Google’s Deep Shot patent: It’s all about the screens
How many screens do you use each day? Your phone? Your computer? Your second computer? Your kid’s netbook? A connected TV? A tablet? A refrigerator? (yes, a refrigerator). A new patent reported today on Patentbolt could link all of these screens via mobile cameras like never before, making the Google…
Zoho Launches Android, IPad Apps for Its CRM and Project Software
Zoho is expanding its push into mobile applications on Monday, rolling out native Android and iPad clients for its CRM and project management software. The company, which offers a wide range of Web-based business applications, is also planning to preview an iPad version of its CRM (customer relationship management) application…
Viking Robotics wins regionals by 1 point thanks to rare robot triple balance …
Forget March Madness, the real excitement over the weekend was Viking Robotics’ buzzer-beating, one-point victory utilizing the rarely attempted, even more rarely executed robot triple balance. Ballard High School’s Viking Robotics was competing in the 2012 FIRST Robotics Seattle Olympic Regionals against dozens of teams from around the state. The Things…
New BlackBerry 10 developer smartphones set for May debut
I worked briefly with Microsoft UK in 2006 but no longer have any connection with the company. Regardless, I remain impartial and unbiased in my views. I don’t hold any stock or shares, investments or industrial secrets in any company, but have signed confidentiality agreements with a number of UK and…
Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley checks in
Dennis Crowley sold Dodgeball, his first location based service (LBS) company, to Google in 2005. The moment he learned that Google was retiring Dodgeball, he decided to go at it again and create Foursquare, his second LBS-oriented company. Crowley says he first thought of LBS when he moved from his hometown…
Beachwood Robotics Team Places 28th at Regional Competition
Who knew March mayhem made its way to Cleveland this year? The popular college basketball tournament seemed like the most appropriate comparison for the 11th annual Buckeye Regional FIRST Robotics Competition that invaded Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center Thursday through Saturday. It produced the same brand of buzzer-beating jump shots,…
The Cloud will offer free WiFi in London Overground stations
WIFI PROVIDER The Cloud has struck a deal with London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL) to provide an hour’s worth of free WiFi connectivity on all 56 LOROL operated stations. The Cloud announced it had signed a contract with LOROL to provide all its 56 stations with free WiFi connectivity. Station Steve…
Facebook scammers host Trojan horse extensions on Chrome Web Store
IDG News Service – Cybercriminals are uploading malicious Chrome browser extensions to the official Chrome Web Store and use them to hijack Facebook accounts, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab. The rogue extensions are advertised on Facebook by scammers and claim to allow changing the color of profile pages,…
Upgraded 500GB Tivo Premiere Released Today
Thwarting commercials ain’t cheap, but Tivo’s trying to make it easier for customers to skip around to their favorite portions of recorded TV shows by lowering the price of its monthly service plan. That, and the company has gone ahead and boosted the storage space on its entry-level Tivo Premiere…
Tough times in the US-China iPad smuggling game
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco. When the doors opened, he was among the…
