Foursquare Launches Its Windows 8 And RT Apps For More Beautiful Local …
Foursquare first pulled back the curtain on its native Windows 8 app back at Microsoft’s BUILD conference last June and proceeded to keep the project under wraps since then. After quietly cranking away on the app for months, the team is finally ready to show off what they’ve been working And…
Forget the Punching Bag, Try the Robot
Battroborgs, an electronic update of the old Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots toy, are a lot of fun, and hardly need the hype that the marketing team for the toy has thrown at it. The advertising, Web site, and the free Battroborg Trainer app show animations that variously make the…
Dell promises more Windows 8 business tablets
Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive said Tuesday. “The reason that our Windows tablets are more secure and easier to manage than…
Newsmy Newman Q20 Netbook Tablet Hybrid
For those of you who were around when Nokia ruled the mobile phone scene, and there was no such thing as a smartphone yet, let alone a color display on your handset, I am quite sure that you would have come across the Nokia Communicator. Sure, it was far from…
Mars Curiosity robot: fetch, rover
Space is only supposed to be interesting when we put men and women in it. They bring human interest to an otherwise dull subject. At least that is the common assumption. The truth is very different, however, as can be observed by comparing interest in the manned International Space Station…
Twitter faces backlash over rape-threat tweets
STORY HIGHLIGHTSCriado-Perez successfully campaigned to have women pictured on UK banknotesA 21-year-old man arrested in Manchester area on suspicion harassment against the campaignerTwitter’s UK General Manager Tony Wang urged users to report instances of abuse on the site (CNN) — A barrage of rape and death threats on Twitter aimed…
Foursquare Opens Self-Service Advertising to Small Businesses
Foursquare is expanding their advertising availability to small businesses worldwide with a new self-service platform. While many advertisers are familiar with advertising platforms such as Google AdWords that allow you to place ads without having to go through a rep, Foursquare is beginning to take that approach with their new…
Foursquare on the Nokia Asha 501
We’ve seen social networking app Foursquare make an appearance on most platforms already, but the app is also now available for the Nokia Asha 501. Discover the world around you, find out what all your friends are up to, tell the world where you are and what you’re doing, and The…
BlackBerry lays off 250 employees in latest round of cuts
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd has laid off about 250 of its employees at its headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, as part of its latest move to trim costs, the smartphone maker said on Thursday. “This is part of the next stage of our turnaround plan to increase efficiencies and scale our…
Baidu Eyes China’s Smartphone Users
BEIJINGChinese search giant Baidu Inc., which reported a rare 4.5% fall in its second-quarter net profit, said Thursday it will continue to invest aggressively as it tries to tap into the country's vast pool of smartphone users. The message comes a … Keep reading… Read also: Baidu Profit Beats Estimates as Smartphones Lure Ad Buyers […]
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