The Titanium Smartphone That’s Really A Veblen Good
I thought that this new titanium cased Android smartphone was an interesting little study in consumerism. For the real point and purpose of this phone, from Gresso, is not to be a smartphone at all, but to be a Veblen Good. Technically it’s a fairly unimpressive phone if we are…
Review: Moga Ace Power Game Controller for Apple’s iPhone
By Neil Hughes As one of the first two Made for iPhone gaming controllers to hit the market, the Moga Ace Power holds the distinction of being the best option you can buy right now, sporting a number of commendable features and greatly enhancing gaming on Apple’s iPhone. But that…
Target serves up iPhone and iPad deals for last-minute holiday shoppers
By AppleInsider Staff Target on Friday announced a special iOS device promotion scheduled to run from Dec. 22 through Dec. 24, with the deals starting one day after a currently active sale offering customers discounts on Apple’s iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c and first-gen iPad mini. While Target is about to wind down…
Book review: ‘Hatching Twitter’ by Nick Bilton
There is no founding genius in this story, for Twitter’s invention was not, in Bilton’s account, the kind of great leap forward one associates with the light bulb or the iPhone. In 2006, the four founders were working for a dying start-up named Odeo when they launched Twitter as a If…
Why Do People Keep Giving Foursquare Money?
Foursquare just raised a bunch of money, again. This time it’s a Series D round of $35M, back in April of this year it was $41M in debt financing. The company seems to keep being able to convince people there’s something of value in its global location service. Over the…
Introducing the MCC3 Chromebook / Netbook Charge Cart
Article posted on Dec 19, 2013 The Dukane MCC3 is a styled secure storage and charge cart for laptops and Chromebooks. It can hold 36 devices and will provide charging power to 12 devices at a time using a built-in sequenced power system. Power is supplied from the original power MCC3 Chromebook / Netbook…
Android ‘started over’ the day the iPhone was announced
Apple’s boast that the iPhone changed everything about the mobile industry has received some support from one of Android’s original software architects. Chris DeSalvo, who worked alongside Andy Rubin at Danger before joining Google to build its mobile OS, says that the iPhone’s announcement forced everyone on his team to…
4K TV From Sony
Ultra HDTV sets were the eye candy at January’s Consumer Electronics Show and no matter what acronym you use to describe the technology 4K TV, UHD or Ultra HDTV the picture offered by these new flatscreens is drool-worthy. But the cost! The 85-inch S9 Ultra HDTV that Samsung (SSNLF) unveiled…
Android customizer Cyanogen notches $23M
A growing software movement is quietly taking hold on Android-based devices, allowing people to customize smartphones and tablets more to their liking. What’s known as Android “software mods” can soup up devices with mobile Wi-Fi hot spots, new looks, alternative text messaging and more. Personalizing Google’s operating system has morphed…
BlackBerry Posts Huge Loss
OTTAWA BlackBerry reported a $4.4 billion loss and a 56 percent drop in revenue for its fiscal third quarter on Friday and said it would step back from its once-core handset business through a partnership with the Asian contract manufacturer Foxconn. Nathan Denette/CP, via Associated Press BlackBerry introduced the Z10 model…
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