Turbulence
Soon, Coca-Cola, Cirque De Soleil, and Nike all started throwing money at Backplane. As part of a funding round that would balloon…
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Gaga Google
You dont often see Lady Gaga and Googles chairman Eric Schmidt in the same sentence, but the two invested in Backplanes launch way…
Lady Gaga’s Backplane Crashes, Burns Money, Tries To Rise Again
You know what no one wants to do? Join a brands standalone social network. The problem is that it took Lady Gagas startup Backplan…
Gadget Ogling: A Lovely Sky Snapper, a Grotesque Power Pack and Wafer-Thin Speakers
Welcome to another blistering installment of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that dares to impart opinion on wondrous and…
Nvidia's Shield Takes On Crysis With Confidence
Nvidiaon Tuesday unveiled Shield, an Android TV console that in addition to playing content locally, can stream video games, movie…
ChaletOS Is a Design Tweak in the Linux House
ChaletOSLinux is one of the closest Windows 7 clone interfaces I have seen. Its refreshing design makes it a good choice for trans…
The Great War's Untapped Video Game Opportunities
Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Known to its contemporaries as "The Great War," it cla…
Rock Band 4 Rises From the Ashes
Harmonixon Thursday revealed that the fourth installment of Rock Band will launch this fall on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The new…
Get Ready - It's About to Be Apple Watch All the Time
The Apple Watch -- which represents Apple's first major new device category in more than four years -- is about to be unleashed up…
Apple Springs Bevy of New Products at Watch Event
The Apple Watch wasn't the only new product to take the stage at Apple's media event on Monday -- Apple also introduced an all-new…
