Is the Apple Watch really Apple’s Next Big Thing, or is it destined to wind up as millions of Apple fans’ favorite desk drawer gadget? Business Insider points us to a chart created by Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves that shows Google search volume for the Apple Watch right now is actually lagging behind not only the iPhone and iPad, but the iPod as well.
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New research has revealed why it took more than 30 million years for large Triassic dinosaurs to populate the tropics after they first appeared on Earth, ending a mystery that has kept researchers baffled for decades. Using new geological evidence culled from Ghost Ranch, N.M., researchers from the University of Southampton in the U.K. have found that an extremely unpredictable hot and arid climate due to elevated carbon dioxide levels (four to six times of what they are today) kept large herbivorous dinos at bay until after 200 million years ago.
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Microsoft had some amazing announcements at E3 2015 on Monday, including hot new games coming to the Xbox One, but that doesn’t mean Sony wasn’t ready to step up to the plate. The company’s partners are also going to give PlayStation 4 owners some awesome new titles in the coming months, and below you can see all the new PS4 trailers that Sony showed on stage during the keynote.
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There were countless electrifying announcements at the PlayStation E3 Press Conference last night for fans of the PlayStation 4, but nothing was going to replace Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End as the flagship title of the show.
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Many reports have so far claimed that Google is working on two different Nexus handsets that’ll be launched later this year, including a Huawei phablet and an LG smartphone. And now a new story out Asia claims that LG’s version of the new Nexus will have at least one surprise under the hood.
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If there’s one thing Americans love to do, it’s to bash successful franchises that also get caught cheating to gain an edge over their opponents. St. Louis Cardinals fans are getting their first dose of this phenomenon this week after The New York Times reported that the FBI is investigating whether Cardinals employees illegally hacked into the computer systems of the rival Houston Astros to steal “internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports,” among other things.
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Beachgoers’ worst nightmare became a reality earlier this week in the seaside town of Oak Island, North Carolina. Shark attacks are fairly uncommon, with only 52 reported instances in the United States in all of 2014. Oak Island residents are still trying to recover, however, after a single beach in the small beach community suffered two such attacks within about an hour.
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It can’t be said enough: Amazon has a lot of great deals but it doesn’t have great deals for everything. Because of this, we were very interested to read the always excellent Rather Be Shopping’s list of the best and worst things to buy on Amazon. Below we’ve listed some of the best and worst deals when it comes to tech-related products.
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You’ve got to hand it to Samsung for its me-too, whatever-it-takes attitude it has when it comes to battling Apple’s iPhone. The strategy has worked for quite some time, and Samsung still does it, no matter how blatant some of the rip-offs may be – but hey, nobody owns cool, and everybody copies everybody.
But the latest Apple stunt Samsung tried to rip off backfired in the most hilarious possible way.
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While Jeremy Clarkson isn’t coming back to Top Gear, car fans can now rest easy knowing their favorite show officially has a new host. Per CNBC, the BBC announced on Tuesday that it has officially signed Chris Evans to a three-year contract that will make him the new host of Top Gear. The 49-year-old Evans now works on the BBC’s Radio 2 as a breakfast show presenter.
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