook is worth — some have placed the value of the company between $75 – $100 billion — founder Mark Zuckerberg stands to become very, very rich now that the company filed for IPO on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the site went down for the first time in a while.
It’s no surprise that dating has changed in the digital age but can the type of smart phone you have make a statement about your love life?
For iPad users, their tablet is likely they’re everything — it’s a book, a gaming platform, a computer and a sexual partner. Not kidding.
Sega hasn’t had a hand in the video game console wars since the awful Dreamcast. Their latest contribution will have players whizzing all over it again — literally this time.
Throughout his career, George Harrison played a variety of guitars, among them a psychedelic-looking Fender Stratocaster, a “fireglo” Rickenbacker 360 12-string and a black Gretsch Duo Jet (which he considered to be his first real decent guitar).
Those particular instruments — and many more — are part of a new Harrison guitar app for the iPad that will be available via the Apple iTunes store starting Feb. 23.
We used to laugh at pundits like this who say video games are worthless trash — or worse, a tool of the devil meant to torment your soul. That is, until we played Amy, which proves those sentiments exactly right.
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Have you checked out the new radioPup 2.0? The same mobile app that lets you listen to US103.1 anywhere you go now includes the latest posts, videos, and pictures from our website; up-to-date weather forecasts; and commenting with Facebook.
Tomorrow, January 18th, some of your favorite websites may not be available; why you ask? The Internet is striking to stop the web censorship bills in Congress. I don't want to get all political, so the summary of SOPA would block websites that may contain pirated material or even links to said material from being accessed in the US. Find out who will be participating or may be participating.
