Apple to Release Culturally Diverse Emoji

Apple is tapping into the surprisingly lucrative and addictive world of emojis by creating more culturally diverse options. An Apple spokesperson has confirmed that the company is looking to expand their emoji collection after many users complained about the restrictive choices. Apple has currently been using Unicode standard emoji’s but are now looking to expand … Read more

Facebook Purchases Oculus Rift for $2B

Facebook announced yesterday that it has purchased Oculus VR for $2 billion in cash and stock. “There are not many companies building technologies that can be the next major computer platform,” stated CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg when asked about the purchase.  “We are making a long term bet that immersive virtual reality will be … Read more

BatteryBox Doubles Your MacBook Battery Life

Gbatteries has announced the release of BatteryBox, a portable battery that powers the devices own internal battery. Battery extenders for portable devices have been around for ages but a new concept from Gbaterries could change everything. BatteryBox, designed for the MacBook, can actually charge the laptop’s own battery helping to maintain the integrity and efficiency … Read more

Google Glass Teams Up with RayBan and Oakley

Google has teamed up with the luxury eyewear group, Luxottica to create a Ray-Ban and Oakley version of Glass. In order to make Glass more fashion- friendly, Google has decided to team up with Luxottica in order to bring a high end image to their glasses. “We live in a world where technological innovation has … Read more

Comcast and Apple to Strike a Cable TV Deal

Apple and Comcast are reportedly negotiating a deal that will allow users to access cable TV through Apple’s set top box. If the deal with Apple and Comcast goes ahead, Apple TV users will be able to access apps, internet, online content streaming and Cable TV provided by Comcast. While the deal is currently in … Read more

Microsoft Catches Privacy Breach by Breaching Privacy

Microsoft caught an employee sending leaked Windows information to a blogger by reading their emails. Now, Microsoft is in trouble for breaching privacy. A digital rights advocacy group is furious at Microsoft for accessing users emails despite the fact that Microsoft were trying to find who was leaking out private Windows information. The group is … Read more

California DMV Large Scale Data Breach

According to a recent report, the DMV may have been compromised and potentially thousands of customers data could be exposed. “There is no evidence at this time of a direct breach of the DMV’s computer system,” the DMV told security site Krebs on Security. “However, out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of … Read more

Pebble Sold 400,000 Smartwatches in 2013

Pebble Sold 400,000 Smartwatches in 2013 Pebble is now completely dominating in the wearable device market, doing over 400,000 sales last year that brought them a whopping $60 million in revenue. The company is looking to double that figure in 2014, and they are already on track to do so. Pebble officials seem very confident … Read more

How iTunes is Revamping its Service for Android

As revenues from streaming music are on the increase, music downloads are on the decrease and Apple is employing a new plan to launch a Spotify type service and an Android compatible iTunes. Subscriptions to streaming music sites have risen by 51 percent however music downloads have dropped by 13 percent. In order to keep … Read more