Student’s push to make Raleigh more walkable relies on homemade signs and QR codes

Walking is apparently underrated. So University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Matt Tomasulo decided to engage in some "guerilla urbanism" in January with fellow fans of bipedal activity, posting 27 signs at three Raleigh, NC intersections as part of the "Walk Raleigh" project. The cardboard

Recently Departed Magento CTO And Co-Founder: eBay Doesn’t Understand The Meaning Of Open

Last year, eBay eBay acquired Magento, developer of an open-source e-commerce platform for around $180 million. Magento became part of X.commerce, a combined open platform business from eBay and PayPal. A year after the acquisition was announced, Magento co-founder and CTO Yoav Kutner has left eBay.

Splashtop brings Windows 8 Metro Testbed to Apple’s iPad (video)

This has gotta be uncomfortable for the iPad. Now, Windows 8 tablet developers — or anyone, for that matter — can test their apps and play with the Microsoft’s Metro interface from within the confines of Apple’s ubiquitous tablet. The functionality is made possible by Splashtop, which is known for

Valve job posting reveals plans for homegrown hardware, promises it won’t suck

Rumors fluttering about Valve’s entry into the hardware market just got a little less salty. According to the outfit’s own jobs page, it’s prepping to offer consumers "whole new gaming experiences." A call for an experienced electronics engineer says it all, "For years Valve has been all about writing

TechCrunch Giveaway: Nokia Lumia 900 #TechCrunch

We’ve written endless amounts of posts about it, Jordan is obviously obsessed with it, it became Amazon’s best selling phone and is simply a great smartphone.

With special thanks to Nokia, we have a brand new Lumia 900 to give away. This giveaway will last for one week, starting today, April 13th, and

Dyson’s engineers head off to the races, create dragsters using spare parts, DC-16 motors (video)

Dyson engineers certainly know a thing or two about creating innovative vacuums and fans Air Multipliers, but did you know they’ve also dabbled in the world of high-speed racing? Such is apparently now the case, as these folks were tasked with building go-kart drag racers out of spare parts, resulting

Funding Frenzy! iPhone-Friendly Watch Nets $1 Million More on Kickstarter

Remember when the Pebble, the watch that talks to your iPhone or Android device via an array of open-source apps, was asking for a mere $100,00…

Fetchnotes Launches A Simple, Cloud-Based Note-Taking Service (That Twitter Users Will Love)

Fetchnotes is a promising, lightweight note-taking app for list makers and idea-havers which looks deceptively simple. But that simplicity is actually one of Fetchnotes’ key selling points. It’s meant to be fast and easy to use. And although there are a ton of apps for taking notes, from robust offerings

Una start-up cambia el envoltorio de las noticias para la Generación Facebook

Wavii proporciona resúmenes de eventos, desde las rupturas sentimentales de los famosos hasta las noticias financieras, en un agregador al estilo de Facebook adaptado a los gustos del usuario.

Buscando en la pequeña pantalla

Una start-up llamada Boxfish espera que los usuarios hagan búsquedas entre los diálogos de TV más recientes.