Posts Tagged ‘Computing’

Elastic Book Store, Amazon’s New Service After Mixed Financials

On Monday, April 29th, 2013
Amazon Amazon released mixed Q1 13 financial results, Thursday, April 25th. Along with an increase in product and service offerings. And while foreign exchange rates took a 6 percent chunk from their operating income, or $12 million, net sales increased 22 percent, or $16.07 billion, compared to Q1 12’s figure of $13.12 billion. Amazon has increased ...

Intel Still Struggling in Tech Market

On Thursday, April 18th, 2013
29763_07_intel_continue_to_feel_pain_quarterly_profits_drop_25_for_q1_full   If you take a look around most offices, college classrooms, and coffee shops chances are you will see an array of glowing apples on the back of Mac Book Pros, the subtle glow of iPhone screens, and people scrolling down the New York Times app on their iPads. Are we headed towards a world ...

Dish Network Fighting Softbank Over Sprint

On Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Sprint Dish network Dish Network has announced that it wants to buy Sprint Nextel for about $25.5 billion giving shareholders $17.3 billion in cash and $8.2 billion in stock… this would amount to about $7 per share. The $7 dollars per share would amount to $4.76 in cash and 0.05953 DISH shares for each Sprint share held. Dish Network ...

IDC Survey Reveals Social Media and Facebook Addiction

On Friday, March 29th, 2013
Facebook social media A couple of days ago the IDC (International Data Corporation) released a Facebook addiction sponsored survey that examined the activities of smartphone users in an attempt to demonstrate just how important social media has become in peoples every day lives. The online survey was administered for one week earlier this month amongst 7,446 people that ...

Social Media Wars: Google+ and Facebook Updates!

On Thursday, March 28th, 2013
co-mag_google_plus_facebook   Google+ and Facebook have both announced updates to their social media sites this week. Google+ is now allowing users to use GIFs (fancy acronym for those cool moving images you see everywhere) as profile pictures and even has a link on the Google+ webpage showing users how to make a GIF.  Matt Steiner who ...

Samsung Galaxy S4 Eye Scroll Tracking Rumor (PHOTOS)

On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 Eye Scroll tracking The latest mobile rumor: Samsung Galaxy S4 Eye Scroll Tracking feature might be real. An inside anonymous source from Samsung told The New York Times this new sci-fi feature will help the Galaxy S4 owners to read an article without touching the screen by detecting the movement of their eyes and scrolling up and down. ...

YouTube Will Launch Music Subscription Service

On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
youtube music Google’s YouTube is planning a new service for music subscription. This new service will not be connected with the Google Play subscription service. The rumor comes from Fortune, but Google did not confirm the news, although the company did release the following message: Google said it doesn’t comment rumors, but it is looking into the benefits ...

BlackBerry Z10 Specs, Price and Release Date

On Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
BlackBerry Z10 specs BlackBerry is back. The new Z10 smartphone is bringing BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM) among the big mobile companies. Z10 is a plastic and metal -made smartphone, measuring 5.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 inches and weighing 137.5g  or 4.85 oz. It is powered by a 1,800mAh battery, able to connect through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, 2G, ...

Google Project Glass Video Revealed: What You Can Do With It

On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Google Project Glass The new released Google Project Glass video is showing us what it will be like to use and wear their new and amazing gadget. These internet connected eyeglasses offer features similar to a powerful smartphone like taking pictures, answering and making calls, replying to emails, checking the weather, performing online searches or receiving specific GPS directions. ...

Polytron Transparent Smartphone Might Be the Next Big Thing

On Sunday, February 17th, 2013
polytron transparent smartphone It’s time for a new generation of phones and the Polytron Transparent Smartphone might be what we have expected. The most important facts regarding this transparent smartphone are that it is very light and slim due to the lack of metal and other heavy materials. Polytron Technologies is a Taiwanese electronic and optical vision glass company. Polytron’s Polyvision Privacy Glass unveiled ...

Apple MacBook Pro Retina Price Cuts and Upgrades

On Thursday, February 14th, 2013
MacBook Pro Retina Apple just announced that its MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display is updated with a new processor and a price cut. The 15-inch version will also have a few upgrades, but its price will remain the same. The Retina MacBook Pro 13-inch has a new 2.6 gigahertz processor and now starts at $1,499 ($200 less) for ...

Vertu Phone Running Android is Selling for $10,000

On Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
vertu ti The latest luxury Vertu phone, called Vertu Ti, is handmade in England and you can buy it for $10,569 or €7,900, although you won’t get high performances, but after all it’s not about that: it features a sapphire crystal display, titanium case, and 184 high quality parts. The smartphone runs on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream ...

Apple Smart Watch Might Use a Curved Glass

On Monday, February 11th, 2013
Apple Smart Watch After a Chinese-language news site first mentioned that Apple is secretly building a smart watch, now two different sources report new information about Apple’s latest gadget. In its headquarters in Cupertino, California, the company is apparently experimenting with wrist-like watches made of curved glass, which some believe it could look like the current iPod Nano ...

Robots Could Be The Teachers of the Future

On Saturday, February 9th, 2013
robots The learning experience is becoming more interactive and fun day by day, with the new technologies, iPads, touch screens and now, robots, which eventually will become the teachers of the future. A startup called RobotsLab has released a  product named RobotsLab Box, which can be used in classrooms. The box contains four robots and a ...

Microsoft Surface Pro Specs: All You Need To Know

On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
microsoft surface pro specs The Microsoft Surface Pro, which goes on sales on February 9th, is a half tablet, half computer device. It runs Windows 8, which makes it compatible with all the available  Windows applications. This Pro version of the Microsoft Surface has a ClearType HD, 10.6-inch screen, but it is heavy (2 pounds). Although it depends how you ...