
Facebook Swallows Up Oculus Rift
So today we learned that Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion. That’s a lot less than the $19 billion Facebook paid for WhatsApp, and in my opinion Oculus Rift is a much more exciting product than WhatsApp with a lot

Facebook Swallows Up Oculus Rift
So today we learned that Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion. That’s a lot less than the $19 billion Facebook paid for WhatsApp, and in my opinion Oculus Rift is a much more exciting product than WhatsApp with a lot

Depressed by Facebook and WhatsApp
I find Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp to be incredibly depressing. While you can argue that Facebook is paying “only” $42 for each of WhatsApp’s 450 million plus users, paying $19 billion for a 55 employee company that runs

Depressed by Facebook and WhatsApp
I find Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp to be incredibly depressing. While you can argue that Facebook is paying “only” $42 for each of WhatsApp’s 450 million plus users, paying $19 billion for a 55 employee company that runs

Thursday at #CES2014 in Eureka Park
Third and last day at CES. We’re staying at the Venetian, so this morning we had the easy commute down the elevator to the Eureka Park booths in the Venetian. The products below are all from Eureka Park. Lifelogger. Lifelogger’s

Thursday at #CES2014 in Eureka Park
Third and last day at CES. We’re staying at the Venetian, so this morning we had the easy commute down the elevator to the Eureka Park booths in the Venetian. The products below are all from Eureka Park. Lifelogger. Lifelogger’s

Wednesday at #CES2014
Second full day at CES 2014. Gaming. This guy at the YEI Technologies booth was suiting up with a PrioVR full body tracking suit that can be paired with an Oculus Rift headset for a “who needs the real world” virtual

Wednesday at #CES2014
Second full day at CES 2014. Gaming. This guy at the YEI Technologies booth was suiting up with a PrioVR full body tracking suit that can be paired with an Oculus Rift headset for a “who needs the real world” virtual

Tuesday at #CES2014
The Smart Home. I broke from my usual tradition of heading first to Central Hall and instead spent most of the day exploring South Hall. First up was the smart home at the Z-Wave Alliance and ZigBee Alliance. Both are short

Tuesday at #CES2014
The Smart Home. I broke from my usual tradition of heading first to Central Hall and instead spent most of the day exploring South Hall. First up was the smart home at the Z-Wave Alliance and ZigBee Alliance. Both are short

Waiting for the Intel keynote at #ces2014 to begin
In line an hour before the Intel keynote is about to begin. Piece of cake compared to the massive taxi line earlier at the airport.

Waiting for the Intel keynote at #ces2014 to begin
In line an hour before the Intel keynote is about to begin. Piece of cake compared to the massive taxi line earlier at the airport.

Augmented Reality Contact Lenses at #CES2014
CNET reports that Innovega will be showing a prototype of its iOptik augmented reality contacts at CES 2014. The catch is you have to wear them together with a pair of glasses that project a full HD image onto the

Augmented Reality Contact Lenses at #CES2014
CNET reports that Innovega will be showing a prototype of its iOptik augmented reality contacts at CES 2014. The catch is you have to wear them together with a pair of glasses that project a full HD image onto the
Follow Tom Novak and Donna Hoffman at #CES2014
Donna and I are headed to CES 2014 in Vegas. We’ll be posting pics and commentary about all the exciting things we’ll be seeing at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. You can follow us on the Google+ page for
Follow Tom Novak and Donna Hoffman at #CES2014
Donna and I are headed to CES 2014 in Vegas. We’ll be posting pics and commentary about all the exciting things we’ll be seeing at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. You can follow us on the Google+ page for

Tech Fail #1 (2014)
Some things never change. When you send your entire class of students an email through Blackboard’s email system, Blackboard manages to both delete hard returns that you actually wanted, and insert blank lines where you didn’t want them. Plus, the

Tech Fail #1 (2014)
Some things never change. When you send your entire class of students an email through Blackboard’s email system, Blackboard manages to both delete hard returns that you actually wanted, and insert blank lines where you didn’t want them. Plus, the

2014 CES Almost Here
Heading to Vegas early next week for 2014 International CES. Looking forward to the seeing the latest gadgets, appliances, robots, smart things and over 100,000 of my closest friends.

2014 CES Almost Here
Heading to Vegas early next week for 2014 International CES. Looking forward to the seeing the latest gadgets, appliances, robots, smart things and over 100,000 of my closest friends.