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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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gg09portables Archive
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Bag Week: Sumo Messenger Bag
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsShort Version: Sumo is fairly new to the bag game but this is a strong showing for the company. For $79.99 you get a 17-inch laptop bag made of waterproof ballistic, rip-stop nylon. Sadly, a lack of internal organization pockets hampers the overall storage capacity. Info: * Sumo * Messenger [...] -
Review: Chinon AVi iPod dock with built-in digital TV tuner
Posted on December 9, 2009 | No CommentsShort Version: There’s a whole lot of convergence going on with the $200 Chinon AVi. You’ve got an iPod dock, 7-inch digital TV that doubles as an iPod video screen, music player, FM radio, and alarm clock all contained within something the size of a toaster. As with all heavily converged devices there’s the risk [...] -
Haier Theatre portable media player
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
Ooh, shiny. This is the Haier “Theatre” – a portable media player with a 3-inch touchscreen, available in 4GB and 8GB capacities for $90 and $100, respectively.
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McCracken looks at the Nook
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No CommentsWe didn’t get a Nook yet but Harry McCracken at Technologizer did, which means he’s better than us. Why? Because his last name reminds me of a sea monster. Anyway, Harry found the Nook to be a 1.0 product at best and a 0.1 product at worst. His bottom line: Let’s get one thing out of the [...] -
The 5 Rules of Black Friday
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No CommentsBlack Friday is almost here. It’s a great time to score some deals, but don’t go at it willy-nilly. Follow these 5 simple Black Friday rules to avoid the scams and wasting time. 1. Doorbusters are stripped-down crap What we call doorbusters, stores call loss leaders. These items are heavily advertised and retailers will lose money on them. Because of this, [...] -
Gift Guide 2009: Wireless E-book Readers
Posted on November 19, 2009 | No CommentsIntro We're only about five weeks away from Christmas, so now's as good a time as any to talk about (drum roll, please) e-books. Amazon kick-started the e-book market (with apologies to earlier e-book readers) with the introduction of the Kindle in the fall of 2007. Two years later, Barnes and Noble, IREX, and Sony announced [...] -
Gift Guide 2009: Portable Media Players
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No CommentsIntro The common portable media player has a tough existence. It's expected to handle many tasks well, while being rugged enough to withstand daily (ab)use. It's expected to look nice, it's expected to provide more-than-decent battery life, and it's expected to provide a simple enough interface that it can be operated almost exclusively while on the [...]