Big Tech Archive
Archives for August 2014


The ride-sharing service hits a bump in the road.


Finally consumers will be able to choose Android or Windows on an identical -- and popular -- hardware design.




Apple doesn’t invent as much as it perfects.


Ordering a midday massage has never been easier.


PlayFab wants to give the creative guys a bit more technical ammo.


Humin, which tries to reinvent iPhone contacts, is on the right track. But it falls short, due to limitations and bugs.


Project Loon, hoverboards, teleportation and more.


Every $10-a-month music service is basically the same. But the world’s biggest video site is planning something different.


Genius or mouth-breather? The mysteries of a mysterious Web text (sort of) revealed.


An iPad version of the Pokémon Trading Card Game could be a big deal. But is it enough?


Watch the most feared woman in tech get doused on air on CNBC.


Apple, Samsung, HTC and Microsoft all have events planned for the coming weeks. Just how much “new” there really is, though, remains to be seen.