iPad 5 release date, specs, and features
Apple iPad 5 is tipped to launch later this month October alongside the iPad Mini 2 with Retina Display. Physical changes to the design of the iPad 5 as well as component updates are all-but confirmed with plenty of sources confirming an iPad Mini-like bezel and the inclusion of Apple’s 64-bit A7 Ahead…
What I Learned About Facebook As A Feedback Panelist
Today when I opened Facebook, as I do every day, at some point, at least once, I was surprised to see the social network asking me for some time and input. Generally speaking, it asks “What’s on your mind?” or something similar in the status update entry field, but this…
The robot that mimics your HANDWRITING: Machine jets ink at varying …
The robot imitates human handwriting using fluid movements and differing pressures to make the cursive look authenticThe service is available in the U.S. from a gift company and iOS app called Bond and is intended to accompany the luxury gifts on saleThe robotic card writing service costs $5 for a…
Outsource Your Thank You Notes to a Robot
Writing thank you cards after a wedding, graduation, a birthday or other big occasion is time consuming, boring and often stressful, especially if your handwriting looks less like calligraphy and more like chicken scratch. Bond Gifts, a New York company, has come to the rescue with an app for a…
Twitter’s Silent Chairman
Last week, when Twitter’s S-1 filing dropped, the media pored over it with a fine-toothed comb, extracting every bit of juice possible from under the freshly peeled-back rind of the intensely secretive company. One very interesting tidbit was dug up by the Times’ Claire Cain Miller: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey…
Lenovo IdeaPad A10 is a convertible Android netbook (with tent mode)
Lenovo appears to be working on a mobile device that looks like a 10 inch netbook, but which has a display that flips back 360 degrees so you can use the machine as a tablet, Yoga-style. It’s called the Lenovo IdeaPad A10, and it’s an Android device with a Rockchip Update: Upon…
GCI Expands TiVo Rollout
With Addition Of Four Markets, GCI’s TiVo Offer Now Available to 85% of Operator’s Customers Alaska-based operator GCI has expanded the reach of its TiVo offer by four more markets: Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kenai and Soldotna.
Through Twitter Partnership, Comcast Hopes to Encourage TV Viewing
Comcast customers will soon be able to access some television shows from Twitter messages about those shows, the two companies jointly announced on Wednesday. The feature will initially be turned on only for Twitter posts published by Comcast-owned channels, like NBC, about their shows, like “The Voice.” The two companies…
Facebook slammed for paying NO TAX in UK despite raking in £223million
The British arm of the social networking giant officially made a loss in Britain in 2012 Facebook was slammed today when it emerged it paid no corporation tax in the UK last year despite raking in an estimated 223million. Accounts have revealed that the British arm of the social networking giant,…
Eric Schmidt declares Android more secure than iOS
Google chairman Eric Schmidt (c) on stage at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo with Gartner execs Drue Reeves, (r) and David Willis (l)(Photo: Gartner)Tags Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday drew a bit of derisive laughter from a tech-savvy audience when he pronounced the Android platform more secure…
