A team of researchers has embarked on a potentially groundbreaking project known as the Map of Life — an online database designed to catalog and locate every known plant and animal species on Earth. Continue reading…
When you're browsing Kickstarter, you could help drop another few million dollars on the Pebble team. But as satisfying as an e-ink smartwatch is, you'll be missing out on the feeling of rescuing a Continue reading…
Fashion retailer C&A may be a fading brand in much of Europe, but its Brazilian arm is doing what it can to stay on the pulse of social media. A new initiative called Fashion Like allows people to Continue reading…
Kickstarter, now heading into its fourth year of operations, has become the site of choice to raise money for independent films, iPhone accessories, and many other projects. The New York Times has v Continue reading…
Microsoft is launching 'The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator', an HTML5-based animated series, produced in collaboration with Edgar Wright and Tommy Lee Edwards. Continue reading…
Microsoft is launching The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator today, an HTML5-based four part series of animations showcasing what's possible on the web without the use of plugins. It's a film Continue reading…
Amazon Studios, the crowdsourced screenwriting and filmmaking project by the bookselling giant, has announced its "Development Slate," a set of the "most promising" ideas to come out of the pitches Continue reading…
David Carr has written about media for over 25 years, from his early days in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Washington, D.C., to his current post at The New York Times, where he’s been for almost a Continue reading…
We're regularly impressed by the accuracy of Google's "Did you mean..." functionality, so it's good news that the company has decided to integrate it into Google Docs' spell checker. It'll now give Continue reading…
Mobile apps could be fertile ground for researchers seeking new ways to gather data. A team at Northwestern University has tested an Android app designed around the principle of "soft control" — Continue reading…
