It's a title that the company will most likely hold for only a brief time as the market rises and falls, but Cupertino's favorite fruit became the most valuable company in the world today. The previous corporation to claim that honor, oil giant Exxon Mobil, took a nose dive in the wake of fluctuations at Wall Street.

Despite the sometimes stultifying effects of ubiquitous smartphones and myriad social widgets, advancing technology still offers a new sense of freedom for the disabled, a fact that makes the Credit Card for the Blind less of a mere concept, and more of an attainable reality.

Oobject just released a list that's as interesting as it is depressing called "15 skyscrapers on hold." There's a few on there you've probably already heard about, such as the Chicago Spire, which may never be restarted again. Its aborted...

I had a jovial-looking robot for a piggy bank when I was a youngster, and it'd read me out the total of whatever coins I fed into it. This Robot Money Box will do that and more — maybe too...