Eric Schmidt addressed the graduating students of Bostin University today and stressed the power and limits of current technology and the power of being positive. He started off the how the technology is revolutionizing our lives and said You’re connected to each other in ways those who came before you could never have dreamed of. [...]
Jack Andraka, 15 Year Old from Maryland, Wins 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
May 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Intel foundation and Society for Science & the Public, announced the winner of 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2012) at a ceremony held in Pittsburgh, PA. Jack Andraka, a 15 year old student from Crownsville, Md. Wins Top Prize at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his work on creating [...]
Microsoft Announces 2012 Back To School Offer: Buy a PC and Get a Free Xbox 360
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Facebook Acquires Karma – the Mobile App That Makes Gifting Easier
May 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook is celebrating it IPO by acquiring the Mobile app startup Karma, which makes ecommerce go social. Karma has iOS and Android apps that can easily connect to Facebook and remember important moments and makes gifting among family and friends a lot easier. Karma was founded in 2011 by Lee Linden and Ben Lewis and [...]
Dylan Hoffman, Wisconsin Second Grader Wins Doodle 4 Google 2012
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Google announced that Dylan Hoffman, second grader from Caledonia, Wisc. is 2012 U.S. Doodle 4 Google National Winner. Hoffman, from the Prairie School in Racine, Wisc., came up with his Google Doodle named “Pirate Times” featuring a pirate ship on treasure hunting trip in an island. Dylan’s submission was under this year’s theme “If I [...]
Facebook Acquires LightBox, a Mobile Photo App, for Talent
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook is fresh off buying Instagram for a billion and busy preparing for filing its IPO. Still, Facebook found time to acquire LightBox, a mobile photo sharing startup company, for its talent. LightBox is a UK based startup founded by Thai Tran & Nilesh Patel in March 2011. LightBox started as Android app for photo [...]
Google’s Mother’s Day Doodle: Google’s “g” Becomes a Mom and the two “o”s Become the Kids
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Google Doodle sports a motherly look with two kids for celebrating Mothers Day today in US, May 13 2012. The Mothers day special Google Doodle is animated and starts with a door opening. The two “o”s in Google, in red and yellow colors, come running out as kids towards Google’s small “g”-the mom. Google’s “g” [...]
Google Announces the Winners of 2012 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships
May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Google announced that it has selected 70 young women students for Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for the year 2012. The winners mainly comprise of undergraduate and graduate students attending universities in United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East or Africa. The winners of the Google Anita Borg Scholarship recipients will receive $10,000 award for [...]
Logitech Introduces Solar Keyboard for iPad
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you want to go green with your iPad, here is a chance. Use solar powered keyboard/case for iPad from Logitech. The LogiTech Solar Powered Keyboard for iPad is ready to be pre-ordered for $129.99. It will be available by the end of this month in both US and UK. The wireless Bluetooth iPad keyboard is [...]
LinkedIn to Buy SlideShare for $118.75 Million
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LinkedIn announced that it will be acquiring Slideshare, the largest web service that lets you share your slides easily, for $118.75 million. SlideShare was founded in Founded in Oct 2006 by Rashmi Sinha, Jonathan Boutelle, and Amit Ranjan. SlideShare is headquartered in San Francisco, and also has its presence in New Delhi, India. In addition to making it easy to [...]