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This real-life Wall-E, formally the Nao Next Gen from the French Alderbaran Robotics, is expected to be able to help children with autism and people who are losing their autonomy. The newest iteration of the robot has a 1.6GHz Intel … Continue reading →

Jason Lemkin is vice president of web business services at Adobe and former CEO of EchoSign. His operational experience spans the business development, sales, legal, human resource and finance fields, and he is an acknowledged expert in the field of … Continue reading →

Here’s a rather uncomfortable use of the Google Maps API. Advertising agency Pool Worldwide blended Google Street View and a fake assault rifle to create “Google Shoot View.” Users can tour the world firing away in a first-person-style shooter, a … Continue reading →

Exchanging package tracking information is the gift equivalent of a buzz kill. But Slice, an online purchase manager startup, launched a new feature on Monday that warns recipients to expect a delivery while preserving the fun of gift giving. “Track … Continue reading →

The web version of Google’s Android Market now has a couple of very useful new filtering options, including the ability to filter the reviews by device model or app version. After you click on “User Reviews” for any app, you … Continue reading →

Charlie Sheen accidentally tweeted his phone number to his more than 5 million Twitter followers while attempting to send a direct message to Justin Bieber. Sheen — who first joined Twitter earlier this year — was eating dinner at elite … Continue reading →

For many, watching a sporting event in person or on TV is an all-consuming experience — coaching decisions spark heated debate, scores force spasmodic bellows or groans, and the external world dims out of focus. So will fans be willing … Continue reading →

Apple just pulled an iPhone app that’s been in the App Store for more than two years — and did so at the prompting of a U.S. senator. The app, made by the company DriversEd.com, lets users make fake driver’s … Continue reading →

Fans of epic Mars-based sci-fi novels, from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Kim Stanley Robinson, got some more Red Planet-based reading material to fire their imaginations Monday. A comprehensive survey from the Australian National University that suggests there is tons of … Continue reading →

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