Facebook IPO: Eduardo Saverin Defends Citizenship Move
ABC News, go.com

Eduar­do Saverin, a co-founder of Face­book and soon-to-be IPO multi-billionaire, defend­ed relin­quish­ing his U.S. cit­i­zen­ship, which led law­mak­ers to announce the Ex-Patriot Act this morn­ing, say­ing he “will pay hun­dreds of mil­lions of…

The Top 5 To-Do Apps for iPhone
Bikash Kalita, lifehack.org

To-do apps are great because they help you to remem­ber and com­plete the tasks that you need to do. Whether it is a task in busi­ness or fam­i­ly life (or any other field), to-do apps can help you keep on top of them and com­plete them in time. T…

Find wireless hot spots before you travel with Wi-Fi Finder
by Jack Wallen, cnet.com

Tablets have enabled busi­ness users to get seri­ous about being mobile. They are ultra­portable, user-friendly, and get more feature-rich and pow­er­ful with each iter­a­tion. Many tablets (such as the Verizon-branded Sam­sung Galaxy Tab) are…

Pin more than just pictures to Pinterest with Pinstamatic
by Rob Lightner, cnet.com

Select an icon from the top: Sticky, Spo­ti­fy, Quote, Twit­ter, Cal­en­dar, and Loca­tion.

Enter info like text, URL, or Spo­ti­fy track, then click “Preview.” Pin­sta­mat­ic will cre­ate an image con­tain­ing your info.

If you like how it…

Apple orders 4-inch iPhone screens, says report
Lance Whitney, cnet.com

Is the next iPhone due for a 4-inch screen?

(Cred­it: Apple)

Will the next iPhone actu­al­ly sport a larg­er screen? A new report from the Wall Street Jour­nal sug­gests it will.

Cit­ing “peo­ple famil­iar with the situation,” the Jour­nal s…

Brain Scans Could Replace The SAT By 2032
Jonathan Wai, businessinsider.com

Imag­ine it’s the year 2032. You are a high school stu­dent. You are at a cen­ter where a visu­al scan­ner con­firms your iden­ti­ty so you can enter a room where you are about to receive a brain scan. A robot atten­dant with a sooth­ing voice…

Wireless Emergency Alert system goes live this month, delivers location-based SMS warnings
Joseph Volpe, engadget.com

Last we heard of the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment’s Wire­less Emer­gency Alert sys­tem, only Sprint had signed on to deliv­er the SMS warn­ings. Now, with the secured par­tic­i­pa­tion of all four major car­ri­ers and small­er region­al oper­a­tors, tha…

Does taking a photo stop you from living in the moment? - Focal Point
About The Author, cnet.com.au

(Tak­ing pho­tos on Lam­beth Bridge image by Louise Ire­land, CC2.0)

When was the last time you didn’t take a photo to record a moment in your life? I cer­tain­ly can’t remem­ber.

Whether it’s snap­ping an image or shoot­ing a sh…

Dish Network, AMC dispute could see the network’s channels dropped this summer
Richard Lawler, engadget.com

It wasn’t that long ago that Dish Net­work was proud­ly offer­ing AMC HD to its cus­tomers (espe­cial­ly since DirecTV didn’t, which has since been rec­ti­fied) but now the com­pa­ny is will­ing to let the net­work’s con­tract expire this sum­mer,…

First solar-powered boat to circle the world pulls into home port, contemplates next move
Sarah Silbert, engadget.com

It’s been two years since we last heard of the 98-foot-long solar-powered boat, which at the time was gear­ing up for its big jour­ney around the world. Well, some 19 months and 37,286 miles after set­ting sail from Mona­co, the MS Tura­nor…

Adobe issues security update for Flash player, warns against IE exploit
Darren Murph, engadget.com

Inter­net Explor­er asso­ci­at­ed with an exploit? Color us shocked. Face­tious­ness aside, it’s seri­ous­ly about time you switched over to Chrome or Fire­fox (as a mit­i­ga­tion tool; not a fool­proof solu­tion), and if you’re a desk­top…