Swedish telecom company Ericsson has hired Jason Hoffman. Jason Hoffman co-founded Joyent and was working as a cancer pathologist. He stepped down as CTO of Joyent in September and will start working for Ericsson in November. Hoffman is new VP of corporate strategy and Continue reading »

Analyst company Berg Insight has made a research about wearable devices. In 2011 were shipped globally 5.2 million devices, while in 2012 already 8.3 million devices. The company expect that the number of shipped wearable devices will hit 64 million by 2017. Currently the highest among the shipments are Continue reading »

In London were announced 31^st Golden Joysticks awards and the Game of the Year is GTA V. These awards represent the words of gamers worldwide and this year more than 10 million people were casting a vote. New addition to the ceremony was the Lifetime Achievement awards, won by Ken Levine (Bioshock and System Shock 2). The first awards were given in 1983 and the Game of the Year award was given to Jet Pac on the ZX Spectrum. Here is full list of winners: Continue reading »

76 year-old Jean Bookout was driving 2005 Camry in Oklahoma when the car started to accelerate and the driver even used emergency brake to try to stop the car. Her passenger Barbara Schwarz has died in that accident. In this specific case, Toyota lawyers argued that Bookout have hit the gas rather than brake. But her attorneys argued that there were 150 ft of skid marks at the scene of accident. Toyota agreed to Continue reading »

Nokia in Russia is offering free photography lessons to their customers. The lessons usually costs approx. $40 and Russian Nokia Lumia 1020 owners can download Fotoshkola app from Nokia Collection to get PIN number, that is exchanged for lessons. Fotoshkola.net is one of the best photography schools in Russia. Fotoshkola’s Vladimir Kotov (13-year photography veteran) offers Continue reading »

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has fined Samsung in amount $340,000 Samsung in response to an online marketing campaign targeting HTC, because Samsung’s campaign has violated local fair-trade regulations. Samsung was paying shill commenters, that have posted negative feedback regarding HTC devices and praised Samsung’s devices. The company has promised to stop with shill online comments, but there are still rumors Continue reading »