As reported on Businessinsider.com by The Telegraph AP A graffiti with a sign reading “Give to get a ticket home” made by Russian street artist Pasha P183 in a street in Moscow, Russia A prominent Russian graffiti artist who hid his identity behind the tag Pasha P183 and has been compared to Britain’s Banksy has died aged just 29. The Teatralnoye Delo theatrical production company, which recently commissioned him to create scenery for the musical Todd,…
As reported on The Verge. By Sam Byford The event that saw Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen pose for a classic photo reenactment has turned up another gem from the pair’s early history. Seattle’s Living Computer Museum held a gathering last night for many of founder Paul Allen’s friends and fellow technological luminaries, and it also managed to dig up Gates’ and Allen’s pre-Microsoft resumes. At the time Gates was a freshman at Harvard; he said he’d be…
As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS As we move closer to the launch of the (probably awful) Facebook phone, let’s examine just what the social network and its ilk have created. Millions of us use these new tools to joke, flirt and share memories, but just as many of us use these tools much to our disadvantage. In some ways, however, that is making things better for all of us. This morning Gawker posted surveillance video…
As reported on TechCrunch. by STEVE O’HEAR Arguably, eating healthily takes both motivation and time. And in what’s being billed as “a world first, three-dimensional wellness experience” (presumably with a straight face), the recipe kit subscription service HelloFresh is partnering with weight loss coaching app Noom to tackle the problem from both ends. Available first in the U.S. but eventually rolling out in other parts of the world, users of Noom will be able to subscribe to weight loss meal plans designed…
As reported on Engadget. By Brad Molen Not content with a gazillion Galaxy phone sales, Samsung is hoping to continue winning the smartphone war in one of the biggest battlegrounds any manufacturer can face: retail. The Korean OEM has partnered with Best Buy to bring its Experience Shops to the big box retailer nationwide — 1,400 of them by early summer (with 900 launching this month), to be precise. So what does Sammy hope to achieve? In addition to the…
As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The tale of Google and Frommer’s famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and plans to continue publishing them in e-book and print formats, as well as maintaining the Frommers.com website. This comes after Google acquired the brand from publisher Wiley in 2012, followed by Skift.com’s revelation last month that it apparently intended…
As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas You may not have realized it if you were heads-down with your smartphone, but one of the most popular Angry Birds games is on Facebook: its social network adaptation,Angry Birds Friends, has racked up about 15 million active users. It’s only appropriate, then, that Rovio complete the cycle with new plans to bring Angry Birds Friends to mobile. While details are slim, the company vows that the upcoming Android and iOS ports will maintain Facebook integration…
As reported on Engadget. By Brad Molen The mysterious Facebook event is quickly approaching , and as luck would have it,@evleaks is hooking us up with an image of the device that we’ll be introduced to on Thursday, known as the HTC first. If this is indeed accurate, the press render you see above is what was previously known as the HTC Myst (as well as the Opera and Buffy, if you go back in time far enough). We still don’t…