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  • Why an Amazon Smartphone Launch Makes Perfect Sense
    Amazon is having a banner week in the rumor department. On Wednesday, the China Times reported that Amazon is spinning up production of a next-gen Kindle Fire for a release date sometime in the next two month. And now the huge online retailer is once again the target of smartphone speculation -- not bad for a company that was best known for book, garment and small appliances deliveries just 12 months ago.
    07.06.12
  • Windows 8 for $39.99 -- Are You In?
    This week, Microsoft announced that most Windows users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $39.99. For anyone that doesn't usually buy upgrades, that is a significant cost break compared to what it usually costs (around $50 to $100). Now, before you jump on that deal, consider the following¿
    07.06.12
  • Easily Charge Devices at Home or On the Go With Idapt
    These days, most of us have several electronic devices that have specialized charging cables. Keeping track of them, and remembering to bring them when we travel, can sometimes be a challenge. One solution to this problem is to use a specialized charger that can charge multiple devices at once.
    07.06.12
  • Where in the World Is Google Building Servers?
    Google turned the hardware world on its head when it decided build its own servers in tandem with various manufacturers in Taiwan and China. Rather than buy gear from big-name server makers such as Dell and HP, it streamlined the process, going straight to Asia -- where all the Dell and HP gear was being built. The move was so successful, others followed, including Amazon and Facebook. In a way, Google shifted an entire market to Asia. But now Google has apparently moved elsewhere.
    07.06.12
  • Imagine Cup Alumni Spotlight: GINA Helps First Responders Worldwide
    The Imagine Cup's tagline is, "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems." It's an ambitious goal, and one that is smartly conceived for a global competition. It focuses competitor's projects into something that has humanitarian implications instead of purely commercial. And everyone's take on what real-world challenges are important are going to be different and in many ways, local. The projects I get the most excited about are the ones that take on the humanitarian angle and succeed. One example of that success is demonstrated by the Czech team, GINA, who competed in the Imagine Cup world-wide finals in Poland in 2010.
    07.06.12
  • Facebook Mimics Google With Underwater Cable to Asia
    On Thursday, Facebook confirmed that it's pitching in on a new 10,000-kilometer undersea fiber optic cable that will link Malaysia, Korea, Japan, and several other Asian countries by October 2014. The story was first reported on Wednesday by Commsday.
    07.05.12
  • Curation: How the Global Brain Evolves
    "Those who can, do. Those who can't, review. Those who can't review, tweet. Those who can't tweet, retweet." The sentiment expressed in this buzzy quote is funny and makes a real point. Unfortunately, it's a bogus one.
    07.05.12
  • British Journal of Photography iPhone App Gets it Right
    Photo mags on the iPhone struggle with the fact that photos and creative page layouts look great when they're big and the phone's screen is relatively small. Viewing a large amount of content through a limited window can be frustrating and disorienting. That's why we like the British Journal of Photography iPhone app that was released today.
    07.05.12
  • 'Made in USA' Nexus Q Teardown Reveals Many Overseas Parts
    Stating that a device is "designed and manufactured in the USA" doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a purely stateside product. Kyle Wiens and his team at iFixit took apart Google's Nexus Q, and found that the company sourced several of the Q's components from China, Japan, and other Asian or European countries.
    07.05.12
  • Appageddon! Apple Botches DRM Update, Crashes Dozens of Apps
    The July 4th holiday has not been kind to Apple users and app developers. Starting late in the day on July 3rd, Apple began pushing out corrupt App Store updates that cause immediate app crashes. In effect, you launch your app, then -- boom! -- it dies.
    07.05.12
  • What if Steve Jobs Had Discovered the Higgs Boson?
    Ever wonder what Steve Jobs would have done if he'd gotten into experimental physics? When CERN scientists announced that they'd probably found the Higgs boson, they got more than their fair share of smack talk from the design community for presenting their discovery in Comic Sans. Even the font's creator, Vincent Connare, wasn't impressed.
    07.05.12
  • Google to Shut Down iGoogle
    Google is doing some spring cleaning in the middle of summer, announcing it will shut down five more services, including iGoogle. Fans of Google's widget-based homepage have a little over year to find a replacement.
    07.05.12
  • Twitter Crackdown Would Make Steve Jobs Proud
    Users and developers may be howling over Twitter's crackdown on third-party apps, but the intent is clear: Twitter wants to gain more Apple-like control over the Twitter user experience.
    07.04.12
  • Fiber Is the Key to U.S. Telecom Diet
    As a country, we've made a historical commitment to ensuring that virtually every American has access to reasonably priced, standard, high-quality communications. Our national phone system was the envy of the world when it was first built. Now we're moving to a time of deep communications inequality.
    07.04.12


 

 

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