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Zynga, maker of Farmville, goes public with billion-dollar IPO (video)

Posted by David on July 2, 2011 · 0 Comment

Zynga offers $1 Billion IPO due to booming popularity of ‘Farmville’ Zynga has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). It currently has a $20 billion valuation and has plans to offer 10% of its shares. Morgan Stanley is in charge of the offering. Zynga is the popular gaming company behind hits such as Farmville, and the owner of other smash titles such as Words with [...]

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Varnish Cache 3.0 review (video)

Posted by David on June 15, 2011 · 0 Comment

Varnish Software has just outted Varnish Cache 3.0, a business web accelerator that blows everything else away in its category. They’ve also partnered with the leading cloud management provider RightScale to help businesses deploy Varnish Cache quickly in the cloud. We’ve seen Internet traffic over the years move at an astounding rate, and research suggests that it will increase [...]

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Twitter will have photo-sharing service

Posted by David on May 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Twitter recently purchased TweetDeck, a desktop management application designed to sort and manage twitter posts, and now the tweeting giant is breaking more news. This week, the company will announce a new photo-sharing service during the D9 technology conference in California. Typically, “twitterers” use photo-sharing sites like Yfrog and TwitPick to share images on Twitter, so for [...]

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Firefox 4 make it to Android and Maemo (video)

Posted by David on March 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

Mozilla recently released the latest version of Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo smartphones. Firefox 4 now includes support for Firefox Sync, which allows you to sync open tabs, history, bookmarks, passwords, and other data, between your computer and your smartphone. It also lets you perform tabbed browsing, add-on installation, and features a new, streamlined look. Mozilla says it will also automatically [...]

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Amazon Android Appstore breathes (video)

Posted by David on March 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Yesterday, Amazon launched its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, the Amazon Appstore. As a direct rival to Google’s own Android Market, the Amazon Appstore features a wide range of Android games and applications. Amazon is also touting the exclusive availability of Rovio’s new app, Angry Birds Rio. Free for a limited time, Angry Birds Rio is Rovio’s latest game for the Android [...]

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Apple iOS 4.3 released for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV, Finally!

Posted by David on March 10, 2011 · 0 Comment

While many have been painfully waiting for iOS 4.3. to be released, the update came a bit later than expected due to an issue fixed by last night’s iTunes update. The company just released iOS 4.3 for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV. A few changes here, most notably, the addition of Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature, which is now available on GSM versions of the iPhone 4 in [...]

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iTunes 10.2.1 update HERE! (video)

Posted by David on March 9, 2011 · 0 Comment

Yesterday Apple released an updated version of its iTunes software. iTunes 10.2.1 includes the same change log as the previous version of the software, which could indicate that this build addresses a bug discovered in iTunes 10.2. The need to issue this bug fix so soon after iTunes 10.2 was released could also be the reason iOS 4.3 was not released today.

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Sonos Controller for Android (video)

Posted by David on February 10, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sonos is coming out with an Android client for their media players, a solution that topped the “most requested item” from Sonos consumers. The client has been in development for a while, and one of the reasons for the long lead time was to make sure they could support as many Android devices as possible. There are some cool features with the Android version of the Sonos Controller like [...]

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Skype 3.0 for iOS brings video calling over 3G & Wi-Fi

Posted by David on December 31, 2010 · 0 Comment

Skype 3.0 for iOS brings video calling over 3G & Wi-Fi —Skype announced a new version of its iOS client, Skype 3.0. The new code brings several, small improvements and, most notably, adds the ability to make and receive video-calls from your supported iOS device over both 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Skype 3.0 adds the ability to make and receive video-calls from your supported iOS device over [...]

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Tron SkateCycle by Brooklyn Workshop

Posted by David on December 16, 2010 · 0 Comment

Tron SkateCycle by Brooklyn Workshop –The new Tron Skatecycle, by Brooklyn Workshop, is the companies latest iteration of their flagship product, the SkateCycle. With a new look, and a nice endorsement for the new Tron Movie, you can watch the video as it cruises the streets of New York. Part Skateboard and part bike, the latest iteration sports Tron-like features Part skateboard and part [...]

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Kitara Touchscreen Guitar

Posted by David on December 16, 2010 · 0 Comment

Kitara Touchscreen Guitar —The Misa touchscreen guitar, now dubbed the Kitara, is available for pre-order in its basic version for $849, or the special edition for $2,899. Features include a multifunction touchscreen, MIDI controls and an on-board polyphonic synthesizer with effects. Formally called the Misa, the new Kitara Touchscreen Guitar will run $849 for its basic version Here’s [...]

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Google Nexus S now available from Best Buy

Posted by David on December 16, 2010 · 0 Comment

Google Nexus S now available from Best Buy –The latest and greatest Android smartphone, the Google Nexus S, is here and available at Best Buy. The Nexus S is the first Android-powered device to ship with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), which means it’s also the first Android phone with NFC onboard. The first Android-powered device to ship with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), which means it’s also [...]

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Oxygen O Series iPhone Dock Car Receiver

Posted by David on December 15, 2010 · 0 Comment

Oxygen O Series iPhone Dock Car Receiver –Oxygen Audio offers a car iPhone device that will be shown off at CES 2011 called the O Series. Instead of a built-in faceplate there is a slot/dock where you insert your iPhone and it becomes the sole form of control for the car’s stereo. iphone installs in the car via a dock and controls all of your cars multi-media You can receive handsfree calls, [...]

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Tizi TV Mobile Hotspot for iPad and iPhone

Posted by David on December 15, 2010 · 0 Comment

Tizi TV Mobile Hotspot for iPad and iPhone –Equinux is offering a device that streams terrestrial TV (DVB-T/DTT) to your iPad (or iPhone) called Tizi. A small, pocket sized black box with an antenna grabs and decodes the TV signal, and then sends the information over your WiFi network to the iPad running the accompanying iPad/iPhone app. Tizi has a 3.5 hour battery life and weighs just [...]

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HKS Handheld Racing Controller

Posted by David on December 14, 2010 · 0 Comment

HKS Handheld Racing Controller – The Interworks HKS Handheld Racing Controller is great if you’re without a racing wheel accessory. Works with its on-board analog pressure acceleration & brake pedals The Interworks HKS Racing Controller comes with analog pressure acceleration and brake pedals. In other words, precise control in a small package. That’s comfort, and performance in [...]

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RIM has Amazon MP3 app for BlackBerry

Posted by David on December 14, 2010 · 0 Comment

RIM has Amazon MP3 app for BlackBerry – RIM and Amazon.com launched Amazon MP3 for BlackBerry smartphones, giving BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. access to Amazon’s catalog of over 14 million songs. Download Amazon music via Wi-Fi or over the air Amazon MP3 for BlackBerry smartphones allows users to browse, preview, download, store, and tell friends about their favorite music all [...]

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Finding the Right Anti-virus Program

Posted by David on December 14, 2010 · 0 Comment

Finding the Right Anti-virus Program --Viruses, adware, malware and other assorted nasties are crawling the web just waiting to pounce on unsuspecting computer users. At best, your system could be inundated with pop-ups generated by stealthily-installed adware. Research is key, and many good Anti-virus programs are as good as the paid ones At the worst, your personal data could be compromised or [...]

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Motorola Verizon 10-inch tablet

Posted by David on December 13, 2010 · 0 Comment

Motorola Verizon 10-inch tablet –Andy Rubin, Google’s VP of Engineering, showed off a new Motorola tablet last week, and now new info is coming to light about this Motorola/Verizon tablet marriage. The Motorola-Verizon tablet will have Android 3.0, and support up to 32GB of memory Apparently it will have Android 3.0, a micro-USB port, mini-HDMI port, 3.5mm headphone jack, and dock contact points. [...]

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HTC EVO Shift 4G launching January 9th

Posted by David on December 13, 2010 · 0 Comment

HTC EVO Shift 4G launching January 9th -The HTC EVO Shift 4G / HTC Knight / HTC Speedy, depending on your rumored name preference, is actually Sprint’s HTC Desire Z iteration, and there’s a new clear image of the phone circulating the web. Sprint's new flagship EVO Shift 4G by HTC might be in stores January 9th The first thing you’ll notice is its four-line QWERTY keypad. The image [...]

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