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Verizon gets rid of $2 online billing fee
Posted by on December 31, 2011 · 0 Comment
Verizon Wireless cancelled plans to charge a $2 convenience fee to customers making one-time bill payments online or over the phone. Announced earlier this week that the new fee would allow it to continue providing subscribers with the option to make one-time payments using its web-based and telephone payment systems. Customers were furious with this charge, so Verizon nixed plans to introduce [...]
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Logitech Mini Boom Box for Smartphones
Posted by on December 30, 2011 · 0 Comment
Logitech just announced the Mini Boom Box, an audio device for owners of tablets, smartphones and anything else that can play audio files and can communicate via Bluetooth. The Logitech Mini Boombox is not just any audio output device. Though the main principle of audio generation is the same, the role of it is quite specialized compared to the general crowd of headphones, headsets and [...]
ASUS Transformer Prime Tablet Quad-Core Launching December 12th
Posted by on December 1, 2011 · 0 Comment
ASUS’s Eee Pad Transformer tablet successor is launching December 12th. The Transformer Prime became available for pre-order last week, and industry reviews of the new gadget have been pretty stellar. This could be one of the most eagerly anticipated Android tablet launches to date. The convertible Asus Transformer Tablet features a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor, Android 3.2 [...]
SUBSONIC Gaming Accessory- Racin’ Pro
Posted by on November 29, 2011 · 0 Comment
Europe’s SUBSONIC has a cool new gaming accessory out called Racin’ Pro. The Racin’Pro is compatible with PS3™ and PC games and platforms, and features a padded, upholstered seat, steering wheel and pedals adjustable for height, depth and inclination. Other product highlights include DualShock®3 compatibility with two vibration feedback motors for realistic circuit shocks [...]
It’s like Kinect for the iPad- “Fuego’s River Adventure”
Posted by on November 29, 2011 · 0 Comment
Would it surprise you that iPad game developers are starting to emulate Microsoft’s Kinect module with new games that use body motion as the controls. Introducing the world’s first iOS game played using your body’s own motion, without any added hardware. It’s called “Fuego’s River Adventure” and it’s the story of Fuego, who crashes in the jungle [...]
Sneak Peek of Microsoft Kinect 2 Reveals Ability to Read Emotions and Lips (video)
Posted by on November 29, 2011 · 0 Comment
If you own an Kinect module for your Xbox 360, you’ve probably found it useful to control a movie or play a game using voice and gestures. I still marvel at this technology, and have considered the Kinect device a gadget that will springboard many new technologies like it in 2012 and beyond. There are now reports that the next-generation Kinect 2 will be able to detect emotions and [...]
Lenovo Announces IdeaCentre Q180, World’s Smallest Fully-Functional Desktop PC (video)
Posted by on November 28, 2011 · 0 Comment
Lenovo, the world’s #2 PC manufacturer recently announced the IdeaCentre Q180 – the world’s smallest desktop PC, with multimedia features that can turn your TV into an entertainment hub for videos, games, web browsing and more. Slim and compact, the Q180 comes complete with a range of multimedia features including full HD graphics, 7.1 surround sound, plus an optional Blu-ray Disk™ [...]
Connect to Your New TV This Xmas with Skifta (video)
Posted by on November 27, 2011 · 0 Comment
The beta version of Skifta appeared back in February. It was a cool app for beaming media on your smartphone to any DLNA capable device, especially internet-connected TVs. Now the full version is available, and it’s added a sweet new feature, which allows you to stream media from your other gear to your Android device, over 3G. The makers of Skifta, Qualcomm Atheros, also announced [...]
gogo In-Flight Internet “FlyBuy Wednesday”
Posted by on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment
A high-flying, 30,000 feet twist on the usual Black Friday/Cyber Monday news is just in. Gogo, the leading provider of in-flight WiFi connectivity in the US, will launch the holiday shopping season into the stratosphere with the grand opening of its first in air, online holiday shopping store on November 23, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving — they’re calling it “FlyBuy Wednesday” [...]
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Skype Adds Facebook Video Calling (video)
Posted by on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment
Skype’s new update launched on Tuesday, and it brings a cool new feature to both the Windows and Mac environments. Now, Skype lets you message as well as make video calls with people logged into Facebook. When you download the new version of Skype, you are presented with the option to connect to Facebook. Once connected, you can then see which of your friends are available to chat [...]
Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is now available in WiFi-only version (video)
Posted by on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment
Samsung has just introduced a new Chromebook. Specifically, it’s a WiFi only version and is part of the Series 5 Chromebook line. The Chromebook has a 12.1-inch screen that can display 1280×800 pixels. It runs an Intel Atom Dual-Core processor, has WiFi, but 3G is not available on this model. Additionally, a webcam is built in along with a mini-VGA port. It also has a slightly [...]
Android Ice Cream Sandwich detailed out
Posted by on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment
Google’s Android website, the official site of everything Android, has just posted a thorough whitepaper on the upcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Actually the new OS just debuted on Monday with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch. While Gingerbread was designed for smartphones and Honeycomb for tablets, the new operating system has been designed [...]
Amazon Kindle Phone Coming Next Year
Posted by on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment
It’s very likely that online retail giant Amazon might be following up their best-selling Kindle Fire tablet with a smartphone by next year. This week the Amazon Kindle Fire was launched in the US. The Fire is Amazons first tablet, sporting Android 2.3 operating system. It is expected that Amazon will launch the Amazon Kindle Phone sometime in 2012. “Based on our supply [...]
House of Marley Freedom Collection Zion Earphones
Posted by on November 21, 2011 · 0 Comment
Bob Marley Family develop Premium headphone and earphone line for the masses Billions of people can’t be wrong about Bob Marley. The reggae icon challenged main stream music and harvested devoted fans all over the world with his music. Now, the Marley family continues to deliver music in the form of hardware….more specifically a media accessory line called “House of Marley”, [...]
Nokia Lumia 900
Posted by on November 18, 2011 · 0 Comment
The Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia’s upcoming flagship Windows Phone, has been spotted in a promo video for developers. The video was posted to Nokia’s public YouTube channel before being marked private. It doesn’t tell us much, although it does have a caption that reads, “When you bring together Nokia’s stunning new hardware and a dynamic Microsoft OS you get amazing every day.” Nokia’s [...]
PCs Here to Stay as Tablet Sales Drop
Posted by on November 17, 2011 · 0 Comment
The tablet market, which was cited as the fastest growing sector in technology by every tech publication imaginable a couple of months ago, might be seeing an abrupt shift in this designation. While industry experts saw every manufacturing giant scrambling to come out with their own best-selling slate this year, the emerging consensus today cites a trend that might be leaning back towards [...]
Nielsen says U.S. Kids Looking Forward to “iHoliday” 2011
Posted by on November 17, 2011 · 0 Comment
Kids are hoping to get a lot more than board games and coloring books this holiday season A new Nielsen survey looked at which consumer electronics are the most desired by kids and found that Apple appears to be the consumer electronics brand to beat. Kids ages 6-12 covet the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, while teens showed heightened appeal for the iPad, computers and e-readers. Many [...]
HP Announces Folio 13 Ultrabook
Posted by on November 16, 2011 · 0 Comment
HP has announced the Folio 13 Ultrabook. It measures 0.7 inches thick and weighs 3.3 points which makes it a little heavier than the MacBook Air. One of the deal-breakers of the Folio 13 is that it has a battery that has enough juice to power the ultrabook for up to 9 hours. The Folio 13 has a metal outer shell, a backlit keyboard and a single-surface Imagepad for the trackpad. Technical [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note coming to market (video)
Posted by on November 14, 2011 · 0 Comment
The Samsung Galaxy Note, the latest device from Samsung that crosses a tablet with a smartphone, is coming to the UK this month. What does this mean for us folks stateside that have been waiting for this thing? It means that a U.S. release is probably not far behind. Although the device is listed on the O2 website, the UK carrier that will be selling the device, the link for more [...]
Acer Launching A510 and A511 Tegra 3 Android Tablets (video)
Posted by on November 14, 2011 · 0 Comment
Computer giant Acer is planning to launch a couple of new Tegra 3 tablets in 2012. Two models have been identified, the A510 and A511. Spec-wise, Acer is equipping these with the latest quad-core Tegra 3 processor inside, and they will most likely include Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Both tablets will sport a 1280 x 800 resolution screen, although the sizes aren’t known [...]
Blackberry London Phone with BBX (video)
Posted by on November 14, 2011 · 0 Comment
The Verge publication is reporting taht one of RIM’s first BBX BlackBerry devices could be the BlackBerry “London”. The London is said to be equipped with a dual-core TI OMAP processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 16GB of storage, an 8-megapixel camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat and 1GB of RAM. The London, which could make its debut next year, is about [...]
Motorola DROID RAZR goes on sale today (video)
Posted by on November 11, 2011 · 0 Comment
Verizon Wireless’ flagship smartphone, the DROID RAZR, is hitting shelves today at 11:11 a.m. The 7.1-millimeter thin smartphone features a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED Advanced display, a dual-core 1.2GHz TI processor, 16GB of internal storage plus an expansion slot, an 8-megapixel primary camera capable of recording 1080p HD video, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera that supports [...]
Polaroid makes a comeback with the Z340 Instant Digital Camera
Posted by on November 10, 2011 · 0 Comment
Remember the Polaroid? Of course you do….the only device ever made that could instantly gratify us with a ready-made photographic print. I bet you were assuming that the likes of Polaroid cameras would never see the light of day again, considering our digital era. Wrong! Emerging from a protracted dormancy, the company that Edwin Land created, introduces its first new instant [...]
HTC Edge will usher in the “Super Smartphone”
Posted by on November 9, 2011 · 0 Comment
Dual-core smartphone processors haven’t had their sufficient honeymoon considering Quad-core smartphone processors are already the latest chatter. Leaked pictures of the HTC Edge, which will be the first smartphone to run on NVidia’s yet-to-be announced Tegra 3 processor, have already surfaced. The new Tegra 3 sports four 1.5GHz cores, allowing the processor to simultaneously run [...]
JBL OnBeat Air- Apple Airplay and Great Sound in One Package (video)
Posted by on November 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
A brand new gadget with incredible sound is now available for all your wireless needs, whether it’s for your laptop, iPhone or iPad! The JBL OnBeat Air ($249.95; available now) uses Apple’s Airplay wireless technology, so no matter where you are in your home, you can stream music from an iTunes collection or Internet radio station. This versatile music player features digital sound [...]
5 Keys for Moving Enterprise Security to the Cloud
Posted by on November 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Intelligence In Software: IT Software Strategy By Tim Kridel for Intelligence In Software The worst economy in 70 years hasn’t deflated the cloud: In 2009, cloud services were already a $16 billion market, says research firm IDC. By 2014, global cloud revenues will hit $55.5 billion, growing five times faster than other IT products. It’s not hard to see why enterprises large and small are [...]
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Soundfreaq Sound Stack with Bluetooth
Posted by on November 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
SoundFreaq just announced the successor to their SFQ-1 iPhone dock. It’s called the Sound Stack, a speaker that accepts wireless audio streams from any Bluetooth-compatible device. It also has the company’s DubSub technology on board for superior bass. “After two years in development, we’re extremely proud of the acoustic bar that Sound Stack sets. It delivers power with [...]
Panasonic Lumix GX1 Pocket DSLR (Video)
Posted by on November 8, 2011 · 0 Comment
Panasonic just outted their latest Lumix GX1, a 16 MP MOS live sensor DSLR with up to 14 interchangeable lenses. But this is just the starting point with the Lumix GX1. Panasonic’s latest and greatest pocket DLSR camera looks and feels like the previous iterations, the GF1, GF2 and GF3, but the GX1 is better for all around photography that demands customizability, and the ease of use [...]
Barnes and Noble unveils Nook Tablet
Posted by on November 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
Bookseller Barnes & Noble unveiled their latest iteration of the Nook family, the Nook Tablet, during an NYC press event this week. var amzn_wdgt= { columns:"1", rows:"1", title:"Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet", width:"250", ASIN:"1400532655", showImage:"True", showPrice:"True", showRating:"True", design:"2", colorTheme:"Orange", headerTextColor:"#FFFFFF", shuffleProducts:"True", marketPlace:"US", [...]
InteliWISE shows businesses how to turn Facebook ‘likes’ into dollars
Posted by on November 7, 2011 · 0 Comment
InteliWise’s Social Marketing Agent turns a company’s social media program into a revenue building beast You probably have never heard of the company InteliWISE. However, you may want to pay attention if you operate a business online and are interested in tapping into the mighty behemoth called Facebook and other well-known social media giants. InteliWISE is a company that provides [...]
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