The man who was responsible for the development of the Mac OS X is reportedly building a new cloud OS startup called Upthere, a new report reveals.
According to a Business Insider report, evidence points to Bertrand Serlet, former Apple vice president of Mac Software Engineering, is building a cloud OS startup in Palo Alto, California with fellow former Apple employees.
A series of tweets, job postings, trademark filings and tips paint a picture that Serlet is building the startup, which could …

There haven't been any apps that effectively keep drivers from texting while driving. (Image: interactive_devices02 (CC) via Flickr)

Using a smartphone is a distraction during driving, and while mobile software developers are trying to create apps to address this problem, distracted driving is still a huge concern across the United States.
According to a survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, around 43 percent of high school juniors and 58 percent of seniors admitted …

Using the ancient Chinese medicinal principle of Zheng, a new computer software developed by University of Missouri researchers helps you check your health. (Image: via arch1design.com)

A new computer software analyzes pictures of your tongue and determines your health according to the principles of zheng, an ancient Chinese medicinal system.
This software was developed by researchers from University of Missouri. According to Dong Xu, computer science department chairman for University of …

GrexIt, a relatively new startup, is aiming to help companies have better collaboration by preventing information from getting lost and forgotten in company inboxes. GrexIt intends to help companies create an easy-to-use company-wide knowledge repository with simple tool that’s effortless to use straight from the Gmail inboxes of people.
That may be a tall order, but the company founded by Niraj Ranjan Rout and Nitesh Nandy believes they have the right tool for the job.
GrexIt traces its …

Video is one of the most popular mediums on the Internet today and the popularity of YouTube is testament to this. One catch about video is the fact that adding advertising often results in one of two things, taking the watcher away from the video and/or disengagement by the watcher.
One innovative company seems to have cracked this dilemma with a very interesting approach to the whole issue. Typically, any purchases made as a result of a video are made via a store that links away from the …

Flexible, semi-transparent solar panels – Image via TheVerge

Solar power is the promised land for all renewable energy and sustainability proponents but so far, the technology has not quite been able to keep up with the optimism. Technologies used to create solar power generation are at best base line and can only convert into electricity a paltry 15% of the solar energy that hits the planet’s surface.
Another impediment has been the installation surfaces solar can mount on, …

Every now and again, a new startup comes along with an obvious-seeming but hitherto undone idea, and Wavii defines that sort of startup. The startup, which has been in super stealth mode for the past three years, has finally come out, is building interest, and is catching quite a number of headlines.
Started by a bunch of engineers who had formerly worked at Amazon and Microsoft, the service will attempt to go after the biggest social network in the world, but not in the way you may think. …

We’ve seen all the Android-powered smartwatches and they have been great but one thing all iOS users have been asking is, what about us? Well, that question has received about half a million answers on Kickstarter, and they all say yes.
A new project on the funding website that seeks to raise funds to roll out an iPhone-compliant smartwatch dubbed the Pebble has raised over $500,000 in the first day of its pitch.
The Pebble, which allows the user to use the gadget as a standard watch but …

The news is out and social networking giant Facebook has purchased rockstar startup Instagram  for a whopping $1 billion dollars in both cash and stock. This news may have overshadowed another transaction that went down rather quietly but has larger ramifications than the purchase of Instagram. Microsoft bid for and won 800 AOL patents that have a lot to do with the Internet and browsing in general. The auction saw Microsoft make away with the patents for a similarly colossal amount of $1 …

Start ups think Facebook needs e-commerce to further increase profits (Image: Thos003 (CC) via Flickr)

Several start-ups in e-commerce say that Facebook has the capacity to be an e-commerce giant to equal that of, if not succeed, eBay and Amazon.
Facebook, the largest social networking site in the world with currently over 800 million members and expected to reach a billion members by August, just recently released its IPO at $5 billion.
As such, Wall Street is expecting the company to look …