Mellisa Tolentino
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On average, there are 208,300 photos being uploaded to Facebook every minute. That’s about 350 million a day, or 2.4 billion a week, all amounting to a total of 9 billion photos per month. As staggering as those figures are, things aren’t …
Ultimate wearable tech : New Quantified Self apparel
This week’s Quantified Self roundup features the ultimate in wearable technologies to measure everything you need to know about your body. Athos Base The main problem with wearable trackers is the potential for inaccurate readings because it doesn’t rest on the …
2014 smartphone concept designs + rumors that excite us
What’s the perfect way to end the year? A roundup of smartphone rumors and concept designs that excite us as we head into 2014. For the holidays, many of you guys received a new smartphone, probably an iPhone 5S or 5c, a …
Smart homes for fun : Singing lights + smarter plugs
This week’s SmartHome roundup features a lightbulb that streams your favorite tunes, a smart plug, and a smart home learning system. AwoX StriimLight If you’re looking to light up your home but also want to stream music in any room without …
Google ends 2013 with a bang : Chromebook sales stronger than Apple
Back in November, Microsoft upped the ante on its “Scroogled!” campaign, bringing in Rick Harrison and his Pawn Stars crew to make fun of Google Chromebooks. According to the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop guys, Chromebooks aren’t real laptops — a wasted investment …
CES 2014 : Google’s Smart Car infotainment system battles Apple
The rivalry between Google and Apple will be taking a new route next year as the search giant enters the smart dashboard market. At the International Consumer Electronics Show 2014, Google and Audi will be announcing a collaboration to develop an infotainment …
CES 2014 : LG + others launching these Smart Home apps
The Smart Home market is expected to boom in America by 2017, according to recent estimates by Parks Associates. The firm projects that in five years more than 11 million U.S. homes will have some type of smart home controller installed, a …
Top 10 Smart Car innovations of 2013
From electric vehicles to wireless charging stations for cars, weird concept cars to intriguing technologies that makes our cars better safer – we have seen a great deal of innovation in the automotive sector this year. With the approach of 2014, let’s …
Amazon rejoices with tens of millions of Amazon Prime subscribers
The holidays have been very good to Amazon, with CEO and founder Jeff Bezos proudly announcing that Amazon Prime has “tens of millions” of members, which means big money for the company considering it charges $79 a year for a subscription. The …
Nokia pulls HERE Maps off Apple App Store
Nokia has pulled its HERE Maps app from the Apple App Store for reasons not so clear. In a statement, Nokia said that Apple’s new iOS is doing more harm to the HERE Maps user experience than good, thus the app pull …