Microsoft Tunes up Windows 8 Multi-screen
When Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview next month the operating system will have improved navigation features for users who like more than one monitor to display all their applications. The upgrade – the last major tune-up expected before the final version launches sometime this fall – addresses task bars, desktop…
Suspected iPad thief in SkyTrain robbery arrested
Transit police in metro Vancouver say they have arrested one suspect in the theft of an iPad from a woman in a wheelchair on the SkyTrain last week. Police say after the story was aired on television newscasts on Tuesday night along with surveillance video images of the two suspects,…
Foursquare Check-Ins Appear On Facebook Timeline Maps
Check-ins made via Foursquare will now pop up on Facebook timeline profiles, the free location-based mobile social networking application announced on its Facebook page. The post which, at the time of this post, totaled more than 2,600 likes and nearly 150 comments read: Good news, Facebookers! The Foursquare check-ins that you share…
WiFi on the Horizon for West Hartford Public Schools
It’s been two years since the West Hartford Public Schools began the task of implementing a technology blueprint, and the Board of Education was briefed Tuesday night on the significant progress that has been made to date and developments that are looming in the very near future. Assistant Superintendent for…
Remote control iPad interface reportedly outlined for rumored Apple HDTV
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 05:36 PM EST (02:36 PM PST) An uncorroborated report claims to have knowledge of how Apple is planning to use the iPad with a much rumored unannounced television, saying that the tablet will run dedicated remote control apps featuring an enhanced UI. An industry source gave a second-hand…
Facebook Buys Lightbox Android Photo App
Facebook moved quickly – again – to address concerns that it wasn’t doing enough to satisfy mobile users, buying the developers of the Lightbox Android photo app. Lightbox announced the deal in a blog post. However, the company also made it clear that Facebook was not acquiring the company or…
GM to Stop Advertising on Facebook
General Motors Co. plans to stop advertising on Facebook after the auto maker’s executives determined their paid ads had little impact on consumers’ car purchases, people familiar with the matter said. The largest U.S. auto maker by sales will continue to expand its use of marketing through Facebook’s pages, in…
Microsoft to charge $15 for Windows 8 upgrade deal
Computerworld – Microsoft will charge users who buy a new Windows 7 PC $14.99 for an upgrade to Windows 8, according to a report. The cost of the upgrade was revealed yesterday by Paul Thurrott, a popular blogger who writes SuperSite for Windows. An earlier report by CNET had claimed that Microsoft would…
A Reason for RIM: Why we still need the Blackberry
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) hopes new hardware and software will end a tailspin that has seen stock fall more than 80 percent over two years as the company struggles to compete in an Apple- and Android-dominated world. Let’s hope it can, experts told FoxNews.com. Because despite the deathwatch,…
Could iOS Photo Sharing Be Apple’s Next Ping-like Social Failure?
Apple’s enjoyed success in almost everything it’s done lately, with the exception of social networking. The company may try to change that with iOS 6, the next version of its iPhone and iPad software. Unnamed “people familiar with the matter” tell the Wall Street Journal that Apple plans to let (MORE:…
