Soundgarden to Perform at iTunes Festival SXSW

iTunes Festival at SXSW. 5 Nights. 5 Amazing Shows. Coldplay / Imagine Dragons / London GrammarTuesday, March 11 Kendrick Lamar / ScHoolboy Q / Isiaiah RashadWednesday, March 12 SoundgardenThursday, March 13 Pitbull / ZEDD / G.R.LFriday, March 14 Keith Urban / Willie Nelson / Mickey Guyton Saturday, March 15 More artists to be announced soon! To determine which SXSW badge holders will be admitted to these shows, SXSW will conduct...

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Goophone took just two days to rip off the Galaxy S5

Goophone’s a bit like a covers band that just happens to make knock-off smartphones. Not content with just plundering better artists’ catalogs, the company has apparently managed to copy the Galaxy S5 in under two days. The Goophone S5, yep, has a 5-inch, 1,920 x 1,080 display, paired with a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek chip and 2GB RAM. Keep looking, and you’ll find 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, dual-SIM slots, 32GB storage and a...

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Cloud Service Providers Fight Back, Challenge NSA

Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA’s intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are expanding their presence in Washington as they lobby for surveillance reforms. Originally posted here: Cloud Service Providers Fight Back, Challenge NSAfast weight loss

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iPad Assisting Speedskater Bridie Farrell in Comeback Bid

In a sport where a thousandth of a second can decide victory, using the best training tools can mean the difference between silver and gold. So when speedskater Bridie Farrell began planning her comeback after seven years away, her trainer Robyn Mason turned to iPad and the Dartfish Express app. It was exactly what Farrell needed to get back into championship form. “When I came back to skating, I wanted to use in‑depth video analysis...

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Dual-lens smartphone cameras are coming, and this is why we want one

One camera. Two separate lenses. That’s the conundrum raised by leaked images of HTC’s forthcoming M8 smartphone, which is rumored to bring some interesting new imaging features that go far beyond mere 3D. But what could those features be? For an answer, we turned to a startup called Corephotonics, which is currently pitching precisely such a dual-lens concept to smartphone makers. The company’s representatives told...

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