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Isobar’s NFC Hackathon Winners Create Applications for Gaming, Gifting and Music Remixing
09 February 2012 5:10 PM | No Commentsvar AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'CCCCCC'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = '008000'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=2053203&zs=3436385f3630&ifr='+AdBrite_Iframe+'&ref='+AdBrite_Referrer+'" type="text/javascript">');document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62)); BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Isobar, a global communications agency, announced today the winners of Isobar ...
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WeatherBug 2.0 for iPhone Mobile App Launches in iTunes Store
09 February 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsGERMANTOWN, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Earth Networks SM, the owner of WeatherBug® products and services and operator of the largest weather, lightning and climate observation networks, announces...
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Digi-Key’s Android App Listed as a Top App
08 February 2012 9:58 PM | No CommentsTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s largest selection of electronic components available for...
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Infonetics Research: Mobile Broadband, Smartphones, LTE Drive Diameter Signaling Controllers to 106% CAGR to 2016
08 February 2012 4:40 PM | No CommentsCAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Communications market research firm Infonetics Research (www.twitter.com/infonetics) on Friday released its Diameter Signaling Control Worldwide and Regional Market Size and Forecasts ...
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BioHorizons Unveils New Mobile Application for Dental Implant Professionals
07 February 2012 5:05 PM | No CommentsBIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioHorizons, a dental implant company, today announced a new mobile application allowing Apple iPad mobile digital device users access to the latest BioHorizons product information. The free app is...
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Isobar’s NFC Hackathon Winners Create Applications for Gaming, Gifting and Music Remixing
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iPhone 4: One man’s heroic video journey
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe iPhone 4 comes out today. I knew when I woke up this morning I felt a disturbance in the Force! Anyway, John Biggs, noted gumshoe, is en route to the fancy Apple store in Manhattan to pick up his very own device, and he's been been sending us surprisingly funny video updates of his journey. Come, let us view these videos over a spot of tea.
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The sad tale of Nokia’s sinking market cap, where I come over all nostalgic
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Bloomberg today pumped out a chart that shows the erosion of Nokia's market cap over the last 10 years. Moreso, it also shows how Apple has seemingly switched places with the Finnish phone maker.
10 years ago (back when screens were greyscale, ringtones were beepy, batteries lasted over a week, and I rocked a Nokia 8210), Nokia's market cap was somewhere around a staggering $245 billion, which is -- strangely enough -- where Apple sits now.
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iPhone 4: Get in line now, we’ve got campers already [Updated w/vid]
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HP developing “next-gen” wristwatch for the military
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
Printed circuitry on plastic isn't very new, but what is interesting is that HP is commoditizing it and creating wristwatches using display elements and chips etched right onto a roll of soft plastic. The printed faces can also contain solar cells to power the watch.
HP Labs has been developing a process to "print" the plastic display components for 10 years. The company originally intended to use the technology in portable memory drives, but creating larger screens out of plastic turned out to be a more economical and feasible venture, Taussig said.
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Canon’s imageFORMULA P-150M portably scans documents into your Mac, no lie
Posted on May 19, 2010 | No CommentsDoes your Mac need a new scanner? (I think I've had the same scanner for like 10 years. The Mac driver is still for PPC processors, that's how old it is.) I ask because I needed a fun way to segue into a brief discussion of the Canon imageFORMULA P-150M, which, as you may have surmised, is a scanner that works with your Mac.
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iCitizen 2010: Hallelujah! Gaming Is Good For You (but you already knew that, it’s just that your parents didn’t)
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsOK, so shortly after I got the invite to attend iCitizen, I received a book in the mail written by Bob Johansen (one of the iCitizen keynote speakers) with a note that said “please read this before the conference.” I really wanted to read it but I confess the title made me think it was [...] -
Boy Scouts now awarding geocaching badges
Posted on April 16, 2010 | No CommentsUp until a few minutes ago, I had never heard of "geocaching." One quick YouTube video later, and I'm all, "That sounds amazing." If only I were 10 years old, then I could join the Boy Scouts and get my very own geocaching badge, the Scouts' newest, most tech-y badge available.
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USB 3.0 adoption could be slowed because of lack of demand
Posted on April 7, 2010 | No CommentsWilling to spend $300+ on a fancy motherboard just so you can get USB 3.0 support? Yeah, that might not be such a good idea, if only because Intel is in no hurry to integrate the spec into its chipsets. That means companies have to go out of their way to offer USB 3.0 on their systems. The odds of seeing USB 3.0 on a cheap-o netbook, then, are pretty much non-existent.
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Family Guy Empire Strikes Back spoof leaks to Bit Torrent sites before its DVD debut
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
Fox made the decision to release the second Family Guy Star Wars spoof on DVD before airing on its network. Why? Greed. The first one was a huge hit and instead of just giving it away on a Sunday night for the whole world to enjoy, some corner office suits decided to release it on DVD first. That way, they probably thought while sipping 50-year old whiskey in a smoke-filled boardroom, people would have to either buy or rent it if they wanted to watch it.
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IBUYPOWER announces Chimera 2 to celebrate 10 years of bling
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
IBUYPOWER computers aren't exactly known for being subtle but it's worked for them for 10 years and they are still going strong. To celebrate their anniversary, IBUYPOWER is re-releasing the Chimera 2 with all new hardware and a pretty impressive new paint job.
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Someone at the Census thinks we should, you know, use technology to improve the Census
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsWe're stretching for stories today, believe me. Hence: it's about time we update the way we conduct the U.S. census. Someone else said that, not me. Like, don't you think it's a little quaint to go from door to door, with a pen and paper in hand, and ask, “Hey, um... how many people are you? Did you go to college? Do you have a job? Cool, thanks.” Why not, you know, make use of electronic records, recognize that some people don't have landline telephones and plan accordingly, etc.
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French health agency: Try to limit your exposure to mobile phones if only because we don’t have enough data to say otherwise
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsA group of researchers in France just recommended that we all limit our exposure to wireless devices, including mobile phones, Wi-Fi, and microwaves, because we really don't understand how prolonged exposure to them can affect us. That's particularly true with mobile phones, since they've really only been around for, what, 10 years? (Obviously there were available for longer than that, but Joe Public didn't buy his first phone till a little bit later.) You can't categorically say, based on 10 years of sometimes spotty data, that “phones are bad!” or “phones are good!” We simply don't know.
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Video: Watch this clip of 2012. (Hint: It’s terrible)
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Auto manufacturers don’t think you should text while driving either
Posted on September 24, 2009 | No Comments
This just in: the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers thinks it's a bad idea for you to talk on your phone while driving if you're not using a headset. They also think that you shouldn't text while driving, because that causes you to take your eyes off the road. Well duh?
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Did The Beatles just screw up by not going to iTunes?
Posted on September 10, 2009 | No CommentsDid Apple swerve us, or are we just a bunch of nincompoops? (I vote for the latter.) So, so many people were expecting to see The Beatles finally show up to iTunes, if not the event itself, yesterday. Nearly 24 hours later, you're still unable to buy “Help!” from Steve Jobs' little store. Huge deal, or should we all just move on with our lives? And is the band making a mistake in ignoring the largest music store on Planet Earth?