In the early phases of iPhone 4 development, a senior engineer voiced concern over the antennae’s design. They warned that the design could lead to signal problems and dropped calls. Those very same problems that are currently causing such a buzz in the tech and mainstream worlds now.
Last year, Ruben Caballero, a senior engineer and [...]
Apple is ready to release a new MacBook Air, an updated iPod Touch, and will possibly be bringing FaceTime to the iPod Touch and iPad. Both of these should be available later this year. According to Mingchi Kuo, senior analyst at Digitimes Research: Citing discussions with upstream component makers, noted that the 11.6-inch MacBook Air will [...]
It seems that the king of search has its competitors nipping at its heels. While Google is still the top of the totem pole when it comes to search, Yahoo and Bing are gaining some ground. There are some major concerns with the numbers, though. Google has taken a stance of not actually creating content [...]
Microsoft continues to innovate on multiple fronts to stay on the bleeding edge of productivity and social media. This is primarily through their push into the cloud using Windows Live and their Outlook Social Connector plugin, which connects your regular email with your social networking services. Social Connector initially only supported LinkedIn, but is now [...]
It has long been confirmed that the iPhone has a little reception problem. Not the problem with AT&T dropping the ball, but the issue with its antennae design. The antennae wraps around the outer edge of the phone in such a way that you can easily short out the system just by holding the phone [...]
Many already refer to the iPad as a huge iPhone that can’t make calls, but New York-based voice over IP phone system provider M5 Networks has a way to change that using an application. M5 is in the business of offering small to mid-size companies software that allows them to route calls through the cloud. [...]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised 14,000 partners at the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 12th that Windows 7 slates would be available later this year.
Microsoft and its existing PC partners, including Asus, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony, will all be fielding Windows 7 slates in the coming months, Ballmer said. These slates will be available [...]
Video calling has been a hot topic since the release of the latest Android phones and the iPhone 4. This is mostly because of FaceTime, Apple’s solution for robust video calling. FaceTime only allows calls from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 and both phones need access to a WiFi network. You cannot use FaceTime on [...]
Just as Apple’s iAds went into effect, we heard early reports of developers making ridiculous amounts of revenue from them. One particular developer posted his numbers to the social site Hacker News, showing that they had made about $1,400 in a single day. Obviously, those types of returns had other chomping at the bit to [...]
YouTube has enjoyed great success based on content from it’s users. Sure, the technology that lets us watch all these videos is a factor, but the content is what keeps us coming back. There is a relatively small group of content creators on YouTube that produce some seriously high-quality stuff. They have audiences that rival [...]
Gmail FINALLY Adds Custom Email Signatures Who knows why it took them so long, but you can finally add a rich customized signature to your outgoing mail. No browser plugins, no hacks, no weird cut/paste magic. Just go into your Settings and, in the place that used to have that boring old plain text box, you [...]
According to NewTeeVee, Apple is looking to compete in the instant streaming game against Hulu Plus and Netflix. They are pushing a streaming rental service that would let you watch TV shows instantly for just 99 cents. This is along with the upcoming release of their new Apple TV set-top box.
According to sources, Apple is [...]
In an extensive project they have dubbed “Perfect Citizen,” the federal government wants to set up a system to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies. This is to protect critical infrastructure like the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants.
This sounds like a good idea, especially if you saw that movie Live Free or [...]
YouTube announced a major update to it’s m.youtube.com mobile site yesterday. It’s going all HTML5 and the quality of the user interface and the videos themselves puts the native YouTube application to shame. A points from the YouTube blog: It’s really fast.
The user interface incorporates larger, more touch-friendly elements, making it easier to access videos on [...]
We still don’t know what King James will do, but it’s coming down to the wire and reports say Lebron may make his announcement by the end of the day. For the last 7 days, Lebron’s free agent status has had the media and social media buzzing. Early in the week, we promised you as [...]
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