Technology
Goodbye, TiVo

Goodbye, TiVo

There are precious few constants in my life. In the past decade I’ve lived at five different addresses in two cities. I’ve changed insurance providers a half dozen times. My go-to Starbucks order has...
– The Mambilla DebacleTHISDAYLIVE

– The Mambilla DebacleTHISDAYLIVE

For over four decades, the Mambilla hydropower project, located in Taraba state, has been in the works, at least on paper. In those years, every succeeding administration has mouthed how critical the...
Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good

Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good

Fry’s Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains in the United States — and a Silicon Valley institution in particular — is permanently closing nationwide, the companyh...
Framework Laptop review: pick your ports

Framework Laptop review: pick your ports

There are a lot of 13-inch and 14-inch laptops out there, but very few offer much in the way of user-upgradability. Framework, a San Francisco-based startup, sees an opening in the market there. The n...
Razer Nabu X smartband review

Razer Nabu X smartband review

Most people associate Razer with gaming laptops, mice, and other hardware. But at CES 2014, the company unveiled plans to enter the fitness tracker / smartband market withthe launch of Nabu, a black w...
Moto 360 review

Moto 360 review

I lost my phone this morning.Normally that’s impossible. My phone is always either in my pocket or in my hands, because missing an email or a text or a killer snap is just entirely unfathomable. But t...
The Rise of the Disneyfied Public University

The Rise of the Disneyfied Public University

Weeks into hisfreshman year at the Marion Military Institute, a public two-year college in Alabama, Thomas was bored. The campus, in the sleepy, hard-luck town of Marion, lacked the glitzy amenities o...