Microsoft: Windows Phone Mango now being delivered to ’100 percent’ of compatible devices

We just heard last week that the Windows Phone Mango update was available on nearly every compatible device, and Microsoft has now made things completely official. In a post on the Windows Phone blog today, Microsoft confirmed that it’s "now delivering Mango to 100 percent of eligible phones around the

Dear Apple, Please Make My iPhone 4S Battery Life Suck Less

I think I figured out what the "S" stands for in the iPhone 4S. Now, to be clear, I love my new iPhone 4S. I talk to it even when there isn’t a human on the other end of the line. Sometimes it talks back. But one thing that literally sucks about my iPhone 4S is its battery life. And I’m not the

Amazon’s gift card restriction patent: puts some thought in your otherwise thoughtless present

We all have that one friend or family member that’s nigh impossible to shop for, whether it’s because they have everything or like nothing. Gift cards are the quick and dirty solution to this gifting conundrum, but what if you don’t trust that special someone to make a purchase you’d be proud to call

Facebook Mobile Usage Set to Explode

There are now 800 million monthly active users on Facebook, according to Facebook’s own statistics. More than 350 million of those people access Facebook through their mobile devices, nearly 44% of its total active user base. In terms of traffic, 33% of Facebook traffic comes from mobile devices – according

Find a Job in Social Media, Communications or Design

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New York Marathon Runners Getting Digital Love from RFID Chips

Running a marathons is grueling work, but ASCIS is hoping to make the upcoming New York Marathon on November 5 just a little bit easier with RF…

Murata Manufacturing shows off self-balancing electric walking aid

Walking assistants of the future come in all shapes and sizes — from exoskeletons to high-tech walkers — and you can now also this electric walking aid from Murata Manufacturing to the list of possibilities. It’s inspired by some of the standalone robots that the company has built and, much like the

Occupy Oakland Police Brutality YouTube videos stay after police demands to delete

Google has today updated a transparency report which in part very suggestively points toward the videos you may have encountered over the past 24 hours that document an apparent set of police brutality cases taking place during the Occupy Oakland events of October 2011. Apparently they’ve had requests

Lighting Sheets Made of Tiny LEDs

Nth Degree Technologies plans to replace bulbs with lights that can be printed on large, flexible surfaces.

The King of Cloud: Q&A with Marc Benioff

The CEO of Salesforce.com explains why traditional software is dead and how giants like Oracle are twisting the meaning of cloud computing.