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The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans, according to senior intelligence officials and top-secret documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The collection program, which has not been disclosed before, intercepts e-mail address Continue Reading →

Imagine an electric Pepsi delivery truck in Manhattan. It makes dozens of stops at the same locations, day in and day out. Now what if at each stop — or every other stop — it could wirelessly top up its battery pack as the driver drops off another case of sugar water. That’s what Hevo Continue Reading →

One of the things that’s gotten lost with the popularity of streaming TV shows and movies is the extra features that come on DVDs. But those days may not be so bygone on Netflix. At the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco, Todd Yellin, vice president of product innovation at Netflix, said that the company Continue Reading →

Motorola made it easier for iPhone owners to transfer some handset data to a new Moto X on Wednesday. A new web tool on the MotoMaker website can grab iOS contacts and calendar events from Apple’s iCloud, said Punit Soni, VP of Product Management at Motorola Mobility. In a Google+ post explaining the new feature, Continue Reading →

Twitter’s entire premise is based on publicness. “Join the conversation in the global town square!” the company likes to say. But, over the past year, Twitter has come around to seeing the value of being more discreet. The company plans to significantly update its direct-messaging product in the near future, according to multiple sources, bringing Continue Reading →

Your plans to score one of Samsung’s Galaxy Round, the world’s first smartphone to feature a flexible display might not work out that well, as according to our insider, Samsung is looking to produce only limited quantities of the device, even in South Korea. It’s apparently a prototype device to test curved OLED displays, similar Continue Reading →

The horse, dubbed by researchers as ‘Titanium Prints’, had its hooves scanned with a handheld 3D scanner this week. Using 3D modelling software, the scan was used to design the perfect fitting, lightweight racing shoe and four customised shoes were printed within only a few hours. Traditionally made from aluminium, a horseshoe can weigh up to Continue Reading →

Next Tuesday Apple is hosting its annual iPad-palooza where it will surely show us iPads big and small. But before the big event, you might want to get rid of your old ‘pad to recoup some cash. So where to sell your tablet for the most moolah? To simplify things, we searched for the 16GB Continue Reading →

The biggest “Will they or won’t they?” question for Apple fans heading into the holiday season will be whether the company will at long last release a new version of the iPad mini tablet with a Retina display. Generally we’ve been hearing that while Apple would love to release a Retina-equipped iPad mini in time Continue Reading →

AT&T’s SVP of Emerging Devices Chis Penrose announced on Thursday at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference that the carrier is introducing a new $5 a day plan for tablet users. Available for your 3G and LTE iPads (and other AT&T compatible tablets of course), AT&T’s $5 data pass will offer a cheaper alternative to expensive hotel WiFi Continue Reading →