Hilary Scott

Level-up Your Dorm Room

We've rounded up the coolest gadgets we've seen to help you bling-out that boring, beige dorm room.

14 years, 9 months By Hilary Scott

Fujitsu Platform Lets You Deploy, Zap Location-Based Apps

Fujitsu today announced that it has developed a new platform technology that would allow smartphone, tablet, and PC users to automatically deliver and run apps on other devices at a particular time and place.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Twitter Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Its Launch

Half a decade ago, we all thought tweeting was for the birds. Today marks the five-year anniversary of when Twitter opened to the public and introduced us to "tweeting"—something Twitter users now do over 200 million times a day.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Researchers Develop Pliable 'Jell-O' Memory Device

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a memory device that has the physical properties of Jell-O and can function in a wet environment, like inside the human body.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Watch Out OnStar: Ford Adding Live-Operator Service to Sync

Not only are our cell phones getting smarter; our cars are too. Ford announced that it's adding a live operator service to its voice-controlled Ford Sync system.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Infographic: How Mobile Payments Are Changing the World

In the past year, mobile payment systems have picked up steam and are now becoming mainstream. Could our wallets be replaced one day soon by our smartphones?

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Games Dominate Mobile App Downloads, Study Finds

Games continue to be the most popular mobile app category, according to a study from Nielsen.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Wii U Coming After April 1, Nintendo Chief Says

The Wii U, Nintendo's new video game console, will launch after April 1st of 2012 and won't be a hard sell, according to Reggie Fils-Aime, president and CEO of Nintendo of America.

14 years, 10 months By Hilary Scott

Report: Facebook Hits 750 Million Users

Although Facebook was supposedly been experiencing a decline in the U.S., the service reportedly has now hit 750 million monthly active users.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Report: Twitter on the Verge of Inserting Promoted Tweets in Timelines

We all new Promoted Tweets would eventually make their way into our Twitter timelines, but according to reports, that day could be coming very soon—in as little as two months.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Foursquare, American Express Roll Out Nationwide Check-in Deals

Foursquare and American Express announced a nationwide partnership today that will reward users by crediting their cards when they take advantage of Foursquare specials.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Decide Answers the Question 'Buy Now or Wait?'

Do you always ask yourself, "Is this the right time to buy?" whenever it comes to purchasing a tech product? A new electronics shopping service launched Monday aims to help answer that question so consumers can purchase laptops, TVs, and cameras with no regrets.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Can't See the Lunar Eclipse In Your Country? Watch It on Google

Google will be live streaming this evening's lunar eclipse.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Map Shows Facebook Conquering the World, But Is It Losing Support Back Home?

The latest "World Map of Social Networks," showing the most popular social networks by country, reveals Facebook is the world's dominate network, with almost 700 million users. A new report, however, insists that while the service is gaining International users, it is losing users back home in the U.S.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Now You Can Doodle in Google Ebooks

Google has introduced a new feature called "Doodle Mode," which lets you draw with a virtual crayon on a select group of Google ebooks.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

New Telescope Delivers Stunning Images of Southern Sky

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) today released the first images of the southern sky from its new VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the largest telescope in the world designed to exclusively survey the sky in visible light.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Skype Users Can't Log In, Again

Skype announced today that its users are having trouble signing into the VoIP service, yet again.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Google Apps Giving Older Browsers the Boot

Google announced Wednesday that it will start phasing out Google App support for older browsers in favor of modern browsers.

14 years, 11 months By Hilary Scott

Amazon Launches Daily Deal Service

Deciding it wants a piece of the very popular and crowded daily deals market, Amazon launched a new deals service, AmazonLocal, today in Boise, Idaho.

15 years By Hilary Scott

Skype Scrambles to Fix Login Glitch

Skype issued an update for Skype for Windows to fix a login glitch that locked out users yesterday, and it promised a new Mac version for today.

15 years By Hilary Scott