Google Wallet’s Founding Engineer, Product Lead Already at Work on Next Startup, Tappmo

More people leaving Google Wallet means more founders for mobile payments startups!

Jonathan Wall, a founding engineer on Google Wallet, and Marc Freed-Finnegan, its product lead, are already heads down on their next venture Tappmo after having their last day at Google on March 5. They’re not saying

Universal ticker hack takes a look back at a time before NASDAQ (video)

Know what takes the sting out of your crashing stock portfolio? Arduino fun, silly geeks. Alright, so in this case it’s an FTDI Basic board, but the spirit of this hack remains the same. A Swarthmore student by the name of Ames Bielenberg picked up where his hobbyist Pops left off and cooked up a Spring

MIT, Yale create gesture-controlled drones

When it comes to automating aircraft controls, there has been a significant amount of progress in the fields of science and military. It’s possible for an unmanned aircraft to take off, to fly, and to touch down. But when it comes to actually moving on the ground, humans still need to have direct

Tim “The Freak” Lincecum Co-founds Stealth Startup 12Society, More Celebs To Come

Back in October 2010, billionaire tech investor Mark Cuban jumped into the daily deals game with a $1.5 million seed investment in gift online shopping deals startup JungleCents. Because the startup took a somewhat alternative approach to daily deals, using a lead generation model to give publishers

Universal’s Jurassic Park will go 3D in 2013

The ultimate story for any fan of prehistoric action will be taking its wild adventure to the next dimension in 2013. Jurassic Park has been slated for a 3D remake, following in the footsteps of such other film masterpieces as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, and Titanic. The studio is

TEDTalks joins Netflix, Android

If there was a TEDTalks presentation about why TEDTalks have become so successful, it would probably include discussion about how captivating it is to hear from people who are experts in so many different fields and disciplines. The Because of their universal appeal, TEDTalks are now making their way

Sony’s Ratchet & Clank classics get ratcheted up to 1080p

Sony is set to launch a re-release version of its classic Ratchet & Clank games from the PS2, available in full 1080p HD support, or 720p 3D support for those with the equipment to take their game to the next dimension. In addition to a complete remastering of the graphics, the games have added trophy

New Facebook App Suite Turns Brand Pages Into Crowdsourcing Hubs

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…

PatchWerk lets you control a monsterous modular synth with your browser (video)

The Paradiso Synthesizer at the MIT Museum might be the largest homemade instrument of its type. That fact alone does make it interesting but, what makes this room-sized collection of wooden cabinets connected by a web of cables really stand out is the fact that you can control it from the comfort of

Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Encyclopedia Britannica officially announced it would scrap its print edition on Tuesday in the face of plummeting sales. For many, this was a for…