Like Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, the new Fire Phone will get Amazon’s 24-7 video tech support, Mayday . The service works over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G, and connects you with a representative in under 15 seconds, according to CEO Jeff Bezos. Read more…
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Fire Phone Is Getting Amazon’s Awesome 24-7 Video Tech Support
On Monday, the internet was all kinds of excited over the fact that hundreds of new emoji were soon to arrive . Now, the Unicode Consortium has published a chart which shows us what they’ll actually look like. Read more…
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Here’s What All Those New Emoji Actually Look Like
The summer isn’t even here yet, but if you’re leaving home and heading off to college in September, it’s never too early to start planning and stockpiling what you’ll need. And since you’ll probably be crammed into a tiny dorm room, Ikea’s new glowing LED stool does double duty as a lamp and place to sit/pile dirty laundry. Read more…
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Ikea’s New Glowing Stool Lights a Safe LED Fire Under Your Butt
Cool map alert: Donut Holes in International Waters is an interactive map that shows which countries have sovereignty over the high seas. It shows how we’ve diced up the waters with international law—and what all the left-over bits and pieces look like. Read more…
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A Pirate-Friendly Map of the Pieces of Ocean That No Country Owns
At long last, Roku finally is getting a YouTube app . That closes one of the few streaming holes it had left, and only goes further to make it more important than ever . Read more…
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At long last, Roku finally is getting a YouTube app.
Bitcoin is big money. When Mt. Gox went belly up , hundreds of millions in bitcoin up and disappeared. Now, the troubled exchange just happens to have stumbled into 200, 000 ‘coin it thought was lost , or roughly 116 million dollars. Read more…
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Mt. Gox Found Over $100 Million In Bitcoin In a Random Wallet
Microsoft has a special deal for Windows XP users. If you buy a new PC, the company will give you a $50 gift card, 90 days of tech support, and free data transfer. Or, in the words of one Wall Street Journal reporter , “Microsoft is bribing people to stop using Windows XP.” Read more…
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Microsoft has a special deal for Windows XP users.