London 2012 Olympics Gets A Dedicated foursquare Page
The London 2012 Olympics is just around the corner, and a special foursquare page dedicated to the mega sporting event has now gone live. The page offers information about past, current, and future Olympic stadiums and sports venues, providing interesting trivia about not just the games but also its training Through…
Facebook doesn’t like ‘The City of New Haven’
(NECN/WVIT: Amanda Raus) – When is the city of New Haven, Conn.not the city of New Haven? When it’s on Facebook. The company told the city it couldn’t have a page called “The City of New Haven” – it has to be more specific. When looking for the…
Facebook Could Soon Rival Google in Social Search: Survey
With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg under pressure to reassure disappointed investors in the wake of a disastrous initial public offering earlier this year, there may be silver lining for the social networking behemoth. Facebook might find future revenue driven by a social search engine, according to a survey from digital…
Intel researchers put WiFi inside
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner unveiled a pair of technologies coming out of Intel Labs that will overcome many of the size and power limits that have stood in the way of integrating radio technology more tightly with computers and other…
Nintendo To Channel TiVo
Nintendo has announced availability and pricing of their upcoming Wii U console. While the Wii successor finally brings the HD and bundles a 6 touchscreen tablet-esque controller, I figure Nintendo’s hardware days are numbered and the sooner they pull a Sega and go software-only, the better. But before we ever Following…
App of the Week: YouTube for iOS Runs on iPhone, iPod
What does this app do? With this week’s announcement of Apple’s iPhone 5 and iOS 6, it’s fitting that Google should follow suit with something new too. It released YouTube in app form for the iPhone and iPod touch. (If you hadn’t heard, Apple will stop pre-loading Google Maps and Developed by…
Google blocked Acer smartphone on Android incompatibility concerns
IDG News Service – Google responded to allegations it stopped the launch of a new Acer smartphone in China, by stating that the handset’s Chinese-developed mobile OS was “apparently derived” from Android, but still not fully compatible with the Android ecosystem and its apps. Taiwanese PC maker Acer was originally…
Today In APIs: Foursquare Hackathon, CardShark API, Personal Genome API …
Showcase your Location app in the second edition of Foursquare Global Hackathon. CardShark, an API for Business Card transcription. Plus: RunKeeper at Quantified Self, Build an App on the human genome via the 23andMe API and 14 new APIs.Foursquare Global Hackathon is back The second edition of the Foursquare Global…
The Windows 8 Gaming Defense: Daniel John of Halfbrick Studios
In July, Valve boss Gabe Newell proclaimed that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 OS was a “catastrophe to everyone in the PC space.” On the surface this felt reactionary, perhaps a response to Microsoft’s “walled garden” approach of selling apps and games via the Windows Store. But one month after Newell’s Did…
Hewlett-Packard developing smartphone, CEO Meg Whitman says
PALO ALTO — Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is trying to move back into the mobile-device space as its core personal computer and printer businesses face serious challenges, with CEO Meg Whitman revealing Friday that the company is working to develop a new smartphone in addition to tablets. In an interview with Fox…
