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Moredays Adds Life to Your Digital CalendarThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Moredays Quick Pitch: Moredays helps you organize your life and save your memories in ... Starbucks QR Codes Offer Rich Blend of InfoStarbucks is launching a QR code program designed to let consumers learn more about its coffee. The codes, created by Scanbuy, have already started appearing at some Starbucks locations and in ads in popular magazines like People and in daily newspapers as well as on billboard ads. The ads promot... Google Releases Chrome 15 and Web Store RedesignGoogle has released version 15 of its Chrome web browser, bringing the usual round of bug fixes and security improvements, as well as a redesign of its Chrome Web Store and tab pages. Now when you open a new tab, you’ll be able to navigate quickly between web apps and your most-visited sites... “World’s First Spherical Flying Machine” Can Land and Fly Almost Anywhere [VIDEO]The sci-fi classic Star Wars: A New Hope features a famous scene in which Luke Skywalker practices Jedi Lightsaber skills on a small, flying sphere that can hover and move quickly in any direction. Now, Japan’s Ministry of Defense has developed what may be a precursor to the Jedi training ball, t... 8 Spooky Sets of Social Halloween Icons1. Vector RSS Icons Take your RSS feed to the dark side with these sinister symbols.Click here to view this gallery.If you decorate your house for Halloween, why not do the same for your blog? We’ve found eight great collections of social media icons that wil... Nokia’s New Apps Take on Location, Transportation and Augmented RealityNokia officially launched a host of new interesting mobile apps, Public Transport, Nokia Pulse and Live View at Wednesday’s Nokia World conference in London. The Public Transport app tracks public transportation in more than 430 cities all over the world. It also offers timely updates on b... Sprint Streamlines Losses Even Without iPhone SalesSprint beat analysts’ forecasts in its third quarter earnings report Wednesday, narrowing net losses to $301 million, or 10 cents per share, on revenue of $8.3 billion. The wireless carrier reported losses of $911 million, or 30 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. On average, an... Apple Celebrates Steve Jobs: Quotes from One Infinite Loop [PICS]Few events can boast headliners like Tim Cook, Norah Jones, Jonathan Ive, Al Gore and Coldplay. But Apple‘s campus-wide celebration of the life of Steve Jobs last Wednesday was hardly an ordinary event. The entire Cupertino-based company was crammed into its outdoor amphitheater; Apple stor... Windows XP: It Will Not DieTen years after it first arrived and a year after Microsoft stopped selling it, Windows XP survives. It is an incredibly resilient piece of programming that has millions of fans around the world. But we can’t hold on forever. Microsoft promises to end support for the aging code in 2014. Thoug... Findings Turns Your Ebook Highlights Into Shared Reading LibrariesThe act of highlighting a noteworthy passage in an ebook is being socialized by Findings, an online destination where readers can collect, share, discuss and discover such highlights from ebooks and web texts. Findings’ creators, the folks at startup incubator Betaworks, refer to their crea... |