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Windows 8 has officially created a new category: the monster tablet. Last fall’s Sony Tap 20 could have been dismissed as a one-off aberration, but others have since launched giant screens equipped with batteries, including HP, who just unveiled the Rove 20.
Why Rove? Because it can do exactly that — the 20-inch display is fully portable with almost 4 hours of battery life. Although its mobility, along with the 10-finger multi-touch display, technically makes it a tablet, it’s really better…
RunKeeper dramatically affects the way many people around the world stay healthy, and has plans to do a whole lot more. Available for iOS and Android, the mobile app lets you track your workouts, and then share your fitness achievements everywhere from Facebook to your employer’s healthcare plan.
The highly successful app currently has more than 19 million users around the world, two-thirds of which are outside in the United States.
The idea for the app came while founder and CEO Jason…
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console has always been a tiger with many kinds of stripes. Since the first console came out in November of 2001, the console has evolved into a centerpiece of the living room.
If you’ve followed Microsoft closely, you know there have been many variants to the Xbox flavor, especially during the long lifespan of the Xbox 360
This chart, released by Microsoft, shows almost every Xbox the company’s released. Not only did the Xbox 360 come in several iterations with…
If the world of Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby is too glitzy for you, maybe you’d like to try on something a little more … pixelated.
Great Gatsby Game transports you back to the land of the Nintendo Entertainment System in look and feel while you remain safely on your web browser. Just like any video game version of a movie, however, it’s a little off base in terms of the subject matter.
You play Nick Carraway on his quest to meet Gatsby himself but, instead of partying it up, you’ll…
Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate and give thanks to the woman who brought you into this world. You’ve had all year to plan, and it’s now the end of the week before that special Sunday. And you got her … well, nothing yet. So what can you do to show her how much she means to you in the fastest way possible?
SEE ALSO: 10 Brilliant Gifts for Connected Moms
All hope is not lost. We’ve put together a list of resources to let you appreciate your Mom in special and unique ways via the…
Tiny, glowing robots could soon be injected into the eye to alert doctors of low oxygen levels that can lead to blindness.
Led by Bradley Nelson, a professor of robotics and intelligent systems at ETH-Zurich, researchers created devices 1 millimeter in length and one third of a millimeter in width that, once injected, can be steered through the eye’s vitreous fluid via external magnetic fields.
Researchers coated the micro-robots with…
Most good ideas have a good story about how they was created, and good ideas can come from anywhere: while traveling the world, during a college course or while having a few drinks with friends, to name a few. For the past week, Mashable has hosted the “Best Idea” contest, which asked people to share the story of how they got their best idea.
The 10 winners we have selected in this contest will be embarking on an awesome journey, as they have won a spot on British Airways’ UnGrounded…
Your summer of special effects-laden blockbuster films owes a debt of gratitude to film pioneer Ray Harryhausen. The stop-motion-animation legend died on Tuesday, according to a Facebook statement from The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation.
Even when I didn’t know his name, I was watching Ray Harryhausen’s work. Every Thanksgiving in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the local TV station would run the 1949 film, Mighty Joe Young. This King Kong knock-off featured an over-sized, but not…
Tony Stark makes his epic return to the big screen this weekend with the release of Iron Man 3, but it’s been a while since we’ve been privy to the superhero’s — shall we say — swagger?
Ease yourself back into Stark’s world of wealth and fighting evil with the “Iron Man Trilogy Remix” by YouTuber relmvision. Prepare to remember all those lovely explosions, fire blasts and special effects that made you fall in love with this protector of Pepper Potts and gang
SEE ALSO: Become an Iron Man…
Apple‘s App Store is nearing the 50 billion downloads milestone, and the company is celebrating by rewarding users with cash prizes
The person who downloads the 50 billionth app will get a $10,000 App Store Gift Card. People who download one of the first 50 apps after the milestone is reached can win $500
To celebrate the occasion, Apple has put up a special page with an app download counter, which currently stands around 49,247,000,000
No purchase is necessary to enter the contest, which…
