Location-based services: Are they there yet?
Computerworld – Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the U.S. — nearly a third of the total population. Almost every one of those devices can provide its location to services in which users…
Boingo to offer its WiFi services to New York City subway stations
NYC Subway Stations to Get Wi-Fi via Boingo and Transit Wireless Agreement Boingo Will Offer Internet Access Underground in New York Subway Stations in Multi-Year Rollout LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI), the Wi-Fi industry’s leading provider of software and services worldwide, today announced an agreement with Transit Wireless…
iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps
Computerworld – Apple’s iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today. The iPad’s share of the tablet business shot up to 68% in the At…
The Founder of Robot Maker, Kiva, Couldn’t Get Silicon Valley to Fund Him
Just one more pebble of evidence on a growing pile that Silicon Valley has been too focused on small ideas in the social space. In a blog post today, an early investor in the warehouse robot company, Kiva, detailed what he learned from the venture. If you haven’t been watching…
Comcast to expand TiVo VOD integration to Boston
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will soon let subscribers in the Boston area who buy a TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) Premiere DVR in retail outlets to use the DVRs to access its Xfinity On Demand programming library, a TiVo spokesman said. The move will give Comcast Cable CEO Neil Smit another new product…
Tablet shipments up 200 percent as netbook demand tanks
Tablet shipments soared 200 percent over the past years, according to research company Canalys, but Apple didn’t ship enough iPads in Q1 to retain the No. 1 position for the most client PCs shipped. The distinction went to HP, which has bounced back from a rocky 2011, spurred in part The future of…
Samsung unveils iPhone rival, new Galaxy smartphone
Samsung today unveiled the hotly anticipated next generation Galaxy S smartphone, the company’s flagship model and truly worthy iPhone alternative. “The Samsung Galaxy S III is the best in class smartphone in the world,” beamed Samsung Mobile President JK Shin, as he took the stage at Samsung’s “Unpacked” launch event…
Upstart Mountain View robotics team looking to next year’s competition
The 2012 competition season is barely over, but teams competing in the world VEX robotics tournaments already are imagining designs for next year’s robots. “We’ve each started brainstorming individually,” said Robbie Kalb, captain of the Green MacHHHHine. At the VEX world championships in Anaheim last month, the 3-year-old team from Mountain…
More smartphone users in India access Net than in America
New Delhi: When it comes to accessing Internet through smartphones, the number of Indians outweigh the number of Americans in the activity, says a survey conducted by Google in partnership with research firm Ipsos. The survey indicated that 56 percent of the smartphone holders in India access internet on their It…
Mensch berates ‘immoral’ Twitter users over abuse
Conservative MP Louise Mensch has hit out at “immoral and misogynistic” Twitter users for subjecting her to abuse for her stance on Rupert Murdoch. The Commons media committee, on which she sits, passed a Labour amendment describing Mr Murdoch as not “fit” to run a major international company – but…
