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Xbox has just released the My Xbox Live app for iOS. The app follows close on the heels of a massive update for Xbox 360 which turns Microsoft’s video game console into a gesture and voice-controlled media hub. The free … Continue reading →

The Fontography Series is supported by join.me, the easiest way to have an online meeting. join.me lets you instantly share your screen with anyone, for free. Use it to collaborate, demo, show off — the possibilities are endless. Try it … Continue reading →

The next time you’re watching The Office on Hulu and wondering if that actor was in “that one movie,” you could find the answer without ever leaving the video-streaming service’s site. Hulu’s Face Match provides users real-time information about actors … Continue reading →

If Apple‘s patent applications are any indication, the call quality on your iPhone may get better in the coming years — even if a whole room full of people are shouting in the background. According to this patent uncovered by … Continue reading →

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has been crowned queen bee of 2011 memes, topping Know Your Meme‘s 2011 list of most-viral content. Her massively autotuned “Friday” music video, ripe with unforgettable lyrics, seeped into our brains in March. Just as we … Continue reading →

Actor and Words With Friends player Alec Baldwin has, very publicly, shared his perspective on what happened aboard the American Airlines flight that threw him off for using his iPhone Tuesday. Baldwin wrote an apology to his fellow passengers titled … Continue reading →

A large majority of tablet users are using their devices to shop this holiday season and plan to participate more in couch commerce next year as well, a new study suggests. A report conducted by Equation Research for rich media … Continue reading →

Gabrielle Giffords’s Shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, along with 17 others in Tucson, Arizona. Click here to view this gallery. In the constant hum and buzz of social media and digital chatter, how can we find out which stories … Continue reading →

Amazon has set up a $6 million annual royalty fund designed to encourage self-published authors and publishers to do two things: Make their work available exclusively in the Kindle Store for 90-day periods, and include their work in the Kindle … Continue reading →

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways. The Sonos … Continue reading →