The makers of Blackberry Playbook have recently revealed a new media app called “Music Store“, created by 7digital. The new app enables you to discover and acquire new music and media in a very simple and easy fashion, much like iTunes. Music Store is almost exactly like iTunes, with some minor differences. More »

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Situationist is not for the timid and shy (unless you’re willing to try and break that a little bit in a unique way). The idea is for you to accept the challenge to be put in an unpredictable situation with other Situationists you encounter in your area. More »

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- Happy Birthday to Twitter! Turning five this week and looking better than ever, especially with about 1 billion tweets per week fueling its youth.

- An interesting read for a look into the Hong Kong Gray Market with the recent release of the iPad 2. More »

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From Htcyou: The popular Cardkey system (especially popular for hotel doors and gates) has been helplessly exploited by security researcher Ian Robertson. He has managed to build an Android app that he can use and unlock the doors for a generous time period of 30 seconds. More »

From Rekuru: We’ve always wondered what happens below the ice where penguins swim, but that has been recently revealed when Japanese scientists strapped a camera to Adelie penguins’ backs to capture the lives of the penguins from their own point of view. More »

The PowerPod by furniture designer Coalesse is a circular charging station that has a cool, classy and clean look, unlike other ugly power strips. It has six outlets, with each being spaced far enough from the others to allow all to be used. More »

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You should never neglect something so rad like a robot. In this case it won’t matter as much because if you ignore the machine, it’ll do the same to you. This would happen unless the robot’s task required so much attention, but if it’s task focused on a human, that human had better pay attention. More »

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The government spends millions of dollars yearly on school improvements and technology, and this is just another one of them. With $9 million of support, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced 20 pilot programs that are to receive government funding to pay for “wireless broadband connections for laptops, smart phones and other mobile devices, which students will be able to take with them after the school day ends.” More »

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The Spanish branch of the Sony Ericsson corporation has just come out with some exciting news: The highly anticipated and highly publicized Xperia Play will be available, without contract and unlocked, starting on April 1st. No, this is not some kind of cruel April Fool’s Day joke, folks (hopefully not); this is the real deal! More »

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Toyota Prius V, which was unveiled in Detroit in January, will reportedly hit Japanese showrooms next month and it will be priced at ¥3 million (about $37,000). The Japanese Prius V will get fancy Li-ion batteries in the floor, which leaves room for a third row of seats. The US version, however, will get a bigger set of cells like the in the current Prius, which is a nickel metal hydride pack. This means the US version won’t have those seats in the back. More »

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Despite being exceedingly prepared for a disaster just like this, Japan is still in shambles from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that set off a series of tsunami waves which devastated parts of the country late last week. It’s times like these when people come together and show that there is strength in numbers. In addition to launching a mobile donation medium, the Red Cross has now launched a Facebook Causes page, which is now collecting donations to benefit the Japanese tsunami recovery. More »

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Yes, you read the title correctly. An analyst from Asymco is has come to his own conclusion that the iPad 2 Smart Covers will bring in over 1 Billion$ for their company Apple. At first it seems quite risky to make that assumption but the analyst, Horace Dediu, has his data to back him up. More »

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Recently, there has been an incident in which the principal called the student into his office, made her log into her Facebook account, read through her posts, then made her delete certain Facebook comments. She had been talking about how a teacher was bi-polar and probably a pedophile - the student, and others that have commented, are currently suspended from the school and may face banishment. More »

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From Wirebot: Today I am happy to unveil a new feature that I’m personally very excited about, Wirebot Voices. In short, Wirebot Voices is a community blog where any one of you can post to it. There you can share your tips, guides, opinions, artwork, photos, and other musings related to gaming! For you effort, we will give you Reward Points to use in our Ningin Reward Center, Girlybubble Reward Center, and a soon to be launched Wirebot Reward Center. Essentially, blog and you can earn free stuff. We’ve always been about rewarding people for their contributions to the community, this is yet another way to do so. More »

As Panasonic previously promised, they have now revealed the prices for the Lumix ZS10, ZS8 and FX78 point-and-shoot cameras, introduced in late January along with the rugged Lumix TS3. The four are set to be released late this month, and share Leica lenses, HD video recording capabilities and Panasonic’s iA full-auto scene mode. The ZS10 will cost $400, The ZS8 $300, the FX78 $350 and the TS3 $400. More »

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