YC-Backed Posmetrics Launches iPad-Based Customer Feedback Solution For …
Y Combinator-backed Posmetrics, a new tool to help brick-and-mortar businesses collect customer feedback via the iPad, is today making its public debut. The company has designed its online surveys to run on the tablet form factor, and be simple and fast enough that a customer could complete a survey while…
BlackBerry Inventor Starts Fund to Make Star Trek Device Reality
Mike Lazaridis, inventor of the BlackBerry smartphone, is starting a C$100 million ($97 million) quantum technology fund that’s aiming to turn devices like the medical tricorder from “Star Trek” into reality. The fund, called Quantum Valley Investments, is being financed exclusively by Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, an old friend and co-founder…
To Improve Conversations, Facebook Will Launch A Reply Feature And Most …
Facebook is preparing to roll out a new feature on Pages and popular Profiles that will help increase interactions with fans and readers: Replies. Up to now, visitors could comment on a post but others, including the Page owners themselves, would not be able to respond directly to them in…
On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The ‘Free Speech Party’?
Egyptians use their mobile phones to record celebrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the popular revolt that drove Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. Twitter was often used to record happenings during the Arab Spring. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Egyptians use their mobile phones to record celebrations in…
A $99 Kindle Fire would annihilate the Android tablet competition
Rumors are abound that Amazon is working on bringing to market a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet with a price tag of only $99. This would be the beginning of the end for the competition.(Source: Amazon) Currently the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD costs $199, so the price drop would be Amazon…
Review: Moshi’s Origo for iPad is protective, but too bulky
Moshi’s $30 Origo is a silicone soft-shell case for the iPad that features a honeycomb design on the inside designed for maximum shock absorption with minimal weight. The Origo fits the iPad 2 and the third- and fourth-generation iPad, and comes in Charcoal Black or Polar White. It is bulkybut The Origo…
iPhone and Android Battery Life Tips: Make Your Phone Last Longer
“Do you know where there is an outlet to plug in my phone?” you ask as you scour the lower part of the wall for a plug. “Does anyone have a charger I can borrow?” you ask friends at the bar as your phone warns you of low battery and…
Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet Now Works With Android
The Jawbone UP has a lot going for it as a fitness bracelet it’s durable, comfortable and simple but until now it’s been limited to iPhone users. That just changed with the introduction of the Jawbone UP app for Android in Google Play. Jawbone originally launched the UP in late…
Why Android home automation could top Google Glass
The logo of Internet search engine company Google at the headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.(Photo: Nicholas Kamm, AFP/Getty Images) “We wanna go one step further and really broaden the concept of what exactly is an Android accessory. We’d like to think of your entire home as an accessory…
Evernote Food Update Brings OpenTable And Foursquare Integration, Recipe …
Evernote Food, the now over a year old mobile app offering recipe search and a restaurant locator function, is today getting an update which adds support for OpenTable reservations, Foursquare ratings, and recipe sharing, among other things. The update follows Evernote Food’s 2.0 release in December, which brought the experience Today,…
