Toddler Reviews Google Glass
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — We’ve seen Michele Bachmann and a half-naked blogger wear Google Glass over the last couple of weeks.But those images don’t warm your heart like a two-year-old with the connected gla…
New High-Tech Bionic Arm Helps Wounded Warrior
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago(CHICAGO) — Glen Lehman’s battles in Iraq came to an end when a grenade tore through the door of his Humvee, shredding his right arm. Lehman survived, thanks to his quick-thinking comrades and a helicopter evac…
Tech Firms Dominate 2012 List of Best Multinational Workplaces
KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Some of the best multinational workplaces are tech companies right here in the U.S., according to a new list compiled by Great Place to Work.The research and consulting firm, which is celebrating its 20th …
Original Apple Computer Doesn’t Find Buyer at Auction
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) — Apple surely doesn’t have a problem selling products these days, but apparently $80,000 was a bit too much for one of the company’s first computers.Christie’s in London auctioned off…
Russia Denies Link to Alleged Agent Busted in the US
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — The Kremlin has denied any links to companies recently blacklisted by the U.S. for their alleged involvement in a complex scheme to smuggle sensitive technology from America to the Russian military and intelligence age…
iPad Owners Prefer Broken Nose over Shattered Screen?
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A root canal is a painful experience, but according to many iPad owners, not as painful as breaking an iPad. A new survey finds 32 percent of iPad owners say accidentally breaking their de…
Starbucks Customers Can Soon Pay With Their Phones
Starbucks Corporation(SEATTLE) — Caffeine addicts and baristas who work during the frenetic morning rush can now rejoice. Starbucks has announced a partnership with mobile-payment platform Square that will soon allow customers to use Square’s pa…
YouTube Won’t Come on Next iPhone
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock/YouTube(NEW YORK) — Get a new iPhone or iPad and you’ll get a handful of preloaded apps — Apple’s Calculator, Newsstand, App Store, and YouTube, just to name a few. But when Apple releases the next…
Zynga Launching Restaurant Equivalent to FarmVille
Zynga(NEW YORK) — Sure, you can build a virtual farm in FarmVille or a city in CityVille, but do those really hit the spot? Zynga, the company behind those other Villes, is now launching ChefVille, the restaurant equivalent of those other titles. You&…
Facebook Stock Dips Below $20
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Facebook shares hit a new low Thursday, dipping under $20 for a short time.The company’s latest stock woes come on a day when bad news piled up for the social network.Top Facebook executives Katie Mitic a…
Microsoft Outlook: New Webmail Service Takes Aim at Gmail
A screenshot of Microsoft’s Outlook email service, launched on July 31, 2012. (Microsoft)(NEW YORK) — Microsoft has spent the summer showing off some major changes. An all-new Windows 8 … its first computing devices, the Microsoft Surface tablet ……
iPhone 5, iPad Mini to Be Released in September?
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With a new week comes a new set of next-generation iPhone rumors. A Japanese site, iLab, has now posted a series of photos of what it suspects is the next iPhone. The site said it got hold of a number of leak…
Apple v. Samsung: Court Documents Include Photos of iPhone and iPad Prototypes
Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — On Monday, Apple and Samsung finally go to trial in the U.S. to settle their patent dispute. Apple sued Samsung for intellectual property infringement (copying its iPad and iPhone) last year. Samsung …
FB Earnings: Facebook Beats Sales Estimates; Shares Rise
Facebook(NEW YORK) — Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), after its disastrous initial share offer in May, issued its first earnings report as a public company today, topping analyst expectations for sales at $1.184 billion and meeting profit estimates. “Our goal i…
New Technology Lets People Write With Their Eyes
JupiterImages/Comstock(NEW YORK) — Patients without the ability to use their limbs may have a new way to communicate, thanks to researchers in France. This offers hope to sufferers of strokes, spinal injuries, or degenerative diseases such as ALS, or …
Google Introduces Fiber: Fast Broadband/TV Service
Google(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — Google detailed its fast new Internet and TV service called Fiber on Thursday, and residents of Kansas City can now pre-register to get it. “Google Fiber starts at a speed 100 times faster than most Americans have tod…
Fmr. President Clinton Drops One-Liners on Tea Party, Cell Phones
File photo. (ABC News)(BOSTON) — His wife Hillary has remained squarely in the public eye since he left the Oval Office in 2000, but former President Bill Clinton has been fairly unplugged for the past 12 years – so unplugged, in fact, that he d…
Facebook to Announce Second-Quarter Results
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), after its disastrous initial share offer in May, will issue its first earnings report today when the markets close. Investor attention will focus on how much the social network made in ad…
Apple OS X Mountain Lion Review: Should You Upgrade?
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesBy JOANNA STERN, ABC News Technology Editor(NEW YORK) — Let’s be honest: updating your laptop or desktop with a new operating system isn’t usually on your top list of priorities. It’s a hassle. You have to pay for the upgra…
Voter Registration? There’s an App for That
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Candidates are already using social media to get out the vote. Now some are asking, “Why not use social media to register to vote?”As early as next week, Washington state residents will be able to do just th…