Pinterest, a photo sharing website, was first launched back in 2010 but has gained immense popularity in recent months. It is something that pops up on many a person’s Facebook [...]

It’s time to get off of Facebook and Twitter and discover the joys of technology. With so many apps to choose from, the chances of finding a keeper are slim. [...]

In science fiction, humans always have to save the Earth from robotic domination. There are rarely movies where robots and humans live happily ever after (unless they involve Robin Williams). [...]

A short look at the web services BU provides to students yet are hidden within the bu.edu/tech webpage.

Just kidding. Don’t switch to Bing. Google is, all-in-all, the superior product, with its fancy add-ons, filtered searches, and targeted advertisements that let me know that they know about the [...]

Last Tuesday, Apple Inc. announced their newest software initiative: a push into peddling digital textbooks. The company touted the many ways students benefit from electronic textbooks. With embedded video, photo [...]

SOPA seems to be slowly losing ground against a recent crush of protesters, but that does not mean the internet is going back to same-old, same-old. There is no going [...]

Flixster’s Movies* Flixster’s Movies app is essential for anyone who frequents movie theaters, since its primary function is for listing showtimes. Using the iPhone’s GPS system, the app picks up [...]

When scientists announced promising interim results from the first large-scale clinical trial of a possible vaccine for malaria, the international public health community rejoiced. The vaccine, originally a project for the [...]

YouTube: the land of the free and the home of infinite cat videos. It’s where we all got our first taste of “Shoes,” the baby singing “Hey Jude,” and “Charlie [...]

Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have successfully manipulated the “mirage effect” to engineer an underwater invisibility cloak reminiscent of the cloak in the beloved Harry Potter series. [...]

Smartphone sales are set to eclipse PC sales by the end of 2011, according to Beyond the PC, an article in the October 8th edition of The Economist. The “Mobile [...]