The Shock Clock band uses fear and electricity to wake you up

How hard is it to get up in the morning? When you have a job, and want to keep it, most of us can usually haul our sleepy asses out from beneath the duvet, even if that's at the last minute. [Read more...]

Intel cuts 12,000 jobs in restructuring initiative

Intel announced that it's laying off 12,000 employees today in a radical measure designed to restructure the company. [Read more...]

Airbnb's new iOS and Android apps promise to help you live like a local

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky just took the stage at a lavish event held in the company's San Francisco headquarters to introduce new apps for iOS and Android that he says are a reflection of the company's philosophy to let its users "live" in the places the visit, not just view them as tourists do. [Read more...]

Play with your pets from anywhere with PlayDate's smart ball

We've seen connected food dispensers and health trackers for pets, but we're still waiting for the first truly great smart pet toy. [Read more...]

Magic Instruments' digital guitar makes it easy for anyone to jam

Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only to put it down after realizing that all his work didn't help him suck any less. [Read more...]

Apple just fixed one of the Macbook Air's biggest problems

Ever since Apple stopped trying to sell it at $1,799, the 13-inch MacBook Air has been one of its most popular computers. [Read more...]

Apple upgrades its MacBook series and adds a rose gold option

It's been just over a year since Apple launched its slimmer Macbook series. Today, the company is upgrading them with new processors (from Intel's sixth-generation Core M series), as well as refreshing the built-in Intel HD GFX, promising around a 25 percent faster graphical performance. [Read more...]