It is an interesting piece of news – have you been in love with space, space shuttles, astronomers, planets and a long list – is yes than this news-cum-information suits perfect for you. The Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) has posted the Space Shuttle Columbia Telescope for sale on eBay for $7 million – Yes I just put it up the news that it is on sale. Sounds,...

The New York Post is reporting that the New York City is planning to install 32-inch, internet-connected touchscreen displays in some 250 phone booths. The plan will start rolling starting from next month and will roll out for all 12,800 phone booths in the city. These screens will display local neighbourhood info like nearby restaurants, stores, attractions, and...

Dataminr is a social media analytics company that draws trends from social networks for various business clients, and today it unveiled (via GigaOm) its partnership with micro-blogging giant Twitter that grants it access to over 340 million tweets a day. Dataminr has developed a new category of Twitter based signals, providing clients with one of the earliest warning systems for breaking news and emerging events. Clients receive signals in real-time, often in advance of mainstream news, alerting them to industry-relevant information and...

The US Department of Defense will donate “hundreds” of surplus robots to police departments as early as this summer. Dan Arnold of the Defense Logistics Agency announced that along with surplus rifles and vehicles, military ‘bots will be made available through the 1033 Program, which provides surplus goods to law enforcement. Other agencies, like fire departments,...

HTC One series is finally winding up with the launch of one device to another. Today, TmoNews reports that HTC’s One S will be released on T-Mobile in just over a couple of week – expected to be April 25th. The site had previously also reported the similar date, but now backing up its claims with the photo evidence it get from an internal T-Mobile training document....

The BlackBerry maker Research In Motion VP of Developer Relations Alec Saunders comment on reports that the company would remove the ability to sideload PlayBook apps through the BlackBerry Developer Blog. Saunders few days ago said that the company is removing sideloading for consumers through twitter but now says that the company is not. RIM’s statement to The...

The US Federal Communications Commission announced today that all four major cellphone carriers in the country have agreed to deny cell and data service to stolen phones and will contribute the serial numbers of those phones to a national database in an urge to stop growing “phone theft” epidemic in the country. Without cellular or data service, phones would certainly become a less valuable target for thieves. The official announcement will take place tomorrow only than we will be able to see the grasp that what is exactly cooking...

We knew AT&T shell out big for the Nokia’s Lumia 900 launch, but now since the launch take place – it is worthwhile to note how much the carrier spend to make it big. Ad Age is reporting that the company will spend as much as $150 million to promote the new handset, in actual, even more it spend on Apple’s iPhone 4 launch. Urging on the reason that why...

The social giant has agreed to acquire photo-sharing service Instagram for $1 billion – yes the amount is correct and the announcement was made by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg itself. The deal is a combination of cash and shares of Facebook. Zuckerberg says that Instagram will be built and grown “independently” and that its integration with other services is an “important part of the experience.” The entire Instagram team of 6 employees will be joining Facebook. Over at the Instagram blog, CEO Kevin Systrom also...

AT&T last week announced that it would start unlocking customers’ iPhones. In a statement given to 9to5Mac the carrier said: Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer’s account must be in good standing, their device cannot be associated with a current...