Google’s indoor maps initiative ultimately won’t do us any good if we can’t figure out where we’re standing in the first place. With that in mind, the folks in Mountain View are taking measures to improve indoor positioning accura…
Snake Charmer: control ‘Snake’ with the sweet sounds of a recorder
The recorder tends to get a bad rap among musicians. Often dismissed as a kiddie instrument, the inexpensive woodwind is commonly linked to memories of elementary music courses and untrained squeaks and toots. One thing we don’t a…
Blue Devil: two US senators fight to keep the spy blimp project alive
The massive 370-foot long blimp known as Blue Devil was intended to be a major asset to US military intelligence when it was first dreamt up by the Pentagon 18 months ago. Now the airship — which carries enough surveillance …
Google Chrome Web Store update makes it easier to find apps and extensions
Google has introduced some changes to its Chrome Web Store that should make navigating the plethora of available apps and extensions an easier ordeal. A brand new Trending section now lists the hottest offerings, ranking each from…
Air Display iPad app optimized for Retina screens, OS X Lion HiDPI mode (hands-on)
Air Display, the handy app that lets your iOS device pull double duty as a wireless external monitor, has been updated to take full advantage of Apple’s Retina display. That means users can now utilize every pixel of real estate a…
Sony to announce new PlayStation 3 video service, but what is it?
As part of his usual rundown of the coming week’s PSN content during the latest PlayStation Blogcast, Senior Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein teased listeners with a brief mention of a “cool new video service” that will be rev…
‘Super Meat Boy’ for iPhone revealed as an entirely new game optimized for touch input
The developers of Super Meat Boy have revealed some tidbits on what fans can expect from the upcoming iOS version of the ultra-challenging platformer. First and foremost, they’ve bluntly laid out that porting the original SMB expe…
‘Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition’ to arrive on Mac OS X this summer alongside PC and iPad
A little more than a week ago, Overhaul Games announced that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition would be released for iPad in addition to PC. Now the company has gone one step further and confirmed that a native Mac OS X version of t…
Lunar photos from NASA orbiter offer glimpse at remnants of the Space Race
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently in the midst of a mission to gather detailed 3D imagery of the moon’s surface. As part of the ongoing journey, the LRO is getting a good look at vintage Soviet Union “Luna” spacecra…
Flat-panel TV shipments to fall in 2012 for the first time ever, IHS claims
It looks like consumers in the United States are cooling to the HDTV craze. Flat-panel TV shipments will drop by five percent (or two million units) this year, the first such dip in the market’s history, according to research firm…
