Yahoo! unveils new logo, aims for new beginnings, profits

A company's logo is its identity and can be a symbol of its strengths and aspirations. Yahoo! is on the verge of turning a new leaf, becoming relevant and even spearheading certain areas of technology. Its new logo was recently decided upon after a month of testing. For those of us who remember the advent of the Internet, Yahoo! was our gateway to the Internet so it's great to see them realigning. "We wanted a logo that stayed true to our roots (whimsical, purple, with an exclamation point) yet embraced the evolution of our products," says Kathy Savit and superstar CEO Marisa Meyer's blog on their recently acquired Tumblr blog explains the process of how the new logo came to be. It is worth a read. The new logo is more serious, modern and all grown up. Good on you Yahoo!

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch covered in video

Grab your popcorn, sit back, relax and immerse yourself in a video about the new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 as well as the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch in this first official walkthrough from Samsung Mobile. Tip: if you're just interested in seeing the Galaxy Gear, scrub to !2:54.

MasterCard Canada calls on female developers to Master the Code

MasterCard Canada is encouraging all female professional and student developers to participate in its MasterCard N>XT developer challenge.  A recent Statistics Canada study found that while Canada is seeing an increase in the number of young women with university degrees in computer science programs, men still hold the majority of degrees within this field^[1].  The challenge is an opportunity for women to apply their technology skills to a business challenge that could influence the future of payments.  MasterCard N>XT, co-sponsored by Rogers and CIBC, is the first payment network developer challenge in Canada and will be held at the MaRS Discovery District.

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WishList: Coolest Raspberry Pi case yet is a tiny OG Mac

The Raspberry Pi opens up a world of low-cost computing options but John Leake of Retro MacCast has just raised the bar by building a one third replica of the original Macintosh and is a completely functional mini Mac. Leake used the Mini vMac Linux distro, installed a 3.5" mounted display plus HDMI, Ethernet and four USB ports, making this mini Mac boast more updated I/O than the original  Check out the video here. 

Source: MacGasm