Month: August 2013

Google

Google Helpouts to let you buy and sell video chats with experts

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon Google is giving experts a convenient way to profit from their talents online with a new service called Helpouts. It’s still being tested, but Google says it is currently inviting people “with expertise across a number of topics” to sign up in advance of the eventual public release.   GOOGLE TAKES A FLAT 20 PERCENT CUT OF WHATEVER EXPERTS PULL IN Helpouts are face-to-face video calls powered by Google+…

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Automotive Culture Design Engineering

Small Firm Creates A 3D-Printed Scale Model Of The Hyperloop

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS This video shows you probably the closest we’ll ever get to seeing a physical representation of theHyperloop. It is a 3D scale model made by a nascent company called WhiteClouds and it showcases the teams 3D modeling prowess and, more wistfully, shows what the Hyperloop could be. The team at WhiteClouds went to work. Each designer took a component of the Hyperloop concept and designed digital 3D models based on images…

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Government Internet Security

New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILHELM Today the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of several NSA programs that were either previously unknown, or little was known about. Meet Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew. The programs allow for far greater surveillance than the government has admitted to, and, importantly, detail how the government forces Internet service providers (ISPs) to hand over raw data. The programs have the ability to “reach roughly 75% of all U.S. Internet traffic,”…

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Entertainment Games

Here are the PlayStation 4’s 33 ‘launch window’ games, from Knack to Minecraft

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As reported on Engadget. By Ben Gilbert Between the PlayStation 4’s November 15th launch at retail and December 31st, Sony claims 33 games will be available. That includes heavy hitters like Knack, Watch Dogs, Minecraft and Battlefield 4, as well as smaller properties like N++ andContrast. We’ve dropped the full list just after the break for your perusal / approval. Now all we need to know is when Rime is coming out! NBA 2K14 Call of Duty: Ghosts Skylanders Swap Force Need for Speed: Rivals Battlefield 4…

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Google

Escape for Google Glass brings casual gaming to explorers.

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As reported on Engadget. By James Trew You know what’s not new? Android games. You know what is new? Games for Google Glass. There has been the odd attempt so far, but french-based game developer AMA is porting one of its bonafide titles over to the small screen for real. Escape! is a simple puzzler, the sort that we’re all familiar with on our phones, that is being squeezed into the wearable format. While games on the hardware might be something of an…

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Entertainment

How Will Breaking Bad End? Here Are 7 Mind-Blowing Theories

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As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF In a mere seven episodes, Breaking Bad is coming to an end. And it’ll be a tough goodbye. But show creator Vince Gilligan has promised that the ending will feel final – there won’t be some mysteriousSopranos-esque head-scratcher. It may not please everyone, but it will be definitive. Gilligan, who cut his teeth on The X-Files, is known for telling layered stories where nearly anything can be a future plot clue, Easter…

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Business Entertainment Review

Parrot Announces The A.R. Drone 2.0 Power Edition

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS It was hovering. Just sitting there. The livery was different. A black body with different color blades. Something was clearly different about this Parrot A.R. Drone 2.0. It wasn’t as colorful as the ones he had seen before. He sat there for a lot longer. This drone was clearly hiding something under the piano-black shell. Eight minutes passed. 16 minutes passed. Then, just before the 36 minute mark, the drone,…

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Business

Square Fined $507K In Florida For Operating A Mobile Payment Service Without A Money Transmitter License

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As reported TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN A little more state-specific financial regulatory hot water forSquare, the hot mobile commerce startup: it has been fined $507,000 by Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation for operating a payment service without a money transmission license. This looks like the second time that a U.S. state financial regulator has gone after the company, after Square was served with a cease and desist order in Illinios in March 2013, also for failing to…

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Space Story

NASA halts efforts to repair Kepler space telescope

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As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley It’s had a good run, but it seems like NASA’s Kepler telescope is down for the count — the space agency says it has stopped repair efforts. The 0.95 meter diameter space telescope launched four years ago, tasked with seeking out Earth-sized planets suitable for habitation. All was going well until the rig’s gyroscopic reaction wheels began to fail, robbing it of the precision aim needed to continue its task. After months of…

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Application Entertainment

Syfy Now app streams full episodes to iOS today, Android next month

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler The Syfy for iPhone app is relaunching as SyFy Now, while the old Syfy app for iPad is reborn as Syfy Sync, dedicated solely to the network’s second screen ambitions. Why the changes? Now is all about TV Everywhere with streaming of full episodes of Syfy’s original series the day after they air and bookmarks that sync across devices with iCloud. This app can’t put Alphas back on the air, but it…

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