Google ends its Hands Free mobile payment pilot after less than a year, but promises more to come

 That’s kind of the thing about pilot programs – they don’t always result in a successful…

New York attorney general accuses Charter Spectrum of ‘fraudulent and deceptive practices’ in suit

 New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman isn’t mincing worlds in his State Super Court lawsuit…

MIT researchers are using AI and wearables to detect conversational tone

 For most, wearables are little more than pedometers – ways of gauging how much one’s moved…

Ripple is a wearable panic button

 Ripple – to some its delicious fortified wine. To others, one of the more accessible Grateful…

Kickstarter acquires video streaming startup Huzza and opens a Vancouver office

 Couple of pieces of news out of Kickstarter headquarters this morning. First, the crowdfunding service has…

MIT built a gel-based claw robot that can catch and release live fish

 MIT’s latest robot looks a bit like one of those claw machines you find at the…

LG’s 5K MacBook Pro monitor is reportely having issues with WiFi routers

 When you shell out around $1,000 for a monitor, it ought to ship with a minimal…

Social video app Beme shuts down today

 When CNN picked up Casey Neistat’s Beme back in November of last year, it announced that…