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2014 marks 152 years since the first flickers of the commercial giant we now call a television, first made an appearance in the mid-19th century. Since then, it has not only won itself status as an unparalleled source of entertainment but has also emerged as one of contemporary society’s favourite mediums for advertising, information and news.  Read on for a ...

Trying to watch what you eat? There’s help around the corner. If you have so far been relying on self-tracking devices like Fitbit to give you a count of the calories you burn, it may just about be the right time to think about taking the next step – measuring the calories on your plate before you consume them. Sure, there are apps that let you enter calorie estimates and manual diet charts you can consult to keep track of your calorie consumption. But let’s face it, they aren’t nearly as accurate as you would like them to be. GE researchers believe they might have a great solution: a device capable of directly measuring the calories in your food.

This new years eve the ball that sits atop Time Square is a little something different, it has a brand new and absolutely brilliant crystal coating.

Have you ever really thought about just how well you know the planet we live on? Well one Reddit user did and in a recent project they found that most people aren't as good as they think at remembering what Earth's face looks like!

Bitcoin has been making news left and right in certain circles but now it's making news again as South America launches crowdfunding using a bitcoin platform.

Netflix posted their third quarter earnings today and blew projections out of the water with an increase of 1.3 million subscribers. Netflix now has more than forty million subscribers and has overtaken HBO in paid subscribers.

If you're not a frequent flyer or not someone who enjoys flying then Gogo Vision might convince you to at least like the few flights that you do take!

According to recent reports New York City will offer free public WiFi in all five boroughs by December 2013. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new program today that will expand the current plan for free public WiFi.

Most of us are lazy in one way or another and one startup business is aiming to take advantage of that laziness, Shyp. Shyp is a service dedicated to packing up your items and shipping them for you for a nominal fee.

According to a recent Nielson Books study, electronics are beating out books in terms of what keeps our current generation busy, and this makes us sad. According to the Nielson Books study, children ages 0 - 17 years (we're not so sure about the 0) have an 8% increase in the amount of time they dedicate to electronic activities as opposed to reading.