Articles by Wal You from September 2011

Everything’s changed in the Digital Age, and that includes publishing, as this infographic points out.When past generations read paper books, magazines and newspapers, it looks like reading will...

This is the world of technological advancements and gadgets are becoming an integral part of our lives. In all this development many devices get lost behind never to be seen again. One device that has...

In most movie sagas, people usually cheer for the good guys over the bad ones… but just why do we like the Dark Side from the Star Wars movies so ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

If you had been waiting for the iPhone 5 to arrive, here is something to make your wait a little more bearable. The iClooly looks like an old telephone with a vintage cord and is a kick-ass iPhone doc...

How many times did your train of thought derail because you encountered an unknown acronym or buzzword? BizWords, an iOS app developed by Hilton Garden Inn, is meant to take you out of the dark and in...

Mozilla has released a new version of their Firefox browser that attempts to reduce the amount of memory it uses.Firefox has garnered a lot of acclaim for being open source and the ability to radicall...

Along with several models of Kindle, Amazon also launched Kindle Fire today, an Android tablet that is meant to be an iPad competitor and with a price tag of only $199, we believe it has quite some ch...

One of the most radical ways to build a car is to print it. If you still can’t believe what you just read, ‘Urbee’ is a car that is being touted as the world’s first printed ca...

There really is no field left uncovered on the Web by tech giants. Check the following infographic to learn about the connection between the major tech companies. Infographic originally published on M...

The presentation-sharing site SlideShare has announced that they’re getting rid of Flash and replacing it with HTML5.One of Slideshare’s developers announced the change on a blog post. Sli...

Japanese manufacturer Kyocera, which is better known for its printers in some parts of the world, plans to launch Digno, a 8.7 mm slim waterproof Android smartphone that supports Mobile TV and Mobile ...

Space Invaders, the classic game popular among retro gaming geeks has (un)officially converted to Judaism just in time for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.Israeli-based marketing agency, K/Logic, l...

Superheroes too have their moments of being not so super. Artist Ian Pool has captured these priceless moments through unique photographic and imaging techniques, which result in a rather humorous dep...

If you’re curious just how popular the word “zombies” is throughout the world, this map visualizes it in a simple, and kinda creepy, way. After all, using circles like these to repre...

Ah, we love video games. We get to explore worlds, meet NPCs, loot their houses, steal their money, run over them with a car, and all those things we don’t ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

Chatting through IM used to require spending hours camped out in front of a computer and missing out on actual events. With the advent of mobile devices, we can now stay connected and get out of the h...

The world is a really small place, and that is exemplified by the fact that we see peoples of all colours, races and ethnicities in almost all the countries.One of the most prolific communities is the...

In 2008, the number of Internet-enabled things exceeded the population of the planet. The following infographic explains how Cisco envisions the future.by visually via Since “things” refer...

If you are familiar with the history of Israel and surrounding regions, you would know the significance of Dead Sea Scrolls and how fragile and delicate they are.These papyrus and parchment manuscript...

While Quantum computing is not new, it has given birth to a new breed of researchers who devote all of their time and energy into discovering new methods of understanding electrons.Researchers from th...

William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, recently gave us his 10 cents on how Star Wars compares to his beloved Star Trek.It’s been a couple of decades since Sha...

Facebook has made its most radical change to the social networking site’s interface yet with the new Timeline. But it also allows other people to see everything you’ve done on the site.The...

If you are the kind of person who gets fascinated by strange plants, you would have heard about the pitchers. Pitchers are carnivorous plants that consume live insects and small animals.The pitchers&#...

Long-distance relationships went a long way (pun intended) between the dawn of the human race and the technology-filled world we live in today. Check the following infographic to find out more details...

Reduce, reuse, and recycle are the three Rs that help control pollution on the planet. There are many of us who are making conscious efforts in adopting the three Rs in our day-to-day lives in order t...

Star Wars serves as the basis for creativity and designing in many fields. Many objects are designed around the characters of this epic saga. The leading sports shoe brand Adidas has time and again co...

It is difficult to imagine a life without paper. In every walk of life we use paper in some form or the other. Technology may have advanced to a great extent but this product that was invented centuri...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Timeline, a new way of displaying the Facebook profile, at F8 Developers Conference. Since it is still in beta phase, Facebook members have to use a workaround ...

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a smart geek who’d always like to be a little smarter. If that’s the case, here’s a book for you.“Mindhacker” is a ...

One of our worst fears may have just come true, as scientists have announced that they have developed a revolutionary brain imaging process which would allow them to read minds.Mind reading takes plac...

James Maury “Jim” Henson, the creator of The Muppets, was a puppeteer that influenced the childhood of kids from all over the world and through his legacy, will affect generations to come....

Color schemes in comic books and strips are usually not noticed, but the age-old division of what’s dark and what’s ‘light’ holds true to these strips as well.In an infographic...

There is no age bracket defined for a set of Lego pieces. Time and again it has been proved that this age old toy has fascinated all ages of people. It is not necessary that there should be an instruc...

Tron is full of iconic imagery, but there are few things quite as cool as the lightcycles. They looked especially awesome in the more recent film, Tron: Legacy, and this electric build captures the st...

It’s been a while since we heard or spoke about Star Wars especially here on this site. Perhaps we got a little carried away with all the developments taking place in Social Media or all the upg...

Bizzabo is a new startup, currently in private beta, that allows people attending technical conferences to find the people that are really important to advance their careers.If you’re paid to be...

Phone and voice based communication devices have come a long way, and thanks to VoIP one can make telephone calls with an Internet connection at a fraction of the cost of a regular telephone call.The ...

In the beginning was the word and job seekers wrote it on paper in an attempt to convince employers to hire them. Then, some got more creative, added a bit of color and changed the layout. Connect a J...

Creativity, designs and art work involve use of the computer in some or the other form. In this scenario there still exists a group of artists who love handcrafting objects. The sheer joy of seeing so...

Connecting through the web via video chat is more and more common today. In fact, so much that there are at least one million active users on Rounds’ video chat platform alone!Technology is cons...

Self-proclaimed “Internet sales & marketing professional,” Mark Davidson, really needs to learn the fundamental operations of using social media sites. Changing your password on Twitte...

Facebook has tweaked their site design, once again. And once again, nobody likes it.Facebook has just announced changes to the way their user’s Top Stories are presented that come on the heels o...

Ever wanted to play Wii games, but couldn’t, simply because you don’t own that Nintendo console? If you happen to have an Android tablet instead, you can now enjoy Super Mario and other Wi...

We all love to drink fancy beverages, but where do you put those beverages? On your Klingon coffee table? No way – you’re going to need a set of the Social Network Pixel Coasters.This geek...

Weddings have moved light years away from the clichd bride in a white gown, the bland exchanging of vows, the supposedly chic after-party and a bottle of overtly expensive champagne; well for us geeks...

If you thought quantum physics, Microsoft, haute-cuisine and ancient recipes don’t go along together, think again. Nathan Myhrvold has written an anomaly for a cookbook that reduces the act of c...

An infographic celebrates Linux’s 20th anniversary by taking a look at how it’s grown since 1991 to today.In 1991, a Finnish computer science student by the name of Linux Torvalds wanted t...

Google+ is the newest social media kid on the block, and after a few months in invite-only public beta, it’s now open to everyone. Plus, the site has already added some neat new features.Vi...

Crossing over borders and going across oceans to pursue higher studies has become a very common feature now. Technology has changed the worlds perception towards distance. Being on a different side of...

After months of previews, Google finally launches the long awaited mobile payment system called Google Wallet, while also announcing partnerships with Visa, Amex and Discover. In time, smartphones got...

Popular perception has it that if you listened to classical music, you are either way too snobbish, or you downright boring. But then, that’s popular perception and it need not ...Continue Readi...

Ah, the old Nintendo 64 days… It’s unbelievable that right now we get to look at the second half of the 90s and nostalgia is entirely justified. The Nintendo 64 is one of the most beloved ...

We often have the debate here at Walyou on the true definition of a geek, mostly because Walyou is a geek culture site (with a bit of focus on cool gadgets, awesome startups, sweet technology and more...

Master of Slingshots Joerg Sprave has uploaded a video showing off his newest creation, a massive slingshot roughly the size of a car. Mr. Sprave‘s creations have been featured on Walyou before,...

There are plenty of amazing LEGO creations out there, but some of the best are the ones that could pass for the item they represent, like this LEGO typewriter. From what it appears in these images, th...

A Smartphone today can do a hell lot of things. It lets you play music, take pictures, take videos, share them online, browse internet seamlessly and the possibilities are endless.However, a Smartphon...

The cloud has not only enabled you to store your data or indulge in some high tech computing that goes beyond most of us, but it also allows developers to create technologies that simplify our lives w...

Yarr, mateys. September 19th is the official Talk Like a Pirate Day, and we wouldn’t let pass the opportunity to tributethe most kickass profession in the world. Enjoy!Talk Like A ...Continue Re...

Mixing drinks is an art only a certain few know how to do best. The rest can of course read the recipes and try to add all the drinks and make a concoction, but it is never ‘mixing’ in its...

September 18 marks the 160th anniversary of the first edition of the New York Times, still considered one of the world’s most authoritative newspapers, with, as the slogan goes, “All the n...

If a regular alarm clock is just too boring for your tastes, this clock modeled after an explosive requires you to defuse it rather than just hitting the snooze. We’ve all seen the movies, with ...

If you want to see a map of New York City, you have a wide variety of options. There’s Google Maps, Bing, and even a plain old paper map, if you can figure out how to get them folded back up. On...

When a task is done with enthusiasm and sincerity the results are outstanding. This is exactly what we can say about the Levitating Superconductor Speakers created by James Coleman. He calls them the ...

One CEO believes in his bulletproof glass so much he’s willing to let an employee shoot an AK-47 at him through a windshield in a YouTube video that’s already gotten almost two million hit...

Boba Fett needs to look good when he assassinates jedi masters, right? The Boba Fett Grafetti T-Shirt shows you why you should always let the paint on your evil dry before, in the words of Split Reaso...

Art, they say, is meant to rouse emotions and cause you to think, or perceive new things using your senses. In addition, art needn’t always be beautiful, or make you happy. Instead, it could pro...

There’s a distinct lack of drinks with names which appeal to the geeky types, so The Drunken Moogle has taken it upon himself to remedy this. Sure, there are drinks from geek-culture favorites s...

Ty Lettau has created 8-Bit model kits for Samus, Mario, and Link to satisfy that unmet desire deep inside of you to dress up your favorite Nintendo characters in snazzy clothes and fashionable poweru...

What started out as a classroom project to teach children about conductivity and DIY techniques has become a viral technique to create a free iPad stylus.Of course they are available for as little as ...

The R&D department of The New York Times created a Kinect-based interactive mirror that is able to recognize the products that are placed in front of the cameras. New York Times R&D Lab: Heal...

Freddie Wong’s latest special effects-laden short film shows us the morning routine of the gamer, filled with plenty of nods to various video games.The majority of the references are from the Gr...

Apple’s not the only major tech company that dislikes Flash. Microsoft is joining the anti-Flash bandwagon with the new “Metro” version of Internet Explorer, CNET reports.Coming on t...

Back in the 80′s, Lucasfilm wasn’t just a film production company, but also a had a video-game department. With success and time, the division became its own company, and so, ...Continue R...

On September 15, 1997 the domain name for Google was registered. Fast forward 14 years and we are talking about one of the giants from the software industry that is not shy of getting into hardware, e...

If you’re looking for a way to have private conversations, then a new startup called shoes and ships (no caps, yet another site with ‘creative’ spelling) may be exactly what you̵...

Gal Harth, the 15-year-old CTO of Doweet, an Israeli based startup, got to TechCrunch Disrupt where he presented the main advantages of this startup. The main goal of Doweet is to make people socializ...

After three days that were dominated by the word “Creativity”, the jury deliberated: the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt SF is Shaker, the social game that turns Facebook into a bar.Israeli s...

Facebook has rolled out a a new “smart friends” list feature, TechCrunch reports.Facebook is still the most popular social networking site, but you probably still have quite a few friends,...

The ones who miss Nintendo characters such as Mario or Link can nourish their nostalgia with the works of Bashir Sultani, a Canada-based artist who draws in the salt.Bashir Sultani is an artist origin...

Pressly is a platform based on HTML5 that will convert online publications into tablet-friendly apps, making them easier to read and more comfortable to browse.No matter how much the design of online ...

The technology world isn’t the all-exclusive boys club that it used to be. In celebration of Women of Achievement Month, here are eight of the most powerful women in the ...Continue Reading on W...

Facebook Music never really caught up, but there seem to be some major developments taking place as we talk. Facebook has planned to integrate music services delivered by other services and would enab...

If you were tired of the way your computer boots, you are not alone. Windows 7 too has not found a lot of supporters when it comes to booting speed, and Microsoft has realized that a major chunk of it...

If the anniversary of 9/11 has you down, all you coders reading this will have a holiday you can get behind. September 13 is Programmers’ Day.Programmers’ Day is observed in the 28 day of ...

Maybe “unbeatable” is a bit exaggerated and in fact it should not even be a goal when building robots, given that such a scenario reminds us of Skynet. However, when ...Continue Reading on...

Web designers and content creators have always loved Flash for it produces some of the most interactive, feature-rich and media-savvy sites that one could possibly want.However, like all technologies,...

Everpix is a service which will allow users to carry their photo libraries with them wherever they are, giving unparalleled access to a variety of online photo services and other features. Other servi...

One new startup, Shaker, is aiming to make Facebook actually like going out with your friends for a wild night on the town, complete with virtual drinks.If you like going out with your friends on the ...

The name Moskovitz might sound familiar to some, particularly since the movie “The Social Network” came out. He is the co-founder of Facebook and the company Asana, and today he was respon...

WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Installer) represents the safest way of installing any flavor of Ubuntu on your PC without getting rid of Microsoft’s operating system in the process.One of the main advanta...

Stop-motion and 8-bit videos are fun, and YouTube is full of them. We’ve picked some of the best.YouTube is a haven for anyone with a camera and an idea. Sure you have to wade through a lot of s...

Multitasking has become the need of the hour and everyone is entangled in the web of numerous tasks. At one particular time there are various things happening and to keep track of everything is becomi...

What if video games had their own Criterion Collection, much like movies, including a wealth of extras and audio commentary? These images show one possible collection. Focusing on various Super NES ga...

The latest in the social media war scene is that perhaps there may not be any war at all, and that we just have been assuming there is one. What makes us think so?Well, Twitter not only announced that...

Blackberry is definitely one of the leading preferences in mobile phones among a wide range of users. Every model that is launched has been received with open arms. Now with the great success of Black...

It has been a decade since the ghastly attacks took place on American soil. On the 11th of September, 2001, terrorists crashedairplanesinto the World Trade Center, Pentagon and crash landed another pl...

It has been a decade since the ghastly attacks took place on American soil. On the 11th of September, 2001, terrorists crashedairplanesinto the World Trade Center, Pentagon and crash landed another pl...

If you are a hardcore gamer you would definitely be a proud owner of a couple of gaming consoles with the PS3 and an XBox surely being part of the collection. At the same time you must be aware that s...

Cygnett, Australias premier designer of accessories for Apple products, recently launched a new line of covers for iPad 2. If quality and style are what you look for in such a product, check these one...

Tumblr had created a bit of controversy just a few days ago, when some of the fashion bigwigs complained that the blogging site overcharges for coverage and advertisements.In fact, the issue became so...

I’m sure we’ve all considered decorating our houses with something unique. Unfortunately, awesome things aren’t often the most socially acceptable, and might even literally scare off...

Couch potatoes and retro 50s fiends rejoice – it’s TV Dinner Day! On this day in 1953, Swanson released its frozen meal concept to the public in an aluminum tray that could be heated up qu...

Fans have numerous ways of expressing their love for the things or people they adore. In the process they also get to explore their creative aspect. Finally it results is an amazing product that has t...

Technology has made it possible to access loads of information within a very short span of time. In fact the volume of information available exceeds the rate at which any human brain can absorb. Yet e...

Technology has made it possible to access loads of information within a very short span of time. In fact the volume of information available exceeds the rate at which any human brain can absorb. Yet e...

Let’s face it. The auto-correct and spell check on our iPhones or other touchscreen phones aren’t exactly perfect. While texting, we end up saying some of the grossing things and then apol...

Geeks have very special relationships with their favorite characters, and as of late, it’s even included female characters who were often overlooked in Sci-Fi and fantasy. Women had been neglect...

Geeks have very special relationships with their favorite characters, and as of late, it’s even included female characters who were often overlooked in Sci-Fi and fantasy. Women had been neglect...

Summer may be over in the northern hemisphere, but this does not mean that you cannot hike anymore. By using one of the 3 GPS devices presented below, you will make sure you do not get lost while off ...

The Legend of Zelda series has some of the most recognizable and beloved music in video games, which means we get plenty of awesome fan-made covers like this one. The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario B...

Swiss researchers have designed a tiny robot that can be piloted by a pilot as small as your average fruit fly.According to sources, the robot, dubbed the Cyborg Fly, was developed by a team of resear...

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo just announced that there are more than 100 million active Twitter users around the globe who not only share their thoughts, but use it to tune into what is happening around t...

Google has just announced that they’ve acquired the respected restaurant review publisher Zagat, Mashable reports.If you wanted to find out what the best restaurants in town were, in the past yo...

SPB Software, a company that saw the light of the day in Sankt Petersburg in 1999, grew up to be one of the most important developers of apps for smartphones.A while back, SPB Software used to be popu...

If you’re reading, you should consider yourself lucky, if this infographic is anything to go by.One of the great things about infographics is how they make complex social problems visible in a d...

If you grew up watching Oprah Winfrey Show as a kid, and continued to do so even when you became a fully grown adult, well, this might interest you a bit.Oprah called it a day back in May when she end...

Things that appear online can sometimes stupefy you. It leaves you wondering if what you read is for true, or if it is a spoof, or if someones playing a sort of gimmick.We just came across this ad whi...

TheFacebook Like is loved around the world. One man decided to compile the way we “like” things globally.Facebook is the global leader in social media and has taken the planet by storm. To...

The color of the leaves during the fall is only one of the reasons why this season is long-awaited by many photographers. Make sure you have a good camera beside you to capture the entire beauty of na...

The color of the leaves during the fall is only one of the reasons why this season is long-awaited by many photographers. Make sure you have a good camera beside you to capture the entire beauty of na...

If you’re looking for something to do with that round cardboard tube after you’ve just inhaled your entire can of Pringles, then keep reading this post.If there’s one thing that ...C...

Yahoo’s board keeps delivering shock after shock. Not long after sacking CEO Carol Bartz over the phone, Roy Bostock, the president of the board, announced that the company is available for sale...

Google Plus has been controversial right from the beginning, and it might continue to be for as long as Google whips up policies that might be too hard to accept for many people.They were disliked whe...

Foursquaropoly takes the classic board game and combines it with the Foursquare app to provide a new mobile experience of buying and selling to enjoy. I’ve expressed my personal views on Monopol...

When purchasing gadgets, some of us are very concerned about the impact they have on the environment. The 10 green gadgets listed below will keep many geeks happy, while still ...Continue Reading on W...

Though it is not clear when iPhone 5 will be released, we have been hearing all kinds of rumours about the phone and not a single day goes without an irrelevant rumors that pass by.However, a little b...

TechCrunch, one of the most respected online publications out there, may as well be history tomorrow, as AOL, the main supporter of CrunchFund, is considering sacking Michael Arrington.The TechCrunch ...

If you were tired of reading a lot of ‘heavy’ news about Google’s patents, its acquisitions, its successes and failures and new applications, well, you can’t really be blamed.T...

It is no big deal to say that we are all apes in a way, and that our ancestors were hairy and hardcore apes who went through several evolutionary changes to become what we are today.The forgotten ance...

Many of us have imagined what it would be like to live in various fictional worlds, and this infographic serves as a travel guide for ten of them. Some of the obvious geek choices are chosen, but ther...

According to sources, Sony dropped the 3D visor, awkwardly named the HMZ-T1, on spectators at the recent IFA electronics convention in Berlin. Sony is currently touting the device as the “world&...

Steve Jobs did resign from his company and the shares predictably fell down and all hopes were set at the new Apple CEO Tim Cook. People have been betting on Mr. Cook’s captaincy and that Apple ...

The 18 Things You Didn’t Know About Fireflyinfographic will help you make all of the important connections between Neil Patrick Harris and Firefly, as well as make some interesting comparisons a...

If we rewind a few years and you ask a guy what a great day according to him would comprise, hed most likely say relaxing on the beach, with a couple of beers and a good book. If you come back to this...

Walking in the dark is no easy task. If there is even a little light it helps but when its pitch black, movement becomes impossible. The only thing that can come to your rescue then would be a flashli...

Internet can be a crazy place, and one of the examples that I could give today is VizLingo. This web applicatio0n allows you to type short messages that get translated into short video montages that d...

Happy Bacon Day!Celebrate the joyous occasion with some great bacon articles for the true pork belly lover in you.DIY: How To Make a Bacon CandleNow you no longer need to ...Continue Reading on Walyou...

It’s hard not to like Chewbacca, the growling, furry companion of Han Solo in the Star Wars films. It’s also incredibly difficult to cosplay as Chewie, but this man has made it work. ̶...

It is a bit of a surprise that no one thought until now to design a device that uses a similar principle to the one employed by bats to move around. Tacit represents a sonar that may revolutionize the...

The fact that technology has shrunk the world is now a well established fact. There is hardly any element of news in it! There was a time when a person had varying worlds at different places but it is...

Todays polls are getting preposterous and producing bizarre results that have little to do with what the poll was actually taken for. The otherwise great poll on what makes a photo attractive to datin...

It seems like a bad day for Tumblr too, just like Apple has been facing the ire of police and law enforcement officials for its investigators impersonating SF cops.Tumblr has angered the fashion commu...

Researchers claim that, thanks to new breakthroughs, sunscreen could be available in pill form within the next five years.Sea coral survives constant intense exposure to the sun thanks the to fact tha...

Video games and books do not really go together do they? Well, if we are talking about instructional manuals and storybooks that are given along with video game purchases, we are talking about somethi...

The Raspberry Pi, a computer that will cost around $25, successfully runs “Quake III.”You might remember that we’ve covered the computer before. The Raspberry Pi is a small computer ...

It is not news anymore to learn that the big players in Internet and Social Media are battling it out there, trying to buy new startups, making deals with each other and sometimes, breaking deals as w...

Google sure is in news every day, and exactly 3 years ago, Google Chrome was unveiled to the public. The minimalist browser with easily customizable features became a rage among geeks and Internet use...

Just when you thought Google was losing its appeal with its Google Plus network, here comes another biggie that might add a feather to the company’s colourful hat.NASA revealed that they prefer ...

Minecraft’s official release is growing ever closer, but that isn’t stopping fans of the game from enjoying the popular Beta version of the game and creating lots of interesting fan art. W...

Mozilla provided the first glimpses into their new specially designed Firefox browser for Android 3.0 tablets.According to sources, the design team behind the new Firefox was aiming to make their tabl...

We geeks like to do things unconventionally. Things done the usual, customary way, just dont appeal to us.Go take a look at a geeks wardrobe, furniture or curtains and youll ...Continue Reading on Wal...

Google has just announced new versions of Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Gmail that will work offline in Chrome.Google apps are great because you can get your work done and collaborate with other p...

Today, Samsung launched a new category of portable devices. Samsung Galaxy Note, the first member of what we hope that will be a numerous family, is a hybrid between smartphones and tablets that bring...

Corporations have begun to buy smaller companies that support their ecosystems in order to ward off competition or in order to gain access to new technologies that their programmers probably didn̵...

On August 30th a post came up on Gizmodo where writer Alyssa Bereznak discussed a dating experience she had through OkCupid, and now the Internet wants her head. What is this all about?Alyssa Bereznak...

If you want to host a blog on your own server and don’t want the headaches of dealing with a database, you may want to try using Jekyll.Free blogging sites like WordPress or Posterous are great ...

In an age where finding your nearest outlet is a necessity, solar-powered or solar power-assisted gadgets still seem to be difficult to find. That is, unless you’re talking about solar ...Contin...

If you use Tumblr often and like to discover new blogs on your cellphone, you don’t have to fret anymore. The official Tumblr blog has just announced that Tumblr Android 2.0 is now available on ...

FCC decided to asses the ability of AT&T to provide high-speed wireless services to 97% of Americans before allowing it to acquire T-Mobile. As a result, the merger is delayed until the end of the...