Youth robotics programs get a boost
The Robotics Institute of Maine will be launched this Thursday amid great fanfare, with a dozen disc-tossing robots on the lawn of Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland, along with expected appearances by Gov. Paul LePage, Segway inventor Dean Kamen and new RIM director Jamee Luce. RIM will formalize the two…
BlackBerry’s Secure Work Space for Android and iOS now available
BlackBerry continues to expand its support for Android and iOS with Secure Work Space, which separates work and personal apps and data, as the company tries to hold on to enterprise users by becoming more platform neutral. Remaining relevant in a world where more than nine out of 10 smartphones BlackBerry…
BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc’s Android platform and Apple Inc’s iOS operating system. The long-anticipated offering, which BlackBerry had said would come out around mid-year, could help the company sell high-margin…
LeBron defends Danny Green on Twitter
By Nick Schwartz June 23, 2013 at 3:40pm EDT Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images During the wild night of partying that followed the Miami Heat’s victory in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Danny Green of the San Antonio Spurs was spotted at the same nightclub as many of the Heat players, and Green’s…
Why Facebook Would Want Its Own News Reader
Just as Google is set to put its RSS reader to rest next week, reports of Facebook working on its own news reader are surfacing. According to The Wall Street Journal, the social networking giant is building a mobile app not-so-uniquely dubbed “Reader” for browsing news stories on smartphones and…
Germans Developing Robot Ape
Here’s why I think building a robot ape is a clever idea: like a real ape, it’s sort of a cross between a humanoid and a quadruped, in that it spends most of the time moving around on four limbs. But, it can still stand up on its hind legs…
Netbooks vs tablets: which is best?
Netbooks are low-powered laptops with low prices, small screens and small keyboards. They can appear to be a bargain if you’re after a more portable replacement for your old laptop or PC but, for many people, a tablet is a better purchase these days. Netbook or tablet: which to buy?…
TiVo Settles Patent Suits with Cisco, Google and Time Warner Cable
Google and Cisco Systems will pay TiVo an upfront sum of $490 million to settle the DVR company’s patent litigation much less than Wall Street anticipated and TiVo also announced that it has resolved its lawsuit against Time Warner Cable. The payments from Google and Cisco bring the total from awards…
TiVo prepping next-generation DVRs with new remote control, up to six tuners
While TiVo’s Premiere DVR hardware line is moving past its prime, signs indicate new, higher-performance models are headed to store shelves this fall. TiVo first alluded to “several” new devices earlier this year when petitioning the FCC to waive an archaic analog tuner requirement. Beyond supporting digital cable via CableCARD,…
Windows 8/Android hybrids: it’s all about the apps
The advent of hybrid devices running both Windows 8 and Android is a painful reminder of what OEMs think of both Windows RT and Windows 8 as tablet OSs. Two of the major PC vendors (Samsung and Asus) have now released hybrid devices that run Android in tablet mode and Windows 8 The…
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