Ticketmaster’s New Facebook App Recommends Concerts From Your Listening Activity

Of all the new Open Graph apps launched tonight, Ticketmaster’s new Facebook experience is the most impressive. Sure it can share that you’ve "bought" tickets, but lots of apps have similar publishing functionality. What makes Ticketmaster’s app cool is that it pulls your Facebook profile’s music app

Transformer Prime quietly gets GPS update, root killer

If you’re not quite ready to take up ASUS on its refund offer (or if you simply don’t live in the UK), you’re probably holding out for additional updates to dry your tears. Fortunately, Asus hasn’t forgotten about you and your ilk. Early this morning, the Transformer Prime quietly received an OTA update

Rockstar Games Delays Max Payne 3 Release Until May

Eager gamers will have to wait until May before getting their hands on the new dark and gritty third-shooter game Max Payne 3. The Xbox 360 and…

Mozilla Challenges Prove Crowdsourcing Still Works for Fundraising

The Mozilla Firefox Challenge has named a winner — but the real champion is the public, who yet again proved that crowdsourcing and grass…

Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete restructuring by 2013

Apparently suing Samsung (again) wasn’t the only pressing business for Kodak today, as it just announced it has — as expected — filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in New York. You can read the details in the press release after the break, where Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez is quoted saying

Voices of the Debate: Where Media Sites Stand on SOPA

Many news sites, tech blogs and media companies have openly expressed where they stand in regards to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Prote…

Deep-Sea Diving Robot Can Do Dangerous Work

In some instances, it’s a good thing when a robot can replace you at work. A team of professors and student researchers are exploring ways…

Google Fiber-Inspired Gigabit Challenge Unveils Winners; Senator Announces STOP SOPA Petition

Back in 2010, Google announced plans to build out a fiber-optic network for an entire city in the U.S., promising connection speeds of 1GB/sec, 100 times that of the norm. Naturally, over 1,000 cities applied. But only one could claim the prize, and that one was Kansas City.

Can Codecademy Teach Poor Black & Brown Kids to Code?

The White House announced new participation in a jobs initiative yesterday from fast-growing technical education website Codecademy, as well as some venerable social justice oriented organizations Level Playing Field Institute and College Bound Brotherhood, a group dedicated to increasing the number

Wrapp Lets You Post Free Gift Certificates On Friends’ Walls

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…