17. May 2012
Our sun is in its period of highest activity, and we’ve already seen some large solar storms and solar flares that have caused interference to radio stations and GPS signals for some parts of the world. As significant as the solar storms we’ve witnessed on o[..]
17. May 2012
After Facebook’s surprising Instagram buy, it now seems like every hot startup needs to reach a billion dollar valuation to truly be taken seriously. So it was inevitable that Pinterest, the popular image pinboard site, would eventually skyrocket in value.
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17. May 2012
Yesterday Apple was offering some developers a beta build of the next version of OS X called 10.8 Mountain Lion. The new version is Developer Preview 3 and is a pre-release build of the coming operating system. The latest build is identified as 12A206J according to peop[..]
17. May 2012
Yesterday there were whispers on the wind that Pinterest, the bookmark social networking site, would reach a $1 billion evaluation following funding from interested parties. Now it has been revealed that Rakuten is the lead investor in the company, raising around $50 mi[..]
17. May 2012
One of the benefits of using Protrada is the ability to create websites. Although I have not created a website with Protrada, there are many people who have.
In a press release this morning, Protrada announced that Morgan Linton’s Appraiso has been integrated i[..]
17. May 2012
Netflix has had a rough road over the last year or so when it split streaming and DVD rental into two services and raised prices. That move led to a large defection of customers who canceled their service out of anger. It appears that many of those customers are now ret[..]
17. May 2012
Time Warner Cable and Viacom have been embroiled in a lawsuit for a long time now that stemmed from Time Warner wanting to put Viacom channels on its iPad app for streaming. Viacom maintained that Time Warner only had permission to air its channels on cable TV. Viacom f[..]
17. May 2012
VIA has unveiled a new and very small computer aimed at use in the in-vehicle control, digital signage, and kiosk markets. The new computer is called the AMOS-3002will and it uses a dual core processor and measures a compact 197 mm x 104 mm x 49 mm. The processor inside[..]
17. May 2012
Apple has managed to score a victory against HTC, with the ITC finding that its Android phones infringed a patent dealing with context menus. It may be short lived, however, as it has been discovered that HTC is shipping a custom version of Android in the United States [..]
17. May 2012
EchoStar might not be a big name in the UK, but they’re hoping to change that with the introduction of a new FreeView+ HD set-top box. The company says it’s the world’s slimmest FreeView coming in at 14mm thick. The HDT-610R packs a lot of tech into that 14mm too,[..]
17. May 2012
Torrent website The Pirate Bay has been the target of just about every authority around the globe that fights copyright infringement and piracy. Recently courts in Europe have ordered that the website be blocked by ISPs and people who use the site are finding it increas[..]
17. May 2012
Facebook has just starting to roll out of the new app for the iPhone that will help people manage pages and keep in touch with followers. The new app is called Pages Manager. The new app apparently is very similar to the standard Facebook app, but all the features are d[..]
17. May 2012
Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have made a very interesting breakthrough that could have serious implications for wireless high-speed data networks. The researchers have developed a new wireless transmission system that works using a frequency that i[..]
17. May 2012
Smartphones may be hauling in lots of sales, but there are still tons of featurephones out there. New data from research firm Gartner suggests that Apple is slowly starting to chip away at the market, with 7.9% of total phone sales across the world. That means that Appl[..]
17. May 2012
Over the last few days, we’ve mentioned that Facebook has added in more shares of stock for its IPO than originally intended. As it turns out those additional shares of stock aren’t coming from Facebook itself, rather they’re coming from early investor[..]
17. May 2012
Sony has added two new cameras to its lineup, the NEX-F3 that we saw leaked not too long ago, and an entry level SLT camera, the Alpha SLT-A37. The NEX-F3 will feature the same interchangeable lens system and APS-C sensor as its cousins, but in a more affordable package[..]
17. May 2012
Ford has now announced that it is taking orders for the C-Max Hybrid utility vehicle. The C-Max Hybrid is the most affordable and fuel-efficient hybrid utility vehicle in America according to Ford with a base price that’s about $500 lower than that of the Toyota P[..]
17. May 2012
There’s always trouble in paradise: xda-developers forum users are having issues with the way HTC has implemented multitasking on the HTC One X. Users are reporting that memory management is too aggressive, with some apps being killed in the background a little faster[..]
17. May 2012
Over the past couple of days, Google Music users discovered that they once they hit the 10 device authorization limit they were restricted from removing devices. Users quickly found out that Google had changed the deauthorization number to four devices a year, bad news [..]
17. May 2012
For most of us, one of the first tools we use for drawing pictures (beyond the crayons and finger paint of our early days) is a pencil. Be it a lead based or colored pencil, these analog artist tools are still a big staple among art[..]
17. May 2012
As if gamers needed another video streaming platform on the Xbox 360, Best Buy’s CinemaNow app has now arrived on the Microsoft console. CinemaNow is a platform that allows users to rent or buy movies and TV shows, just like iTunes, Amazon Video On Demand, and Vud[..]
17. May 2012
Have you ever wished that you could move things with the power of your mind? Yeah, that isn’t just a thing for science fiction writers anymore. An emerging technology company called BrainGate has revealed a robotic arm that can actually be controlled by brain wave[..]
17. May 2012
Although it may be best known for some of its graphically intensive game franchises on more powerful systems like the PS3 and Xbox 360, Capcom certainly has its hands in the Nintendo cookie jar. So there’s no doubt that the publisher will have some titles for Nint[..]
17. May 2012
Unless you happened to own one of the very few phones that supports Google Wallet and happened to have a Citi credit card, chances are you haven’t had the opportunity to pay for an in-store purchase with your phone. But that may soon change, as rival service Isis [..]
17. May 2012
The next version of Call of Duty will run on the same old engine as many of its predecessors. The Call of Duty franchise has been running on the IW3.0 engine since 2007, with the exception of Modern Warfare 2, which used IW4.0. But don’t expect a major under-the-h[..]
17. May 2012
If you’re like me, you remember the day that Netflix’s streaming video service first launched. And at that time, you would shut off the TV and spend hours watching movies and TV shows on your computer. Now, though, there are millions of people who no doubt h[..]
16. May 2012
Both AT&T’s LTE network and Windows Phone 7 as a whole are coming into their own, and it’s about time that they had a budget option. Luckily, the Samsung Focus 2 handily fits into both these categories. With modest but appreciated improvements and a rock[..]
16. May 2012
This week we’re seeing one gigantic slip in stock prices for HTC as Apple’s complaint to the ITC has two of their next hero phones blocked from being shipped to the USA – now we must ask if Samsung’s Galaxy S III will be next. What we’re se[..]
16. May 2012
Happy Wednesday, everyone. As we march on into the latter half of the week, let’s pause for a moment and check out what made news today. Unfortunately, one of the most notable stories was not a very positive one for consumers – Verizon CFO kills unlimited da[..]
16. May 2012
The next upgrade for Apple’s iCloud may well have the company moving into the social networking realm once again with photo sharing in the same vein as ultra-popular photo application Instagram. This report comes from the Wall Street Journal whose sources say that[..]
