Day: March 7, 2014

Entertainment

‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ trailer brings back gritty graphic-novel violence

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes It’s nearly time to head back to Sin City. It’s been almost a decade since directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez first brought moviegoers to its black-and-white, noirish world, and after some delay and a long production, we’re finally getting a look at its sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, with a first trailer. The movie has been in the works since not long after the original’s…

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Application

The smarter news apps are, the dumber they get

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As reported on The Verge. By Casey Newton A curiously hot category with little to show for it In August 2011, CNN bought the newsreading app Zite for $20 million. At the time, the cable-news giant said that Zite’s algorithms for personalizing news would transform its digital presence. “The Zite technology can also help CNN’s websites and apps serve more personalized content, making our current digital services even better,” said KC Estenson, general manager of CNN Digital, at…

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Culture Tech

Bye Bye Second Screen? The InAIR Lets You Browse The Web And Watch TV All In One Place

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Colleen Taylor Nowadays, many people browse the web at the same time that they’re watching TV — the phenomenon is called the “second screen.” But a new gadget called InAIR from a startup called SeeSpace wants to bring our attention back to just one screen by putting the best of the laptop, the smart phone, and the TV all together in one place.InAIR, which is set to cost $99, works by plugging directly…

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Retail Sales TV

Sharp’s near-4K TVs are now available, starting at $2,500

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As reported on Engadget. BY EDGAR ALVAREZ Even though CES 2014 is long gone, some of the stuff announced there is just now starting to become available for purchase. Case in point: Sharp’s Quattron+ lineup, a series of 2014 AQUOS televisions featuring the latest and greatest, including a revamped SmartCentral platform. But that’s not what’s interesting here. Instead, it’s the Quattron+ technology, one that Sharp describes as being able to “accept a 4K signal and play it back at near-4K resolution, with an effective…

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Legal

Judge rules that flying commercial drones is legal, for now

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS The Federal Aviation Administration may want to go through some rigorous testingbefore it allows commercial drone flights on a broader basis, but the National Transportation Safety Board isn’t willing to wait that long. One of the Board’s judges has determined that the FAA currently has no authority to regulate drones; the move effectively makes drones legal, and it spares a pilot from a $10,000 fine for shooting a commercial with his unmanned aircraft.…

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