TiVo software coming to Pace set-top boxes

You may have never heard of Pace, but you might have some of its hardware in your house right now. If you’re a DirecTV subscriber, that satellite receiver you rely on every day might actually be made by Pace. Or, perhaps the box your cable company gave you that you just never gave much thought to. The

Dropbox Introduces Automatic Image Upload On Android (And It Has More Up Its Sleeve)

Last year, Dropbox raised a whopping $250 million funding round at a valuation in the ballpark of $4 billion. The raise had been rumored for months so it didn’t come as a huge surprise, but it still raised plenty of eyebrows. Because while Dropbox is totally awesome (I use it every day), at this point

Votizen Raises $750k From Sean Parker, Others, To Turn Elections From Fundraising To ‘Friendraising

Just in time for the general elections coming up later this year, Votizen, the social media site that helps like-minded voters get together and influence how those elections go, has raised $750,000. And while that may sound like a modest number — in true voter influencer fashion — it’s the backers

Books Continue to Evolve – Check Out E.O. Wilson’s ‘Life on Earth’ iBook

Last month Apple announced iBooks 2, the next generation of its e-book app for iPhone and iPad. iBooks 2 was notable for the launch of a new breed of interactive digital textbooks, designed for the iPad. The books feature videos, photos, diagrams, rotating 3D objects, "Study Cards" for notes and highlights,

Sprint launches New Ventures arm, adapts ID and Zone apps for foreign markets

Like any money-hungry corporation, Sprint’s branching out to pursue greener (as in the color of dolla dolla bills) pastures. The Hesse-led co’s just announced the creation of its New Ventures unit, an overseas- and wholesale-focused entity which is set to expand upon Android’s rapidly growing user base

Washington Post Tests Personalized News Program

If you’re tired of seeing the same news as everyone else, The Washington Post is now experimenting with personalized headlines.

That experiment is called Personal Post, and it’s available at personal.washingtonpost.com, where you’ll see a river of content that you can customize. If you’re already a

LG to Unveil Stylish New Lineup of Smartphones

LG is gearing up to unveil a new line of smartphones that will be focused on sleek design.
The company will be revealing three smartphones unde…

Las start-ups dedicadas al hardware ponen sus miras en China

El acceso a las fábricas locales hace de China un lugar más atractivo que Silicon Valley.

Proton and Yes team up to offer Malaysia’s first 4G-connected car, promise more to come

The first one may only amount to a MiFi housed in the dash (although that does come standard), but automaker Proton and Malaysian carrier Yes seem to have some fairly grand designs on 4G-connected cars. In addition to providing a WiFi hotpot for passengers, they eventually hope to use the 4G connectivity

World’s First Live-Tweeted Open-Heart Surgery is a Success [PICS]

Doctors at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital have made medical and social media history by live-tweeting an open-heart surgery…