How To Build A Raspberry Pi-Based Bitcoin Mining Rig

While you won’t get rich running a single Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Rig, you can probably make back your initial investment in this ingenious little machine. RaspPi Bitcoin rigs are nothing new but Dave Conroy has just built one and, more important, shared his plans in a fairly easy-to-read page. The system uses the Pi as a main processor and a 330MH/s...

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Adobe Updates Muse With Improved Tools For Building Long-Scrolling Sites

One design trend that seems to have taken the web by storm over the last few months is long-scrolling sites. These sites, the most well-known being the New York Times’s Snow Fall project, use advanced HTML5 and CSS techniques to tell stories (or put marketing copy) on a single site with plenty of visual effects. Adobe Muse, Adobe’s Creative Cloud-based...

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Fitbit Raises $43 Million From Qualcomm Ventures, SAP Ventures, And SoftBank Capital

Fitbit, a startup which makes a wide range of digital fitness trackers and health devices, has closed a $43 million funding round, according to an SEC filing. The funding comes as the market for health trackers is heating up, with more money being invested in the space.Earlier this spring, TechCrunch reported that Fitbit was looking to raise $30...

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Help Crowdfund This All-Seeing Doorbell To Become The Sauron Of Your House

The all-seeing iDoorCam is a pretty ingenious little gadget. Designed to work with your current doorbell setup — it connects to the transformer that powers most in-home doorbells — this simple button replaces your current doorbell and allows you to see who is at the door and even turn off your doorbell when the baby is asleep or you just need a...

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Twitter Buys Open Source Training Company Markana To Power New “Twitter University” For Engineers

Twitter today announced its latest acquisition, along with a move into offering richer resources to attract better engineering talent to the company. It’s acquiring Marakana, an open-source technical training company. It, in turn, will be the force behind a new effort called Twitter University (school mascot: a blue bird, not a whale).“The founders,...

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StumbleUpon’s Cody Simms To Depart, Replaced By New VP Of Product David Marks

Content discovery service StumbleUpon is getting a new head of product.Chief Product Officer Cody Simms told me he will be transitioning to an advisory role with the company at the end of August. Meanwhile, David Marks (pictured), co-founder of content recommendation engine Lumia (where he served as both CTO and CEO, though not at the same time),...

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Investor Carl Icahn Admits Large Apple Position, Lobbies For Larger Stock Buyback Program

Today activist investor Carl Icahn indicated on Twitter that he has amassed “a large position” in the computing giant Apple. Following, in another tweet, he stated that in a conversation with current Apple CEO, he had “discussed [his] opinion that a larger [stock] buyback should be done now.”Another conversation would follow, the tweet went on...

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Facebook Tests Celebrities-Only App For Checking And Replying To Fan Chatter

Is Facebook going to be divided along class lines, like everything else in the world? A new report from AllThingsD’s MIke Isaac makes that a distinct possibility. The social network is testing a VIP-only mobile app that lets the famous and celebrated monitor Facebook activity and conversations around them, and gives them the opportunity to respond...

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Early Shipments of Nvidia’s Shield Android Game System Sold Out

Nvidia’s Tegra 4-powered gaming handheld, Shield, has seen some success in its relatively short lifetime. So successful, in fact, that you might not be able to get one. In an interview with GamesIndustry International, Nvidia’s senior director of investor relations, Chris Evenden, said all of the $299 Shield units Nvidia has shipped so far have...

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Low Cost iPhone 5C May Lack Siri and Replace iPhone 4S

Credit: Martin Hajek www.martinhajek.comThe iPhone 4S is only one generation behind Apple’s iPhone 5, but that model may become obsolete sooner than you think. The much talked-about low-cost iPhone 5C could replace the iPhone 4S if Apple decides to launch such a product, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.Munster, who is widely known...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Specs Leak Suggests Two Models

As this year’s IFA conference approaches, more details and rumors about Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 are circulating. The latest leak hints that Samsung will launch more than one variants of its Galaxy Note 3, similar to the international and U.S. editions of the Galaxy S4 from earlier this year. This is consistent with previous rumors. Sam Mobile...

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How to Use Google Drive Spell Check

Google announced a new Spell Check update yesterday that makes its online document editing tool Google Drive even more powerful. Where you used to have to address spelling errors one by one in a Google document, the new Spell Check tool allows you to check for and fix all errors in your document at once, making the program even more similar to...

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How to Snap iPhone Pictures with Your Apple EarPods

The iPhone’s camera has come a long way since its inception, currently allowing users to take clearer photos than ever thanks to the 8-MP iSight lens found in the iPhone 5. However, despite how powerful the iPhone camera has become, users still struggle with shaky shots from having to tap the screen to snap a photo. Fortunately, there’s an incredibly...

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Motorola Moto X Phone Coming to Google Play Store Without Changes

Google is getting set to sell an unmodified version of Motorola’s Moto X phone through the Google Play store. But unlike previous handsets that have made appearances in Google’s store, the Moto X won’t be coming in a special Google Play Edition. Instead, according to Leo Laporte speaking on This Week in Google, the search giant will sell the same...

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Deal of the Day: Lenovo Miix 10 Windows 8 Tablet for $479

Thanks for joining in for today’s collection of the hottest deals from across the web. Topping the charts today is a brand new Windows 8 tablet (Miix 10) from Lenovo, offering a dual-core processor, 64GB of storage, and up to 10 hour run-time for just $479 after coupon.The Belkin @TV Plus is a cool gadget that lets you watch or record TV programming...

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iWork for iCloud Hands-on: A Beautiful (if Bare Bones) Beta

To compete with Google Drive and Microsoft Office in the cloud, Apple is bringing iWork to the browser through its iCloud service. We went hands-on with Pages, Numbers and Keynote, currently available in beta, to see how it compares to more established online offerings.SetupApple recommends using Safari 6.0.3 or later, Internet Explorer 9.0.8 or...

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Deal of the Day: 1080p Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop for $599

Welcome to LAPTOP’s Deal of the Day, a new series where we bring you the hottest technology sales and coupons on the web, courtesy of our friends at LogicBuy. Whether you’re shopping for a new Ultrabook, looking to grab a new tablet or just want to see the biggest discounts online, we’ve got them 7 days a week.Topping today’s deal list is Dell’s...

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Windows 8.1 Release Date Reportedly On Track for October

It looks like Microsoft plans to launch its first major update to Windows 8, dubbed Windows 8.1, a year after the OS debuted in October. Microsoft hasn’t officially disclosed the dates and Windows 8.1 Preview is available now. But a new report suggests that an October release date for the final build of Windows 8.1 is in sight.Sources familiar...

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Early Shipments of Nvidia’s Shield Android Game System Sold Out

Nvidia’s Tegra 4-powered gaming handheld, Shield, has seen some success in its relatively short lifetime. So successful, in fact, that you might not be able to get one. In an interview with GamesIndustry International, Nvidia’s senior director of investor relations, Chris Evenden, said all of the $299 Shield units Nvidia has shipped so far have...

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Pandora For E-Commerce” StyleSeek Raises $750K More In Seed Funding

Chicago-based StyleSeek has raised $750,000 more in pre-Series A funding for its e-commerce recommendations service for lifestyle products, which is today primarily focused on men’s and women’s fashion. Though the service competes with a number of product aggregators on the market, like Wanelo, Fancy, Want, Fresh, TheFind and others, StyleSeek...

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How NASA Will Use 3D Printers In Orbit

In June 2014, astronauts whizzing by high above us in the International Space Station may be able to print a highly detailed plastic Yoda head or, barring that, important parts that they may need while in orbit.NASA has already designed and built their own additive manufacturing printer that has a build envelope of about a square foot. The video...

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Inventory Management Platform TradeGecko Launches Online Ordering, Starts Taking Beta Users For Its Mobile App And WooCommerce Integration

TradeGecko, the cloud-based sales management platform that we profiled in December, is busy building its product portfolio. The startup, which offers small businesses streamlined alternatives to traditional sales and inventory management tools, just launched its Online Ordering tool. TradeGecko’s first mobile app is set for a September debut and...

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Indian Deregulation Opens Door for Messaging App Nimbuzz To Become A Telco

While most messaging app developers are chasing each others’ fluffy white tails further and further down the rabbit hole (I’m pretty sure there’s a sticker out there that illustrates this point), India’s Nimbuzz is heading in another direction: to join the ranks of the mobile operators.Nimbuzz has made over the user interface of its Android app...

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Rocket Internet’s Lazada Builds Out Its Marketplace Model, While Europe Fashion Portal Zalando Gets A New Investor

Rocket Internet’s e-commerce properties continue their march towards new horizons in all corners of the glob: in Europe, ASOS-investor and fashion entrepreneur Anders Holch Povlsen has taken a 10% stake of Zappos clone Zalando, part of a secondary offering with existing shareholders selling portions of their stakes. And in Asia, Lazada has launched...

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Roombeats Raises €500K Seed To Spread Its Ad-Infested Interactive Images Further

Berlin-based startup Roombeats, which offers publishers and bloggers affiliate marketing opportunities via (rights-cleared) pictures — and brands the chance to drive sales through click-throughs driven by these interactive images – has raised a €500,000 ($666,000) seed round from VC firms Creathor Venture and High Tech Gruenderfonds.Roombeats was...

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Evernote Adds Another Carrier Partner To Its Int’l Buddy List, Telefónica Digital Will Kick Off 1-Year Evernote Premium Accounts In Brazil

Multi-platform storage startup Evernote has added another carrier partner as it continues its strategy of ramping up its international presence. Today it’s announced a global strategic agreement with Telefónica Digital to provide one-year Evernote Premium accounts to customers of participating Telefónica operating businesses worldwide.Evernote’s...

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Thai Police Request Access To Line’s Messaging Records For Criminal Investigations

In a weird reversal of the current trend, Thai police officials are actually talking about their efforts to monitor their citizenry, according to the AP. Thailand’s government and police have requested that popular Japanese messaging app Line provide access to their archives of online chats, for the stated purpose of helping them gather data on...

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Business Intelligence Startup Looker Raises $16M From Redpoint, First Round

Looker, a business intelligence startup founded by an early lead engineer from Netscape and LiveOps, has raised $16 Million in series A funding, led by Redpoint Ventures with First Round Capital, who invested in the company’s $2 million seed round, also participating. This brings the company’s funding total to $17.7 million.Founded by Lloyd Tabb,...

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Gogobot Adds Shared Travel Planning For Groups And Families To Coordinate Trips Together

Anyone who’s ever traveled with their family or significant other or a pack of bros knows how much of a pain in the ass it can be to get everyone on the same page about what y’all are gonna do. For the most part, they’ve struggled through by collecting emails and spreadsheets with suggestions and whatnot, but it’s a painful process and it takes...

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Amazon’s AWS Now Offers A Push Notification Service For iOS, Android And Kindle Apps, Widening Its Toolkit For Mobile Developers

Amazon continues to “push” further into the space of becoming a one-stop shop for mobile developers looking to make, host and distribute apps, and in the latest development, today the company’s Amazon Web Services division announced the launch of SNS Mobile Push, which lets developers set up and send notifications — those little messages that pop...

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Pinterest Analytics Platform PinLeague’s New Top Repinners Tool Offers Detailed Insight About Top Followers

In theory, Pinterest is a marketer’s dream come true: 70 million users, mostly young and affluent women, essentially voting for their favorite brands, products and online content. The site, however, offers very limited user analytics. Launched five months ago, Pinterest’s Web Analytics tool shows a limited set of data, and only for companies with...

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99designs Launches Swiftly, A Site For Small, Quick Design Fixes

With its design contest model, 99designs seems to have set the example that other services either mimic or push back against. Now it’s launching a new site, Swiftly, with a new approach for smaller jobs.CEO Patrick Llewellyn told me that Swiftly was built to address a need that many existing customers had brought, one that isn’t well-served in...

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Social Travel Startup Minube Adds Real-Time Hotel Booking To Monetise Its Mobile Apps

Social travel startup, Minube, which focuses on helping would-be travellers figure out what to do when they get to their destination, has added a real-time hotel pricing and booking feature to its iOS and Android apps. The new versions of the apps support hotel booking for more than 300,000 establishments in more than 40,000 cities, across 180...

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