A new official site from Apple confirms many of the features we talked about in our previous coverage of iOS 4.2 for iPad. Namely: Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay, and AirPrint. iOS 4 is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. And soon iPad owners will get to enjoy its 100+ new features [...]
Today, Andrew Keen interviewed Bruce Mehlman’s co-chair at the Internet Innovation Alliance, David Sutphen. Sutphen is a “one-time General Council to Senator Ted Kennedy and a prominent Democratic activist both in technology policy and civil rights.” Keen says of Sutphen: It is no coincidence that Sutphen’s interests span both technology and civil rights. For him, [...]
With Google Instant, search results show up instantly as you type your query. This lets you fine-tune your search on-the-fly to find exactly what you need. Of course, you’re limited to narrowing things down based on a page title and a brief description. How many times have you found a page with the exact phrases [...]
According to a survey conducted by BlackFriday.com, Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 will be the hottest items for this year’s Black Friday event. 91 percent of survey respondents believe Black Friday 2010 will be at least as big as 2009, and nearly 60 percent believe it will be bigger. While the iPad [...]
While iOS 4.2 for iPad has not been officially released yet, there are leaked versions out there which show a bunch of major updates for Apple’s popular tablet device. Most notable are multitasking, Airplay, wireless printing, a unified inbox, and folders. Multitasking: Similar to the iPhone and iPod Touch, you now have “multitasking” support on [...]
Rockmelt is a new browser that aims to add that social twist many users have been looking for. It’s a tough niche to fill, but Rockmelt thinks they have the right formula to make it work this time. According to Andreessen, general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, it’s just about the best thing since sliced bread: [...]
Kik is a messaging application and service for Android, Blackberry, and iOS devices that allows for free texting across all three platforms. The service re-launched about two weeks ago and quickly jumped from 0 to 1,000,000 users: What an incredible couple of weeks. We re-launched Kik Messenger 15 days ago with 0 users, and at [...]
The next generation of wireless networks is collectively known as 4G. At the forefront of this movement to faster mobile speeds is Sprint, which launched the first 4G device: The EVO4G. The curious thing is that Sprint does not own their 4G network, they are simply renting it from a little company called Clearwire. Sprint [...]
Sharp Launching 3D Android Handsets in Japan 3D is all the rage in the entertainment industry. It follows that the mobile devices we have started carrying around all the time would head in the same direction. Sharp will be launching two 3D handsets in Japan based on the Android operating system. The biggest drawback, of [...]
The original Web show “Keeping it Rich with Sakina” will soon première on BET.com. It’s described as a loosely based “financial reality” talk show and features award-winning personal finance journalist and entrepreneur Sakina Spruell Cole. Cole will “talk candidly with her personal financial advisors, colleagues and friends offering advice, information and tips on living the [...]
Previously known as “Project Natal,” Microsoft unveiled connect at their pre-E3 event this past June. Kinect is now available to the public in the US. Kinect is a motion controller for the XBox 360 that allows you to play games with your body. It works something like the Wii, but uses cameras to track your [...]
Skyfire was to be the solution to a major setback (as some see it) with Apple’s iPhone. It is the first iPhone browser that supports videos designed for Flash Player. Note the careful wording here. Skyfire does not actually support Adobe Flash, but does some slick back-end work that allows the iPhone to play embedded [...]
The initial launch of Facebook Places seemed pretty tame. They added a location check-in feature that was similar to the way the existing photo-tagging features work. Some users got into it, but it hasn’t seem to have made much of a splash. As part of this launch, we saw Foursquare, Gowalla, MyTown, and Yelp stand [...]
Today’s Facebook Mobile event turned out to be more interesting than I thought. This is probably because there was a focus on location and somewhat on Android. While Zuckerberg is still denying rumors of a Facebook phone, we are seeing Facebook take major steps to become dominant in the mobile world. Single Sign On Arguably [...]
In a rare move by Google, every Gmail user received an email to notify them of the settlement regarding Google Buzz. Shortly after its launch in February, drama ensued as many users complained of a breach of privacy. A few Buzz users decided to bring a class action lawsuit against Google and apparently won….kinda. Google [...]
