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When Northern Arizona opens its college football season at the University of Arizona on Friday night, the Lumberjacks’ sports medicine team will have a new member: a robot. VGo (pronounced vee-go) is a two-wheeled, remote-controlled, electrically powered robot developed by VGo Communications of New Hampshire that stands 4 feet upright and resembles a miniature Segway. Continue Reading →

Indiegogo seems to always play second fiddle to Kickstarter, despite the fact that it was on the crowdfund scene first, and now someone’s done the math to figure out exactly how the two compare. Freelancers working in the crowdfunding space Jonathan Lau and Edward Junprung scraped Indiegogo’s website to derive comparable numbers to those Kickstarter Continue Reading →

Aereo, the upstart television streaming service, plans to launch its product on Android devices in September, CEO Chet Kanojia told International Business Times Thursday. Aereo had originally hoped to roll out an app for Google’s operating system, which boasts a larger market share than Apple’s iOS, late last summer. In an exclusive interview with IBTimes Continue Reading →

Do you turn on your computer and then leave to go get a cup of coffee while you wait for the system to respond so you can start your day? Do you stare at the hourglass while photos or videos download? If so, you are not alone. Americans using four-year-old (or older) personal computers (PCs) Continue Reading →

What a difference a year makes. The Vizio 27-inch All-in-One Touch PC (CA27T-B1) ($1,549 list) is a polished version of the rough 27-inch all-in-one desktop PC we saw a little over a year ago. The system offers a touch screen, hybrid drive setup, quad core processor, and improved trackpad. With its great feature set and Continue Reading →

Do you have a special skill set and want to make a little extra cash? Google Plus may be the perfect place for you. Google recently launched a site for “Google Helpouts,” a new video chat helpline service. You can sign up to receive help, or earn money by helping someone else. After entering your Continue Reading →

Finding high quality and appropriate educational apps for middle schoolers is tricky business. Preteens are no longer engaged by rudimentary games and childish characters, yet they still lack the skills and discipline to take on more complex, high school-oriented subjects. Apps that hit the bullseye for this age group introduce critical thinking techniques and reach Continue Reading →

Google will again take a majority – 53% — of all mobile ad dollars this year, according to eMarketer, the research company. It’s the second year in a row that Google has dominated mobile advertising. And it’s the second year in a row that Google’s competitors for mobile ad dollars — Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Millennial Continue Reading →

Microsoft has already delayed the launch of the Xbox One in numerous markets over localization and language support issues, but it’s been revealed on Thursday that the console’s voice commands will only be available in five markets at launch. As spotted by Videogamer, the small print at the bottom of Microsoft’s ‘Get the Facts’ page Continue Reading →

Vodafone is in talks to sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to U.S. partner Verizon Communications Inc. in what would be the biggest deal in more than a decade. The carriers are in advanced discussions about a sale of the holding for about $130 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Continue Reading →