Russell Brand arrested for iPhone throw, freed on bail
Russell Brand was released on bail Thursday, after turning himself in to New Orleans authorities earlier the same day for allegedly hurling a photographer’s iPhone through a window. The British comedian, star of “Get Him To The Greek” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” was freed on a $5,000 bond, TMZ reported. He…
Windows 8 Tablets: What We Think We Know
With the launch of Apple’s new iPad out of the way, it’s time to look ahead to the next big tablet launch on the horizon. I’m talking about Windows 8, whose late 2012 launch should be backed by a wave of new tablets and tablet-laptop hybrids. Although we haven’t heard Here’s everything…
The Robot That Learns Like a Baby
It stands a little over a meter tall and has an uncanny and rather unnerving resemblance to a small child, the iCub is a European project aimed at helping researchers steal a march on rivals. That iCub looks like a small child is no coincidence. The open-source robot, paid in…
New iPad: a Million More Pixels Than HDTV
The new iPad offers fast speed and one of the most spectacular displays ever seen in a mobile device, Walt Mossberg discusses on digits. Photo: Getty Images. Apple’s iPad could be described as a personal display through which you see and manipulate text, graphics, photos and videos often delivered via…
This Robot Wants a Belly-Rub
Much of the talk at Innorobo, the annual conference for the fledgling European robotics industry in Lyon, is around human-robot interaction. On display is one robot device that has pulled out just about every single stop it could to be as welcoming to humans as possible. Called Paro, the robot…
Ambient apps are the ‘Highlight’ of SXSW Interactive
Every South by Southwest Interactive confab is afflicted by an obnoxious industry catch phrase. This year it’s “solmolo,” which is Annoyese for “social, mobile, local” or, if you prefer, “ambient reality.” In 2009 Foursquare charmed SXSW Interactive attendees by game-ifying the act of tracking down your friends, acquaintances and random Yep,…
iPad mini coming later this year, Samsung exec says
Apple plans to launch a smaller version of its popular iPad tablet later this year according to an unnamed official at Samsung. While speaking with The Korea Times, the anonymous Samsung official said that Apple will likely spend a record $11 billion on Samsung-sourced parts for its various devices in The…
The Cloud Continues Its Drive Along the High Street-as Two More Retailers Go …
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –The Cloud, the UK’s largest provider of public access WiFi, hasannounced the successful roll-out of in-store free WiFi atEdinburgh’s luxury Harvey Nichols store, as well as a separatenationwide roll-out in Mamas & Papas’ 60 branches across the UK. The announcement follows recent customer wins…
Android Surges But iOS Remains King of 4Q11 Tablets
Apple’s worldwide tablet marketshare dropped in the fourth quarter of 2011, but surging growth in the market overall still allowed Apple to dramatically increase shipments over the prior year and remain the largest tablet platform, according to a report by research firm IDC early Monday. Chart by The Mac Observer from…
India Court Sets May Hearing in Facebook, Google Case
NEW DELHIAn Indian court set May 23 for the next hearing in a criminal case against Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. and other companies on charges that they failed to censor objectionable content from their websites. A court notice on Tuesday said the case will be heard by Metropolitan Magistrate Jay…
