During Google I/O this week, visitors to the Moscone Center will have their every movement tracked, but it’s not as creepy as it sounds. Google’s Cloud Platform Developer Relations team is spearheading a project called the Data Sensing Lab, which …
Raspberry Pi camera module comes to the UK May 14th, lands early for some
Remember that Raspberry Pi camera module we wrote about a few months ago? It looks like UK-based electronics retailer CPC / Farnell will start taking orders for the shooter on May 14th. Users on the Raspberry Pi forums who signed up for info about…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Just a few short years ago, 3D printing seemed like science fiction; we could grasp its value, but we didn’t…
Google, BlackBerry, EarthLink and Red Hat ask DoJ and FTC to help starve patent trolls
Tired of all the patent-related stories? Especially the ones that seem like they are more about financial gain than fairness? We thought so. We’d imagine it’s even more of a frustration if you’re one of the companies regularly involved. No surprise t…
Facebook Home ‘Airplane’ ad brings one traveler’s News Feed aboard — literally
Sure, Facebook had a weird ad with Blink-182 for the HTC Status, but its sneak peek at its newest TV spot for the First and Home is on another level. Posted today on its Facebook profile, the campy piece literally brings one traveler’s feed to life i…
Webkit’s Chromium-specific code to be removed in effort to streamline
Now that Chromium has pledged its allegiance to Google’s new Blink rendering engine, Webkit is set to have the now-unnecessary Chrome-specific code stripped from it. Apple Webkit developer Geoffrey Garen kicked off a conversation on the project’s mai…
Sony outs Lightning-friendly speaker dock in Japan, alarm clock and radio features in tow
Sony may have unveiled a slew of new audio products back at CES 2013, but the company has been relatively quiet when it comes to launching ones that are compatible with Apple’s novel Lightning connector. That being said, it looks as if folks in the L…
