As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER I’m just wrapping up a week-long road trip, in which a travel companion and I visited some friends in Southern California. We hit up a few different spots along the way, including San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Palm Springs. Not a crazy trip, but enough wandering around to go to a few places I’d never been to. The thing that amazes me about our…
As reported on Engadget. By Terrence O’Brien If you’re one of those folks that like to bridge the divide — rocking an Android handset, but rely on a Mac for heavy lifting — we’ve got some good news.Bluestacks, the emulator that lets you run Android apps on your desktop has hit beta on OS X. The tool launched in beta form on Windows in March and an alpha version for Mac landed in June. Now there should be a little…
As reported on TechCrunch. by JORDAN CROOK It started with an assumption, really. Snapchat, a photo-sharing application that auto-destroys images seconds after being opened, launched in September 2011 with zero media coverage. A homegrown product, built by two Stanford guys, grew to now see over 50 million snaps per day today. In fact, Facebook launched a clone of the app just Friday. It wasn’t until the company made its first milestone announcement, nine months after launch, that the media picked up…
As reported on TechCrunch. by ERIC ELDON Aviary isn’t done with the news this year. In a nod to power users, it’s sending its advanced flash suite off as an independent product. The suite’s original developer, Mario Klingemann, is leading the effort and today has relaunched a core part of it, node-based photo manipulator Peacock, as a new AIR download called Nodewerk. You can get it here and take a look at some of the visual creations from Peacock/Nodewerk by scrolling down here.…
As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ No need to let Facebook and Twitter have all the iOS-integration fun: today, Googleannounced a new, easier way for Gmail users to sync their Google Contacts to their iOS devices. The company is introducing support for an open protocol called CardDAV, which will allow third party clients, including, most notably, the native iOS Contacts app, the ability to sync with Google Contacts. There are already a number of ways to get your Google…
As reported on TechCrunch. by ANTHONY HA Rent.com is taking a big step into the mobile world with the beta launch of its redesigned website, one that uses responsive web design to deliver an experience that’s usable on desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. Head of Product Amanda McConnell and Chief Technology Officer Alain Avakian gave me a preview of the redesign last week. It’s very clean, with big images and text, and if you’re looking at it on a…
As reported on LifeHacker. by Melanie Pinola It’s that time of year again: Time to send someone a personalized holiday call from Santa Claus. The jovial St. Nick (or, well, Google) asks you a few questions then creates a customized message you can send by phone, email, or Google+. It’s a fun little holiday tool that you can send to anyone, seeing as some choices for your recipient’s occupation include “accountant,” “IT guy,” and “Sith master.”…
As reported on LifeHacker. by Thorin Klosowski I have so many options to stream movies online now (Netflix, Amazon, etc) that it’s hard for me to figure out if a movie is available. How do you recommend I find a movie I want to watch that I can stream online? Sincerely, Where’s Die Hard? Dear WDH, We understand the plight of finding a movie online. Worse still, some movie might be available for rental, but not streaming,…
As reported on Polygon. By DAVE TACH Medal of Honor: Warfighter‘s upcoming Zero Dark Thirty Map Pack is set for release Dec. 18, introducing two new multiplayer maps based on the Pakistani region in which Osama Bin Laden was hunted, according to a poston the PlayStation Blog by Marc Janas, a level designer at Electronic Arts. Both maps are based on areas from the single-player campaign. “Darra Gun Market” contains a scenic river crossing, docks and an…
As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON As second, third and fourth screens become increasingly popular among sports fans, Twitter has been among those platforms to see a significant increase in sports-related chatter. Social media and Twitter in particular have become popular destinations for fans looking to share their thoughts and engage in conversation during the action. For the holidays this year, Twitter and ESPN have teamed up to provide college sports fans with the ability…