Digital Trends

Yahoo Axis browser hands-on: Good for iOS, pointless for desktop

Andrew Couts — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:30:36 +0000

Here, we go hands-on with Yahoo's newest product, the Axis "search browser" for desktop and iOS devices.

Hands-on with the Facebook Camera app: Can it steal the house that Instagram built?

Molly McHugh — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:00:51 +0000

Facebook has finally gone and done it: introduced it's own photo app. So how does it stack up against the newly acquired king of photo-filter apps, Instagram?

California passes bill regulating autonomous cars

Stephen Edelstein — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:45:44 +0000

Following Nevada's lead, the Golden State will govern cars that can drive themselves.

The Def Jam Rapstar Curse: Konami, Autumn Games accused of fraud by City National Bank

Anthony John Agnello — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:45:22 +0000

Def Jam Rapstar continues to cause grief for its creators as publisher Konami is accused of fraud.

Gary Connery makes history as the first skydiver to land without a parachute

Francis Bea — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:45:20 +0000

Charging through barriers previously thought unimaginable, an English skydiver managed to land safely without a parachute, substituting a wingsuit and cardboard boxes for the comfort of a canopy.

Future electric car roundup: Our most anticipated EVs of 2012 and beyond

Amir Iliaifar — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:45:23 +0000

Are you considering purchasing an electric car but not that excited over the current crop on offer? Then check out some of the future electric cars we're most excited to drive.

Barcoded babies: Grand idea or simply ridiculous?

Natt Garun — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:15:08 +0000

What if the world eliminated plastic ID cards and replaced them with embedded unique barcodes the moment we are born? That's the latest pitch in BBC's '60-second idea' series.

What Instagram? Facebook debuts Camera app for iOS

Francis Bea — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:09:25 +0000

With the gears to full ownership of Instagram churning slowly and pressure from investors high, Facebook has released its own Camera app for iOS, allowing users to shoot, tweak and upload shots directly to Facebook from their phones.

Rumor: PlayStation partners with cloud gaming service. Sony says, “Nothing to report, but…”

Anthony John Agnello — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:25 +0000

Word comes out that Sony might embrace streaming video games at this year's E3.

Apple board member says Steve Jobs’s dream was to design iCar

Amir Iliaifar — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:06 +0000

Not content with his vast array of popular consumer products, it appears former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dreamed of designer an iCar before this death.

Contest: Win a designer Anne Rossi iPhone case

jeremy_johnson — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:15:02 +0000

Win a designer Anne Rossi iPhone case by telling us about your most heartbreaking loss of technology in the comments section.

Good news: The online job search is getting easier, more effective, and better-looking

Molly McHugh — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:45:54 +0000

New apps are starting to evolve the ancient art of the job search.

Jetsetter: Trouble in Canada for Silicon Knights, new games from a British icon, and the return of Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki

Anthony John Agnello — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:45:32 +0000

In Jetsetter for the week ending May 25, Ontario's Silicon Knights makes progress in its half-decade legal battle with Epic Games, iconic Sega desginer Yu Suzuki comes to the iPhone, and Peter Molyneux promises to show off his first work with studio 22 Cans soon.

Better bubbly: Hands on with the Perlage Champagne preservation system

lancemayhew — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:15:53 +0000

The Perlage champagne preservation system seals your opened champagne bottles in a pressurized tomb, keeping them fresh and bubby indefinitely.

How Tim Cook is making his mark at Apple

Jeffrey Van Camp — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:10:01 +0000

Would you want to be a followup act for Steve Jobs? We wouldn't. Yet Apple CEO Tim Cook has stepped into this role quite smoothly. We explore the ways he's already changing Apple.

Los Angeles is now the largest U.S. city to ban plastic bags

Natt Garun — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:05 +0000

Los Angeles becomes the largest city in America to pass a ban on plastic bags, joining Seattle and San Francisco, among other major cities, to enact such law.

Oppose CISPA? Act now, or forever hold your peace

Andrew Couts — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:37:40 +0000

Time is running out for those of us who oppose CISPA, which is now contained in a Senate bill called the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. Fortunately, a new website, Privacy Is Awesome, makes it easy to contact your senators, and help stop this legislation in its tracks.

President Obama orders gov’t agencies to create mobile apps and websites

Jeffrey Van Camp — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:49:55 +0000

President Obama has ordered all government agencies to create a mobile web and app strategy within the next year.

Timehop gives you a daily blast of your social media past

Natt Garun — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:19 +0000

Get a daily e-mail of your life according to social media one year ago with the help of Timehop, now complete with text message history.

Google opposes UK web porn opt-in scheme, attacked for being motivated by ad revenue

Andy Boxall — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:16:22 +0000

Google has spoken out against the UK government's plan to introduce an online porn opt-in scheme. Subsequently attacked for being motivated by advertising revenue, Google's own efforts highlight why a content filter isn’t the answer.

Why Comcast really cares about data caps and tiered plans

Geoff Duncan — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:15:33 +0000

Comcast has announced it is going to start charging people extra for going over monthly bandwidth allowances - no more shutoffs! Except for one thing: It seems to be all about keeping competition at bay.

LG’s 55-inch OLED TV gets coming out party in Monaco

Caleb Denison — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15:55 +0000

We got an up-close look at LG's new 55-inch OLED TV and boy is it a looker!

Nvidia’s cheap, quad-core tablet platform forgets about the iPad, targets Kindle Fire instead

Andy Boxall — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:38:01 +0000

Nvidia has revealed its plans to enable quad-core Android tablets to be sold for just $199, by using its new Tegra 3 based Kai platform.

Google tablet: It really IS coming soon, new report suggests

Trevor Mogg — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:48:17 +0000

A new report backs up other recent information suggesting Google will soon be launching its own tablet device to take on Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet.

Android doesn’t infringe on Oracle patents, rules Jury

Geoff Duncan — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:57:18 +0000

A California jury has found Google has not infringed on Oracle patents - and probably clearing a major cloud from Android's future.

Yahoo launches Axis, a visually stunning “search browser”

Mike Flacy — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:32:48 +0000

In an attempt to connect with how a typical user visually remembers a site, Yahoo has created a Web browser that displays images rather than text for search results.

Google Glasses may translate directional sound, speech for the deaf

Mike Flacy — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:27:50 +0000

As Google engineers continue to push forward on the development of Project Glass, features included within a recent patent may greatly benefit the hearing-impaired community.

Photos: Up close with LG’s 55-inch OLED TV

Caleb Denison — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:52:54 +0000

We share some revealing photos of LG's new 55-inch OLED display shown off in Monaco, France during F1 weekend.

Dragon’s Dogma review

Anthony John Agnello — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:43:38 +0000

Dragon's Dogma may be one in a crowd, but don't let its familiar facade keep you from its fleet-footed adventure.

Apple rejects e-book pricing lawsuit as “fundamentally flawed”

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:45:13 +0000

Did Apple illegally fix the prices of e-books in collusion with five publishing houses? Not at all, says the company, and to suggest otherwise - as the US Justice Department is doing with its current anti-trust lawsuit against Apple - is "fundamentally flawed" thinking.