Acer Iconia A510 Olympic Tab to launch in UK next month

Acer has been known to celebrate the Olympic Games with special-edition tech, so we weren’t exactly surprised when the company launched a festive version of the Iconia Tab A510 this April in anticipation of the Summer Games in London. Now that the event is just two months away, the Tab is preparing to

Robo-fish swim into the ocean’s funk, so you don’t have to

Gene Roddenberry would have you believe that space is the final frontier. But really, the deep blue sea is more apt for that distinction. And without mega-rich hobbyists to fund exploratory plunges into those uncharted depths, science has had to seek out an alternative, more cost-effective means. Enter

Why The iPhone’s Success Has Women To Thank

Women are the hot new demographic to court in the social space (if you can call half the population a "demographic”), but the fairer sex is catching up when it comes to mobile too, largely thanks to the iPhone. But is Apple’s gender-blind wunderkind truly more popular with women – or is Android, the

Read/Write Daily: SpaceX Launches the Era of Private Spaceflight

Today’s theme is space cowboys. Last night, SpaceX succesfully launched its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket. The era of spaceflight as a private enterprise has begun.
Soon, we’ll be able to go up there ourselves.

Space Fellowship

RAMPAGE 6 notepad runs Android 2.3 in a rugged package

The last time we heard from SDG Systems, it was shilling its Trimble Nomad with Android 1.5. The company’s new device, the RAMPAGE 6 (confusingly, it’s also known as the Mesa Rugged Notepad), thankfully includes a less prehistoric build of the OS. The notepad runs a customized version of Android 2.3

The Final Six Disrupt NYC Startups: Ark, Babelverse, Gtar, Open Garden, Sunglass, Uberconference

It has been a wild week so far at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City. Rainstorms and traffic jams couldn’t stop nearly 2000 people from making it to our big weekend hackathon, and our last two days of interviews, panels and startup presentations over at Pier 94 in Hell’s Kitchen.

Tomorrow

The Flaming Lips to Livestream Epic 24-Hour Trip

In a nearly 30 year career, the Flaming Lips have never adhered to conventional wisdom. In a truly epic performance this summer, the band will contin…

Activision/Bungie legal documents oust potential PS4, Xbox 720 dates

If you’re curious about when the next-generation Microsoft and Sony consoles will be coming out, well lucky for you someone decided to read through page after page of boring legal jargon to find the Activision and Bungie may have ousted potential launch date windows for each platform. Activision

Hillcrest Labs takes its TV motion control system to China, becomes TCL’s new best friend

It’s only been a few days since Hillcrest Labs open sourced its Kylo web browser for TVs, and now the company’s back with yet another announcement. Well, this time it’s more about TCL who’s just declared its top TV market share in China. Much like the Roku 2 and LG TVs with Magic Motion remote, Hillcrest’s

Google’s Moog Doodle: The Inside Story

Why do Google Doodlers build the things they do? They’re fans, that’s why. When Google’s Chief Doodler Ryan Germick and Googl…