An app named Evi uses semantic data to provide a wider range of answers. The market for sweetly named smart-phone assistants is heating up, as Siri, Apple’s iPhone-based virtual helper, just got a new “frenemy” named Evi. View full post on Technology Review RSS Feeds
Apple CEO responds to allegations of ...
January 28th, 2012 
admin Yahoo! News – Is Apple finally getting tough on their abusive Chinese suppliers? Maybe. Intent on stemming the increasing complaints from the public and investors alike, Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off an email yesterday to combat claims from “people questioning Apple’s values,” detailing what … View full post on Yahoo! News: Tech Blogs
Detroit Symphony offering series of free ...
January 28th, 2012 admin AP – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has launched a webcast player that will allow music lovers to enjoy an upcoming performance of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 and other concerts online for free in the comfort of their homes. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Twitter now lets governments decide what ...
January 28th, 2012 admin Yahoo! News – Twitter announced a major change to its censorship policy Thursday to allow the social media service to choose which tweets are seen in which countries. Though it has yet to use the ability, Twitter says it can now ”reactively withhold content from … View full post on Yahoo! News: Tech Blogs
The TV on Your Shirt
January 28th, 2012 admin Adafruit Industries announces a new wearable technology platform. Wearable electronics gets a new boost, with a new platform from Adafruit Industries, the brainchild of DIY-goddess Limor Fried (hacker handle: Ladyada). The new platform, dubbed the Flora, points to a future where people are wearing TV screens–or at least, something vaguely like them–on their T-shirts. View [...]
Activists and bloggers fear Twitter ...
January 28th, 2012 admin AP – Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Student orders terrorism textbook on ...
January 28th, 2012 admin Yahoo! News – All Sophia Stockton wanted from Amazon was a textbook for one of her classes. Little did she know that it was going to be shipped to her with something extra on the side. Leafing through the pages of her new book, she … View full post on Yahoo! News: Tech Blogs
How the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew inspired a ...
January 28th, 2012 admin Yahoo! News – Scientists have long been working on the creation of robots for search and rescue missions, like the kind undertaken by disaster relief crews following last year’s tsunami in Japan. Now, a group of researchers came up with a successful design for a robot … View full post on Yahoo! News: Tech Blogs
Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 27: ...
January 27th, 2012 admin Appolicious – Start your weekend with all the best videos the Internet has to offer with Frequency, an iPad app that makes finding and organizing great videos from all over the place a snap. It’s our top Fresh App today, followed by Steam Mobile, an iOS app that ties to the popular digital video game [...]
…And Scrabble Proved ...
January 27th, 2012 admin Following news that Pac-Man is NP-Hard, theorists determine the computational complexity of Scrabble Having been invented in the US in the mid-20th century, Scrabble is now available in dozens of languages and sells in numbers measured in hundreds of millions. That makes it one of the most popular games in the world. View full [...]