Ample’s cute ‘Eo’ EV is the world’s first e-quadrimotorcycle, we hope not the last

While EVs come in all shapes and sizes, one thing seems to remain constant — a witty electricity pun. This time up its Ample, and its "Eo" e-quadrimotorcycle. A quadri-ma-whatcycle? Basically, a light, low-powered four-wheeled electric vehicle. The Eo’s 40 miles per hour top speed might not be teeth-rattlingly

Qmerce Brings Brand-Customizable Social Games to Facebook

With $450K behind it in funding, Israeli-based Qmerce is helping business large and small add social games to their communities, particularly on Facebook.

The premise behind Qmerce’s value proposition isn’t new. That is, branded social games aimed at driving user engagement via rewards, achievements

Europe’s ‘OpenTable’ Livebookings Eats Up Another $24M From Balderton, Wellington, Ekstranda

Livebookings, the restaurant booking and marketing service that competes with services like OpenTable, is announcing today that it has picked up another $24 million (£15 million) in funding to continue growing its business in Europe and beyond. The news highlights two trends we’ve seen emerging recently

Lenovo shows off ThinkStation E31 workstation in two different sizes

Don’t let that headline fool you: although Lenovo technically just unveiled one product, the ThinkStation E31 workstation, it actually shoehorned two distinct machines into one press release. Behold: a budget workstation available as a conventionally sized tower, as well as compact one. Whichever you

Una start-up que emite algo más que música a través de los altavoces

Sonic Notify usa ondas de sonido para que tu teléfono inteligente capte lo que se le ofrece, desde cupones hasta vídeos musicales.

Bing estrena nueva imagen, y se vuelve más organizada y social

Microsoft renueva su motor de búsqueda y saca partido del crecimiento de las redes sociales en línea.

How would you change the Kobo Vox?

Kobo is the underdog trying to scrape points while the e-reader heavy hitters of Amazon and B&N duke it out. The Vox was the Canadian outfits response to the Nook and Kindle Fire, but despite a similar price tag, our e-reader expert found that its last-generation hardware was no match for the big boys.

Companion Is The New Assistant

Did you hear that 2012 is the year of the assistant? It’s clear: Siri was only the beginning.

Today, assistants can do my bidding for a bunch of transactional, task-oriented use cases, saving me a precious steps along the way. In the future, assistants will be capable of doing more and more non-trivial

Nintendo Wii U will have Luigi’s Mansion 2: rumor

Apparently there is a rumor to Luigi’s Mansion in the works, and it is slated to appear on Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. At least, that’s what one online retailer seems to believe. The website Play.com has listed Luigis Mansion 2 as a title available for pre-order on the new home

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: self-driving cars, solar parasols and the ultimate DIY Iron Man suit

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. What seems more futuristic: flying cars or self-driving cars? They both sound a bit like science fiction, but they’re both getting closer to becoming a reality.