Curious Facts Category

Everyone knows how important design is to Apple. Just look at every device they’ve ever made. Sure, some are prettier than others, but you must admit that an unorthodox amount of time and effort is given to design. It is because of this obsession that has brought us the likes [...]

August 30, 2011 marks the 29th anniversary of email as we know it today. 29 years ago a 16 year old by the name of V. A. Shiva copyrighted “EMAIL” and the GUI we still use including the fields “To: From: Cc: Bcc: Subject: Reply: Reply All: Forward” and of [...]

In this day and age it seems like there is literally a study that will tell you that everything in the world is bad for someone. Still it may be a good idea to pay attention to a new study saying that overusing GPS might actually negatively affect memory.

The Internet is For Porn, as the Avenue Q song goes. Indeed, the adult industry is a technology driver, from home videos to high-definition content, and probably even micropayments. Survey says 1 out of 10 of male internet users view porn. Why is this not surprising?

If you think using solar power, driving an electric car, turning off your lights and gadgets at night, and using a water-saving shower are the only ways you can help save the environment, consider your eating habits, too. A recent study has determined that each person’s carbon footprint from eating [...]

An interview released October 15 2010 between Penn State University Computer Science and Engineering candidate Will Enck, Ph.D., and Carl Weinschenk from IT business Edge, revealed that many Android Apps might be sending private user information to advertising websites. To clarify, a misuse of information could be anything from sending [...]

Besides suing each other out over and over again, large corporations might unite their efforts against the bigger threat. Right now, for Adobe and Microsoft, that threat is Apple, Google is a threat also but not like Cupertino, at least for now.

For sure you have already read of the big price offs for the Amazon Kindle (price drop of $189) and the WiFi Nook (now retailing for $149). While these may seem like good deals, the real score behind their lowered prices is the falling demand and interest for them thanks to the booming popularity of the PC tablet.

Soon enough, putting your best foot forward could mean having renewable energy on the go. Thanks to Dr. Ville Kaajakari’s latest design concept, you can say goodbye to a flat cell phone battery or music device when you’re wearing his shoes.

I’ll start off with the same cliché everyone else is thinking about when hearing about the impressive robbery that took place at a Best Buy location in New Jersey: this looks like a Mission Impossible stunt, you know, the one in which expert spy Tom Cruise Ethan Hunt uses a [...]