Blog Profile / The Inquisitr - Tech
| URL : | http://www.inquisitr.com/category/tech | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 12280 | |
| Posts / Week: | 47.2 | |
| Archived Since: | May 21, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Apple iPad Will Save The US Air Force $5.7 Million Per Year
Pilots in the U.S. Air Force are switching from 20 to 40-pound bags of paper manuals and charts to Apple iPads, and the Air Force says the switch will save them $5.7 million each year. The big bags of printed paper include flight manuals, weather, maps, and navigation charts, and big books filled with technical [...]Show More Summary
Apple App Store Reaches 50 Billion Downloads, One Customer Wins $10,000
The Apple App Store has now collected more than 50 billion downloads since its time of launch. Apple on Thursday announced that its massive mobile devices platform has passed the major milestone and that Brandon Ashmore of Mentor Ohio downloaded the company’s 50 billionth app. Brandon will receive a $10,000 app store gift card for being [...]Show More Summary
Amy’s Baking Company Waitress Does Reddit Tell-All!
Thought the Amy’s Baking Company meltdown couldn’t get any meltier? Reddit delivers. All day long, my Facebook friends have been unable to look away from the Amy’s Baking Company meltdown on Facebook and Reddit, and it seems the controversy reached a new level as Katy Cipriano — a waitress seen and treated shabbily on the [...]Show More Summary
Google Is Reinventing Itself
Google is in the process of reinventing itself. In a live blog today, Google has been making announcements about changes it is making to almost everything. The live blog has been happening since 9:00am Pacific, and details have been trickling through. Early on in the live blog, Google showed a history of Android, giving props [...]Show More Summary
NEC Medias X: The First Smartphone With Liquid Cooling
The NEC Medias X is officially the first smartphone to feature a liquid-cooled system. The Medias X 06E will be released as part of NTT DoCoMo’s summer release schedule. The smartphone uses a tube of liquid that transfers heat from the devices quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor to a graphite radiator that is located on [...]Show More Summary
Navy X-47B Unmanned Fighter Jet Drone Has Autonomous AI, Shaped Like UFO
The Navy X-47B unmanned fighter jet drone designed by Grumman launched from the USS George HW Bush carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. The profile of the X-47B unmanned fighter jet drone can easily be likened to the stereotypical UFO. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, this is exactly what happened in Washington D.C. when many people [...]Show More Summary
Amy’s Baking Company Meltdown Update: Owners Cry ‘Hacked’
The massive Amy’s Baking Company meltdown on Facebook earlier this week (reminiscent of the Cooks Source implosion of a few years back) has garnered the nutty cake-makers nearly 50,000 fans … all of whom seem to have come for the Kitchen Nightmares curiosity and stayed for the relentless drama. And man, did Amy’s Baking Company deliver. A string of [...]Show More Summary
BlackBerry Messenger Coming This Summer To iOS, Android Platforms
The BlackBerry Messenger application (BBM) is making its way from BlackBerry devices to both the Google Android and iOS platforms this summer. The announcement reveals that iOS and Android users will be able to download and use the app for free. The application will first debut with only core BBM functionality which will then extend [...]Show More Summary
Apple iPhone To Ditch Home Button, Move Towards Capacitive Touch Area
Is Apple preparing to ditch the push-style home button that has remained a centerpiece of its devices design aesthetics? A new rumor suggests that Apple will remove the home button for the next iPhone release, instead replacing the smartphone button with a capacitive touch area that would utilize the same functionality. Some rumors pointed to [...]Show More Summary
Microsoft Windows Blue Officially Named Windows 8.1, Offered As Free Download
Microsoft on Monday revealed that Windows Blue will be officially named Windows 8.1. The tech giant also announced that the software pack will be made available as a free update to users of Windows 8 via the Windows Store. Microsoft will debut the public preview of Windows 8.1 for Windows 8 and Windows RT in [...]Show More Summary
LinkedIn Is Seeking A New Director Of Ad Products
Are you looking for a job in a fast paced and always changing environment? Do you have online ad space experience? If you answered yes to both of those questions you might be a good fit at LinkedIn. The social enterprise giant on Monday confirmed to Business Insider that it is actively recruiting for a new director [...]Show More Summary
LinkedIn: No Escorts Or Prostitutes Allowed
LinkedIn has banned escorts and prostitutes from its massive social network of working professionals. While the company has always encouraged users from all walks of life to join its ranks the network apparently doesn’t want “working” girls to take part. Since the early days of LinkedIn the company has maintained a clause that calls for [...]Show More Summary
HTC First Sales Awful, Facebook Phone Being Discontinued By AT&T
The HTC First was heralded in as the first fully featured Facebook phone but customers didn’t bite and now the smartphone is facing the possibility of being discontinued. Sources close to sales of the HTC device claim that AT&T Wireless has sold less than 15,000 units nationwide. Those sales included AT&T’s special $1 smartphone sale. According [...]Show More Summary
Amazon Officially Acquires Liquavista
Amazon has officially acquired smart screen technology company Liquavista. The acquisition was confirmed by the company on Monday. Previously owned by Samsung the tech firm creates low-power color e-paper technology. Samsung executives were believed to be looking for a quick sale since the company failed to live up to Samsung’s high expectations for its e-paper [...]Show More Summary
Sony Debuts Waterproof Xperia ZR Phone
Sony on Monday officially revealed its new waterproof smartphone. The Sony Xperia ZR phone can be dropped in up to five feet of water and remain submerged for 30 minutes before going dead. The smartphone offers a nice set of features that includes a 13-megapixel camera that can be used to shoot videos and take [...]
Amazon Virtual Currency Arrives For Kindle
Amazon virtual currency has struck Kindle. You’ve heard of bitcoins and the problem they pose with hackers going around and taking them from honest bitcoin miners. However, this isn’t stopping Amazon from promoting the Kindle with a new form of virtual currency. Kindle Fire users who turn their devices on today will find 500 Amazon [...]Show More Summary
Joss Whedon Joins Twitter For Real
Joss Whedon has joined Twitter, as of last night. (But isn’t yet verified.) Joss Whedon’s Twitter account, @JossActual, already has garnered more than 40,000 followers, most of whom will tweet at you that you have to watch ‘Buffy’ if you engage with them, so be careful. Shortly after midnight, Whedon kicked off his Twitter reign by [...]Show More Summary
Bill Gates Tears Up While Discussing Steve Jobs [Video]
When we first think of Apple versus Microsoft we immediately jump to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, two of the most competitive men in the history of the tech sector. Yet behind the veneer of grueling competition Jobs and Gates respected the work each had put into their company’s. In fact, before his death Bill [...]Show More Summary
Samsung Claims 5G Smartphones On The Horizon
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has made a major breakthrough when it comes to the next generation of smartphones and believes it will be able to roll out 5G smartphones by 2020. The announcement on Monday means that the company is the first major smartphone producer to make such a boast. The Galaxy S4 [...]Show More Summary
Lamborghini Egoista Is Product Of Extreme Hedonism, Says Designer
The Lamborghini Egoista is a crazily wild concept car that celebrates Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary while providing a glance into the company’s wildly hedonistic design principles. The Egoista was unveiled during a dramatic presentation by brand head Stephan Winkelmann. The big reveal occurred after 350 Lamborghini’s made a week-long drive through Italy in celebration of the [...]Show More Summary