Day: November 27, 2013

Tech

Answers to All the Tech Questions Your Family Will Ask You This Holiday

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERTO BALDWIN Thanksgiving, 1942. Image: Library of Congress   Maybe it’s your mom and/or dad. Maybe it’s a sibling or a grandparent. Or maybe it’s just that one friend who still uses a Motorola Razr from the early 2000s. Whoever it is, there’s a high probability you’ll be devoting some time to fixing their gadgets and answering a backlog of questions this holiday season. The WIRED staff feels your pain. Covering technology for…

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Space

NASA unveils plans to bring Kepler space telescope back to life in search for new planets

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam The Kepler space telescope may have life left in it yet. Back in August, NASA elected to abandon attempts to repair the spacecraft after two of its gyroscope-like reaction wheels failed. Without at least three wheels working to stabilize the craft in orbit, it was left unable to precisely pinpoint exoplanets in distant solar systems. After making a call for new proposals on how to extend Kepler’s mission, NASA is…

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Culture

The Battle For The Connected Home Is Heating Up

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Matt Turck Editor’s note: Matt Turck is a managing director of FirstMark Capital. Follow him on Twitter at@mattturck. Almost 15 years ago, a friend of mine at McKinsey spent a few nights writing a document called “The Battle for the Home”. The thesis at the time was that with broadband, the home PC was gradually going to challenge the TV as the core home digital system. Over the following few years, that…

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Google

Google Makes Talking To Your Computer Slightly Less Crazy With Speech Search Chrome Extension

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington Google has a new Chrome extension released today that brings a recent mobile feature to the desktop. The feature is automatic voice search, which is triggered whenever you utter the phrase “Okay, Google.” The company announced the new feature on Google+ today, (via9to5Google), and it’s live now and available for users in U.S. English. Previously, Google had made it possible to search the web from the desktop by speaking, but you had…

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Business Internet

Onboard JetBlue’s first Fly-Fi flight, with the fastest internet in the air

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As reported on Engadget. BY ZACH HONIG On a flight yesterday from JFK to Austin, JetBlue finally decided to flip the switch onFly-Fi, giving lucky passengers an early look at the airline’s next-generation in-flight WiFi for the very first time. A flight attendant announced the service — which is free until 30 planes are retrofitted — and passengers seated around me pulled out their laptops, tablets and smartphones and tried to hop online. Unfortunately, a recent update caused…

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