I remember the excitement that I had when Igot my handson a Galaxy Tab. Being adie-hard Android fan, I was looking forward to seeing if I could really enjoy content on an Android device as much as I did on the iPad. Sadly, I was disappointed. My expectations forthe Xoomwere high. Afterthe hypeof the weeks following CES, I was thinking that Android would finally have a tablet that would be able to compete on many levels with Apple’s go-to standard....

24 planets that are warmer, wetter, and better for life than Earth Astronomers identify 24 planets near Earth that may be even more friendly to life than our home world. Where to look? Where to look? Researchers examined data from terrestrialexoplanetsorbitingin the habitable zone around their stars, where temperatures allow liquid water to pool on their surface. Just a small percentage of the 4,500 exoplanets now known to orbit other stars are known to have conditions relatively friendly to life....

A few months ago when I was inLas Vegasfor Blogworld Expo, there was a guy wandering around with a very unique camera setup. Being a bit of a photo fan myself, it struck my curiosity. Little did I know that I was walking up to meetChris Rauschnot, founder of the insanely successful24k Media. After a bit of a talk, I found out that I actually followedChris on Twitter. It was his flow of amazing food photos that first caught my attention....

Devices like Amazon’s Kindle have kickstarted mainstream demand for ebooks, but if Kindle is the ‘iTunes of electronic books’, where’s the Spotify equivalent?24symbolsis a new service which opens to all from today after a period in closed beta, offering on-demand access to a library of popular titles in a similar way to how streaming music services work. Launching with a modest library of 1000 titles, 24signals features a range of classic books along with commercial releases from a number of small and medium-sized publishers....

Travel is one of the industries that has completely transformed by the smartphone evolution and as a result, there is an abundance of ingenious apps designed to make your trips easy to plan, cheaper, well-informed and more enjoyable. Short of literally packing your bags and rooting out your passport, your phone can support all of your travel needs in one way or another. So, if you’re about to go on holiday or logistics just aren’t your forte, these apps will help you get it together:...