TECHPULSE week of July 15, 2012

Lenovo teams up with National Academy Foundation, teaches high schoolers about app development

New Gadgets Spotify tops three million paying subscribers, 20 percent of its active user base It hit two million paying subscribers in September of last year and 2.5 million in November, and now Spotify has hit another big milestone. According to the Financial Times, it now has three … [Read more...]

How Genetic Mutations and Psychological Illness are linked

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From Science Daily - Nov. 17th 2011. In recent years, scientists have found several genetic mutations associated with an increased risk of psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One mutation, called DISC1 - an abbreviation of "Disruption in Schizophrenia-1" - was first … [Read more...]

TECHPULSE May 15, 2013

New Gadgets Google+ Hangouts video chat won't connect over AT&T If you have a smartphone connected to AT&T, you just got a bit more incentive to hop over to WiFi whenever possible. The new Google+ Hangouts app group video chat feature appears to be disabled whenever you attempt to connect … [Read more...]

TECHPULSE July 11, 2012

New Gadgets Google Search As You Type gives retailer websites instant search Google's search engine and its almighty Omnibox in Chrome have given the public instant search capabilities for some time, and now Google's sharing that same search goodness with its retail partners. Called Google Search … [Read more...]

Intel aims to lower PC power consumption by 300 times in 10yrs

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The world's largest chip-maker Intel Corporation today said it is working on a host of futuristic technologies that would improve the power efficiency of PCs 300-fold in the next 10 years, as well as ensure the security of data and user identities. Speaking on the final day of the Intel Developer … [Read more...]

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