There’s no question that electric cars are the future of the automotive industry. And now, a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created a prototype nanogenerator that would help to extend the battery life of such cars by recouping energy typically lost as friction between a car’s tires and the road. “The friction between […]
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How Africa Became the Center of Mobile Web Growth
The fastest-growing region for the mobile web isn’t North America. Nor is it Europe, or even Asia. These days, it’s Africa that is undoubtedly at the center of mobile web growth and adoption. In Nigeria, an amazing 87 million people now surf the web via their mobile phones and devices, making it the largest telecom […]
Harvard University Just Got Cyberattacked for the Second Time in 4 Months
Harvard University is now joining the ever-growing group of famous organizations sustaining high-profile security breaches, according to a statement released by school officials recently. Harvard’s student publication, The Harvard Crimson, reported that Provost Alan M. Garber and Executive Vice President Katie N. Lapp released a statement on July 1 admitting that the breach had occurred […]
You Won’t Believe How Chevy is Working to Keep Your Smartphone Cool
Most of us cherish our smartphones — those razor-thin, space-age gadgets that allow us to perform a near-infinite array of tasks from the palm of our hand. Yet these same devices can get pretty heated, especially as they’re being charged. All this heat can take its toll on your smart gadget, permanently damaging its lithium-ion […]
Google Partners With MIT and Harvard To Launch Google Genomics Cloud-Based Research Software
Google has now partnered with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to launch its latest project, the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) on Google’s Cloud Platform and will make the information available to researchers and business users for the first time. This is the first major development of Google Genomics, which launched back in 2014 […]
Can The U.S. Do More To Bring Blind And Deaf Americans Online?
This June, the U.S. Library of Congress rolled out a free mobile app that will give more Americans with physical disabilities access to almost 65,000 books, magazines, and music albums in both audio and braille formats. The BARD app was previously only available for Apple products, but now Android smartphone and tablet users will have […]
Startup Backed By Google Ventures Is Making Online Shopping Profitable for Retailers
Most consumers these days love the idea of online shopping, but businesses may not be equally as thrilled by it. Not only are the security risks greater and costlier, but there’s one common occurrence that just doesn’t seem to happen as often in the stores themselves: the full and abandoned shopping cart. For businesses that […]
Small Businesses Aren’t Prepared for EMV Chip Regulations, Surveys Find
Is EMV (chip) credit card technology actually going to pay off in the long run? It depends on who you ask. For U.S. banks, EMV chips will hopefully reduce some of the millions of dollars paid out each year when fraudulent charges are made on credit cards. The magnetic strips on traditional cards, which hold […]
Twitter Follows Pinterest Into the World of Online Shopping
Following in the footsteps of Pinterest, social media juggernaut Twitter now plans to introduce product and place pages that will allow its users to discover and purchase products directly from its app. According to a June 22 Tech Bulletin article, the micro-blogging site will now collect information about certain products, including the things users tweet […]
Google Can Now Answer Your Question Before You’re Even Done Asking
There are people out there who can type so fast, it’s almost as though they’re beaming their thoughts right into the computer, translating their brainwaves directly to text. Take court reporters, for example. In order to become officially certified, they need to be able to type 225 words per minute. At that rate, they could […]