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Black Friday may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the deals are done. Plenty of sites are still offering low prices and great bundles on almost all things tech, so get your wallets ready! Visit the link below to head over to Gizmodo’s coverage of the all the best Cyber Monday Deals. Gizmodo’s Continue Reading →

Healthcare.gov, the error-riddled website where uninsured Americans are supposed to shop for health insurance, now works for “in the zone of 80 percent” of users, a White House official said today. That’s up from just 30 percent of users who were able to navigate through the entire site five weeks ago. Officials say the site Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw record online sales with $1.06 billion and $1.93 billion, up 18 percent year-over-year and over 30 percent year-over-year, respectively. 24.2 percent of online sales occurred on tablets (15.6 percent) and smartphones (8.6 percent), a record overall increase of 118 percent year-over-year. The new data comes from Adobe Digital Index Continue Reading →

Instagram announced on Friday that Thanksgiving 2013 in the US was “the busiest day on Instagram so far,” thanks to a massive flood of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah-related photos and videos. Unfortunately, the company failed to share exact figures, suggesting that if any records were broken, they weren’t huge. That’s a big contrast to last year’s Continue Reading →

Massive Ultra HD TV (or 4K) sets were the new new thing at the last International CES, and we will see incredible advances in the technology at the upcoming show. 4K picture quality is amazing, the color space is magnificent and, to be as non-technical as I can be – the moment you see a Continue Reading →

Sixty-nine percent of Americans are overweight or obese, according to the CDC. Weight-related problems are now the number one cause of death in the U.S. and the weight loss industry took in a reported $60 billion last year. Shelly Palmer, a tech reporter and author, was told by his doctor that if he didn’t lose Continue Reading →

After making its retail debut earlier this year, the Pebble smartwatch is coming to Amazon. The company made the announcement Thursday night, and the watch is now available for US buyers in black, gray, orange, red, and white for $148.99, its arrival coinciding with the effective start of the holiday shopping season. It’s been a Continue Reading →

Sixteen to 24-year-olds are known as the super-connected generation, obsessed with snapping selfies or downloading the latest mobile apps, so it comes as a surprise to learn that 62% prefer print books to ebooks. Asked about preferences for physical products versus digital content, printed books jump out as the media most desired in material form, Continue Reading →

Google’s practice of combining personal data from its many different online services violates Dutch data protection law, the country’s privacy watchdog said on Thursday after a seven-month investigation. The Dutch Data Protection Authority, or DPA, asked Google to attend a meeting to discuss its concerns, after which it would decide whether to take any action Continue Reading →

Before students can write an essay or study for that mid-semester exam, they should prepare using two timeless methods: brainstorming and taking notes. Below are five of the best apps, plucked from the Education and Productivity categories in iTunes, that can instill effective note-taking practices and help your child form ideas at the middle and Continue Reading →