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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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Cellfish Marvel’s The Avengers Live Wallpaper Android App Reaches 1.3 Million Downloads
16 May 2012 2:05 PM | No CommentsNEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marvel’s The Avengers Live Wallpaper Android personalization app, created by Cellfish, has been downloaded 1.3 million times, driven by the massive success of Marvel Studios’ blockbuster movie. ...
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General Archive
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Shock: The iPhone 4 isn’t scratch-proof
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsThe iPhone 4 has a glass front and back panel and even though it’s constructed of chemically-strengthen Gorilla Glass, it’s not exact immune from scratches. It’s like a nice watch that has a sapphire glass crystal. It’s tough, but it will still scratch. Just look at Ryan Block’s iPhone 4. See that? It’s a scratch. -
Pre-ordered your iPhone 4 at Radio Shack? Sucks to be you – UPDATE
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
We're getting reports from some folks who tried to work around the massive fail-up during last week's pre-order fiasco and pre-order from Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart. The reports aren't good.
It seems that most stores will not have them in stock tomorrow and that you should probably check with your pre-order store before you head down. One reader, DW, writes:
Hello, I just wanted to let you guys know that I spoke with the Manager of the RadioShack store that I pre-ordered my iPhone from and he let me know that none of the customers who pre-ordered an iPhone 4 would be getting one from his store tomorrow (Thursday).
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BAM! POW! DC releases comics app for iPad, PSP
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsNot content to let Marvel have all the fun, DC Comics just released their iPad and Sony PSP apps. The apps allow for in-app comic purchase and download. Comics will cost $1 to $3 per issue. Free previews include Superman #700 and some stories from Batman: Black and White. My biggest question is when Archie and [...] -
Looks Like Apple Is Suing HTC (Again)
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
It appears Apple has filed yet another patent infringement lawsuit against HTC and its subsidiaries.
From the looks of it, the new suit, which was filed earlier this week in the same Delaware court as the initial lawsuit filed in March 2010, is adding two additional patents to the twenty the Cupertino company alleged were being infringed upon by HTC.
As the court documents (embedded below) show, Apple mentions four of its patents in the suit. However, two of them had already been included in the initial suit, and it appears like they are being re-included because of some spelling errors that were made by the USPTO.
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Pink Sony Vaio prompts question: who buys pink gadgets?
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsLook, it’s a pink Sony Vaio. Amazing, right? No, no it’s not. Can anyone answer this question: why do companies think that by making an otherwise unremarkable item PINK that women will AUTOMATICALLY want it? Silly. -
iFixit tears apart the iPhone 4 in graphic detail
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
iFixit is legendary for taking things apart. They are famous for going to great lengths to get the latest in technology, and then tear it apart. The iPhone 4 is no exception, as their person took a 16 hour plane ride as well as packed a tent prepared to sit and wait for the phone. Ironically, FedEx delivered the phones two days earlier then expected, and they didn't have to send anyone to Japan.
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Video: System for data transmission via visible light
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
Transmitting data via light is hardly anything new, but what about sending and receiving information via visible light? Tokyo-based start-up Outstanding Technology is currently working on a system that uses visible LED light for the transmission of data and audio signals.
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Daily Crunch: Motorway Edition
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments“My Phone Is Off For You” – how to show you care in this modern age Lightly used 1970 Shaguar, $60K reserve (yeah, bidder, yeahhh) Video: Meet Myon, Germany’s latest humanoid robot The Kindle won If Nintendo ‘won’ E3 then where does that leave Apple? -
Microsoft taking a loss on Kinect?
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
Inside sources close to the matter have said that the build costs of Kinect are near $150. When you add up all the time to write the software and the costs of the hardware, it gets expensive. This has many people at Microsoft concerned.
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Best Buy’s Insignia Brand to Offer Audyssey
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Best Buy's bargain brand, Insignia, is offering a new 5.1 home theater system with Audyssey technology, yes, Audyssey. We love Audyssey.
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Linux: the people’s product
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
The Linux Foundation ran a t-shirt design contest back in March to kick off the grand opening of the new Linux.com store. More than 100 designs were submitted, and of these six were selected as finalists. Almost eight thousand votes were tallied, and the community-selected winner, with 57% of the votes, is Mr. Said Hassan from the Gaza Strip, who designed "The People's Product." Shirts with this winning design are being produced now, and will be available for purchase at the Linux.com store soon-ish.
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Here’s the Dell Streak’s US retail packaging (maybe)
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
The Dell Streak is set to be released here in the states sometime soon -- we hear the end of July. The 5-inch tablet/phone/EVO-eater will no doubt launch to a ton of criticism about it's large stature and whatnot. Love it or hate it, this is what the retail packaging will likely look like. Think Jabra headset packaging, but with a very large touchscreen instead of a bluetooth headset suspended in a clear acrylic casing.
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TRON controllers will be available for purchase
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Rejoice user! Devin won't be keeling over from auto-eroticasphyxiation after all. The TRON controllers that he saw at E3 and threatened to hold his breath over? Well, they are going to be for sale. To be honest, I haven't considered replacing my stock Xbox 360 controllers until this point, but now I'm afraid I have no choice. -
Borders’ Kobo e-reader now comes with $20 gift certificate; iPhone, iPad App now available
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe wonderful thing about all these e-readers is that so long as you buy one that has honest-to-goodness E-Ink (Kindle, nook, Kobo, etc.) you're basically using the same device. The most important part of an e-reader is the screen, so when all the big guys use the exact same technology, well, you should be just fine. Then it comes down to store quality: does Amazon have the books you want to read or does Barnes & Noble or Borders? That's the most "research" you'll have to conduct. Moving on... in light of the nascent price war between Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Borders would like you to know that its Kobo e-reader now includes a $20 gift card and double Borders Bucks for whenever you drop cash in the store.
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Video: Meet Myon, Germany’s latest humanoid robot
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Germany has churned out the one or the other humanoid in recent months, but Myon might actually be the coolest deutsche robot out there. The little guy stands 125cm tall and weighs 15kg. He was designed by Cologne-based design studio frackenpohl poulheim [GER] and developed at Berlin's Humboldt University as part of the European ALEAR (Artificial Language Evolution on Autonomous Robots) research project.