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If you own a Western Digital branded external hard drive you might want to be careful about upgrading to Mavericks. The hard disk manufacturer has emailed customers warning of data loss when upgrading to Mavericks if its Drive Manager, Raid Manager or SmartWare applications are installed. The email to customers comes after the company support Continue Reading →

JetBlue and Delta have become the first airlines to receive Federal Aviation Administration approval to let their passengers use electronic gadgets during all phases of flight. The carriers made near simultaneous announcements this afternoon that they had received the FAA’s OK. The announcements come just a day after FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced a change Continue Reading →

A new era has begun in the kingdom of photo filters and hashtags. Instagram has recently served users in the US its first ad ever, and (as par for the course for a change this big) not everyone’s happy. The unlucky guinea pig getting all the hate is fashion designer Michael Kors, who featured one Continue Reading →

We hear people often talk about “taking initiative.” Sure, it’s an important quality for Millennials to possess, but what does it mean to “have initiative”? What does it look like in practice? Today’s News To Live By runs on 100% Initiative. It’s like supreme-grade fuel that costs nothing and never runs out. Below, I have bolded Continue Reading →

Many people who qualify as being blind can still perceive some light and motion. A new pair of smart glasses use this to help blind people see more. The special glasses, developed by Stephen Hicks, a research fellow in neuroscience and visual prosthetics at the University of Oxford, use two cameras in combination with an Continue Reading →

Today there are wearable trackers available for just about every move you make and step you take. Almost. If there’s a missing link, it’s the ability to track all the food that enters a person’s mouth. Dieters are stuck tediously logging their eating habits. TellSpec, a device that’s quickly raising money on Indiegogo, claims to Continue Reading →

The 2014 International CES (January 7-10 in Las Vegas) is around the corner. Thinking back to last year’s show, there were a few trends that stood out: The Goldilocks Screen-size Strategy If the 4″ iPhone screen was too small and the 5.7″ Samsung Galaxy Note screen was too big, perhaps the 4.7″ HTC One screen Continue Reading →

Google didn’t have much to say about Google Voice integration in its Hangouts app when it announced the latest version earlier this week, but the company’s Nikhyl Singhal has filled in a few more details on his Google+ page on Friday. Singhal notes that while the update (and its SMS support) only works with Google Continue Reading →

It was only a matter of time: The first exhibition of Emoji Art and Design has just been announced. Forced Meme Productions sent out a call for artists working in the medium of wee characters to submit work to the show, which will run December 12 through 14 at the New York City Eyebeam Art Continue Reading →

Amazon is determined to make the Kindle the default e-reader and e-book marketplace around the globe, and to that end it’s launched an intriguing new service that will give readers access to new titles before their official release date. Editors at Amazon Publishing will choose four upcoming titles and highlight them for the Kindle First Continue Reading →