As reported on Wired. Wired Product Reviews. Left Image: Nike+ Running. Right Image: Strava Cycling. Use these apps to tap into your phone’s GPS, and use the resulting data to tap into your inner athlete. Nike+ Running Fire up this app and you’re taken to a simple interface that tracks time, distance, and route via GPS—no Nike+ sensor required. Excellent integration with Twitter, Facebook, and Path keeps your friends updated on your…
As reported on The Verge. By Russell Brandom It’s more about testing politics than testing technology Yesterday saw the first nuclear test since 2009 and North Korea’s largest detonation to date, over six kilotons of force generated from an underground site 20 miles west of the town of Hoemun. It’s a powerful reminder that the country is still nuclear, and still dangerous. But for all the diplomatic damage they’ve incurred, it’s hard to say what they’ve gotten…
As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON The MacBook Pro with Retina and 13-inch MacBook Air got some mid-cycle improvements under the hood today, with a new 2.6GHz processor for the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, new 2.4 and 2.7GHz processors for the 15-inch version, and 16GB of memory as a top-end spec on the larger Retina model. The MacBook’s 256GB version has a new lower price of $1399, and the 13-inch Retina now starts at $1499 and $1699…
As reported on TechCrunch. by COLLEEN TAYLOR On his current visit to San Francisco, today former United States Vice President Al Gore swung through local PBS radio affiliate KQED for an hour-long appearance on the program Forum With Michael Krasny. It was an interesting and wide-ranging conversation, as Krasny’s interviews often tend to be. But one part in particular was especially interesting from a TechCrunch point of view, when Gore was asked about the environment of corruption, bribery, and lobbying that…
As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Historic audio recordings aren’t exactly easy to access and play back since they’re often in obscure or aging formats and sit within giant repositories and private collections, but the Library of Congress is gearing up to help change that for researchers and the average joe. The outfit’s freshly announced National Recording Preservation Plan is headlined by a recommendation to create a publicly accessible national directory of sound recordings that’ll act as an “authoritative discography” with…
As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper We liked Tesla’s Model S, but some of the other outlets didn’t feel the same way. TheNew York Times‘ John Broder, for one, described being stranded 25 miles away from the nearest supercharger station. However, after Tesla’s litigious run-in with Top Gear, the company keeps detailed vehicle data logs to ensure it gets a fair deal in reviews. Now, Tesla (and SpaceX) CEO Elon Musk has posted the data that, he says,proves Broder wasn’t being…
As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent We reported that Sony was going “Red hunting” with it’s new F-series pro camcorders, but it looks like Red has flipped that scenario. It’s suing Sony for allegedly violating two of its patents — asking for an injunction to stop sales plus an award for damages, and even that that the F5, F55 and F65 models in question be “delivered up and destroyed.” The Hobbit camera-maker claims the video cams have “resulted in lost sales, reduced…