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Apple on hiring spree in search of iWatch design

Apple hopes that new blood can help the company find a fresh design for a smart watch, according to the Financial Times.
Apple files for iWatch trademark in Japan

Apple filed for a trademark for "iWatch" in Japan – signaling that the iWatch could be released by the end of 2014.
PayPal plans for interplanetary banking system

PayPal and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) announced plans for an interplanetary banking system.
Recon Jet: Google Glass-like 'smart' sunglasses for athletes

Recon Instruments introduced its sportier and cheaper version of Google Glass. Meet the Recon Jet.
How loony is the Google Loon project?

Google Loon is a project to bring the Internet to forgotten corners of the globe using balloons. Will it fly?
Social media and disasters: When a small post can spur hope

When social media is used during disasters, it can save lives and ease communities.
Leonhard Euler, his famous formula, and why he's so revered (+video)

Google celebrates the birthday of Leonhard Euler, a Swiss mathematician recognized for popularizing much of modern math terminology and notation, as well as famous contributions to calculus and astronomy.
Wearable tech: How three designers weave technology into fashion

These three designers have created novel ways to incorporate the ever-changing world of technology into the fast-paced world of fashion. Their clothes make music, change shape, and monitor your heart.
Fox threatens to leave network TV in protest over Aereo lawsuit

A court has sided with Internet TV start-up Aereo over the big networks. Now, Fox threatening to cut its broadcast signals.
Ada Lovelace: 'The Enchantress of Numbers' (+video)

Ada Lovelace was the visionary half of the team that helped create the modern computer. Lovelace is honored by Google as the 'first computer programmer.'
Ultrabooks learn to twist, twirl, tilt – and compete

New Ultrabook convertibles take many forms, as manufactures try to figure out what people want.
With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft finds a middle way

Windows Phone 8 doesn't feel like Apple or Android, though it's borrowed good ideas from both.
Reddit rises as Web's best conversation

Social news site Reddit offers a warren of links, forums, and perspectives – including an interview with President Obama.
Ivy walls lower with free online classes from Coursera and edX

More top-notch courses open up to anyone online. Coursera and edX promise virtual equivalents of the real Ivy-league classes.
Smart phone apps that help you dodge raindrops

iPhone and browser apps create weather reports tailored to you.
Hologramlike performers hit the stage – and airport, and drugstore

Meet Carla, a new kind of visual aide. Hologramlike projections aren't just for concerts: This one helps travelers.
Ready for a self-driving car? Check your driveway.

Full self-driving vehicles take to the road in some states, but plenty of older cars already have autonomous features.
Happy birthday, Mark Zuckerberg. How tech has changed in 28 years.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned 28 on Monday. He was born the same year as Apple's Macintosh computers.
Gideon Sundback: At first, the world shunned the zipper

Tuesday's Google doodle in honor of Gideon Sundback celebrates his simple yet revolutionary zipper. Too bad his contemporaries didn't see it that way. At first, people shunned the zipper.
Google honors Gideon Sundback: Father of the zipper (+video)

Gideon Sundback is certainly the inventor of the modern 'zipper.' Except Sundback didn't invent the name.