iPad hopes may have doomed Inver Grove Heights referendum
Did an iPad fixation cost Inver Grove Heights schools a chance at money to equip classrooms for 21st century learning? Within hours of a levy defeat last month, the buzz on Facebook was about a disconnect between district needs, such as an upgraded computer network and a new telephone system,…
Rare Materials Keep iPad Manufacturing in China
The reason Apple makes its iPad in China is not just because of cheap labor, but also because rare earth elements used in the tablet can only be found there, according to reports. The New York Times reports that China currently controls 95 to 97 percent of the world’s supply Companies can…
Lens+ for iOS offers Instagram-like filters
Instagram isn’t the only filter app in town (even though it’s destined to be the biggest). Lens+ by CnC enjoyed a brief run atop the top free photo app downloads a few weeks ago, before the price jumped back up to $1.99 and it dropped off the charts. Even so, Reviewed.com…
Nawras launches new ‘WiFi extender’
Nawras, Oman’s leading telecommunications provider, has introduced a new WiFi extender to enhance the wireless internet service enjoyed by its growing base of broadband customers. It strengthens the signal and connectivity to give an extended level of broadband internet service, a statement from Nawras said. It is also portable, compact…
TiVo Music Server
I have reproduced the skipping problem on ICS and I’m working on a fix. Contact me so I can gather more data. Have an Android device with lots of MP3s? Have a Series 2 or newer TiVo connected to your home sound system? You can stream MP3s from your Android…
Rumors swirl about smaller iPad
There’s a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What’s unusual now is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died. Apple and its suppliers aren’t commenting….
Top-of-the-Line TiVo
No one said life is fair. More than 40% of viewers in the U.S. have DVR service to stockpile TV shows for watching later, but TiVo, the company that invented the digital video recorder market, has lost out to knockoffs and is running now at half its 2006 peak of But…
Samsung Galaxy S III Listing Spotted on Amazon Germany
Less than two weeks before Samsung will introduce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III has been spotted on a German Amazon site. The listing describes the device as having a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 12-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and face detection, the Android 4.0 Ice Before…
BlackBerry maker hires law firm for restructuring
NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work out a restructuring plan that could include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents, people briefed on the matter said. As part of the struggling Canadian smartphone…
FIRST’s robotics competition
A robot basketball game at FIRST’s Washington regional robotics competition last month. Jeffrey MacMillan / Capital Business Related Content Montgomery Blair High School students Richard Lin, from left to right, Matt Bernstein and Markus Clarke, dressed as characters from the video game Mario Bros., concentrate on their shooting during the competition.
