The BlackBerry as Black Sheep
Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. “I’m ashamed of it,” said Ms. Crosby, a Los Angeles sales representative who said she had stopped pulling out her BlackBerry at cocktail parties and conferences. In meetings, she says she hides her BlackBerry…
Asus phone-netbook-tablet combo PadFone launched in India at Rs 64999
New Delhi: Asus has announced the launch of its much-awaited 3-in-1 device – PadFone – in India. The Asus PadFone is an Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, but when connected to the PadFone Station, it is transformed into a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 screen) Asus’ PadFone…
Hereford High Robotics team wins championship
Hereford High School freshmen Steve DiBerardino, Joe Meseke and Will Fern stand with members of the Delaware Air Force Base Bomb Squad after winning the Delaware VEX Robotics contest in Dover,on Oct. 6. (Photo courtesy Baltimore County Schools / October 16, 2012) By Pat van den Beemt October 16, 2012 | 11:36 a.m. Hereford High School’s…
TiVo Stream
Ever wish you could take your TiVo to go? Not the box, mind you, just all your recordings of Community, The Walking Dead, and, admit it, Downton Abbey. Traditionally, making shows mobile meant dropping $25 on TiVo’s Desktop Plus software, then transferring recordings to your PC and transcoding them to The…
Why an iPad Mini might be the right tablet for you
So, rumor has it that Apple will host an event on the imminent horizongive or take two weeksto announce a smaller iPad model. The “Apple iPad Mini” as it’s been dubbed by the rumor mill, is expected to be a 7 or 8-inch sibling of the iPad, designed to compete There’s…
Yumobile Launches Blackberry Services
yuMobile has unveiled the most affordable entry level BlackBerry service plan in the market as it launched its long awaited BlackBerry services to its subscribers. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to industry-leading email and messaging, social networking, phone, organizer, web, multimedia…
How to run Windows 8 apps on a netbook
Here’s how to run Windows 8 Modern UI apps on a netbook. Windows 8 is not all about the Modern UI, but to get the best out of it you’ll want to be able to run Windows 8 apps QUESTION I recently installed Windows 8 on my netbook. I get the following message HELPROOM…
Working 9 To 5 For BlackBerry 10: RIM Opens Developer Workspace At EMEA …
RIM is busy beavering away on the next generation of its mobile OS BlackBerry 10, with a launch planned for Q1 next year but there’s more to mobile than having a shiny new OS these days. The BlackBerry-maker needs developers working in parallel making apps for its new ecosystem to RIM…
IPhone Makes Retail Figures Tougher Call
With apologies to conspiracy theorists questioning September’s jobs data, the fix may be in for Monday’s retail-sales figures, too. That is thanks not to politicians, but Apple Inc. Months when its major products have gone on saleparticularly the iPhonehave been strong relative to expectations. Economists’ consensus forecasts compiled by Dow…
New smartphone police contact app for Anne Arundel students
MILLERSVILLE, Md. Students in Anne Arundel County have a new way of getting in touch with the police officers who patrol their schools with their smartphones. The new app was developed by Cpl. William Davis, the school resource officer at Old Mill High School in Millersville. He tells The Baltimore…
