Day: October 1, 2013

Come Try Out Slashdot’s New Design (In Beta)

Slashdot’s biggest redesign effort ever is now in beta and you’re invited to help guide it. This redesign has been shaped by feedback from community members over the past few months (a big thanks to those of you who participated in our alpha testing phase!), and we’d like your thoughts on it, too. This new…


Facebook sees mobile riches in richer app ads

Mobile app ads can now deep link to app makers’ content, opening a new realm of possibility for developers wanting to reach Facebook’s massive mobile audience…….


Obama on HealthCare.gov glitches: Patience, even Apple had iOS issues

Talking about reports of slow load times, bugs, President Obama refers to Apple’s experience after debut of its latest mobile operating system…….


Self-contained atomic clock watch may be world’s first

Bathys Hawaii unveils a prototype watch that contains its own atomic clock…….


Real-looking Logitech gamepad for iPhone pictured (again)

A very real looking shot of Logitech’s gamepad hardware has cropped up, even though the product has not been formally announced…….


Half-Life 3: CONFIRMED?

Valve files for trademark in Europe……


Scribd Launches a Global ‘Spotify For eBooks’

Nate the greatest writes “Scribd threw its hat in the ebook subscription ring today. The site is expanding on its existing ebookstore with a new $9-a-month all-you-can-read ebook subscription service which offers a selection of ebooks from a number of publishers, including HarperCollins, E-Reads, Kensington, Red Wheel/Weiser, Rosetta Books, Sourcebooks, and Workman. That’s a better…


LTE-enabled Surface 2 to launch on AT&T, Vodafone

Microsoft also expected to release Surface Mini in spring of 2014…….


‘I don’t trust Microsoft’ after NSA disclosures says former privacy chief

Open source is the way to go warns Bowden……


Next battleground in the subscriber economy? E-books

It’s time to add one more $10 monthly subscription to the budget…….