ESA: E3 is not irrelevant

The industry trade group responsible for setting up next month’s E3 show insists that the event is not losing its importance. The ESA, or Entertainment Software Association, used to be one of the biggest powerhouses in the video game industry. It still carries a lot of weight as the primary organization

‘Dear Photograph’ Turns 1, Spawns Book, Prepares for App Launch

Surreal. Humbling. Grateful. One year after unleashing Dear Photograph, a blog showcasing photos within photos, Taylor Jones describes his emoti…

11 Hilarious ‘Men in Black’ Parodies

A few weeks ago we found out a lot of people like to dress up with their friends as the Avengers? It turns out, a lot more of you like the Men in Blac…

New Computer Algorithm Knows Your Phony Smile [VIDEO]

Have you ever wondered how genuine that smile really is?
If your intuition isn’t stellar at gauging real versus fake smiles, this information m…

Nokia and X-Prize put medical sensors on the spot for next challenge

Sometimes the X-Prize foundation gets a little ahead of itself. We couldn’t get a private mission to the moon off the ground and apparently we can’t built a tricorder either. But, we can take baby steps. Presumably that’s what the newest X Challenge is all about. The group has teamed up with a certain

Are You Game for Tetris: The Movie? [VIDEO]

They made a movie out of Battleship, right? So why not Tetris?
That’s the plausible conceit behind this (unfortunately fake) trailer for a mo…

FCC clears Sprint to run CDMA, 4G LTE on 800MHz iDEN airwaves

Sprint might not have its 4G LTE network up and running to power your EVO 4G LTE, but it’s already getting more headroom. The FCC has just tweaked the rules around the ESMR (Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio) spectrum to let Sprint, and the considerably more regional SouthernLINC Wireless, run their

10 Ways to Bootstrap Your Startup Office Decor

Building a great company culture is really important to motivate your staff and to get everyone working toward a common vision and feeling a part o…

Texting and Walking: 65% of You Do it

By now you’ve probably seen the videos of the woman falling into a mall fountain or the guy who comes dangerously close to a bear while walki…

Apple Responds To DOJ eBook Lawsuit, Calls it “Fundamentally Flawed” and “Absurd”

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Apple and a number of other large U.S. publishers of conspiring to fix eBook prices and filed an antitrust lawsuit. While most of the publishers quickly settled the lawsuit, Apple decided to fight. Earlier this week, as Ars Technica reports today, Apple