Archive for September, 2011
Kindle Fire gets a cautious welcome
Amazon’s launch of its new e-reader, the Kindle Fire, has been hailed as “game-changing” for the fast-growing e-book market. At a New York press conference on Wednesday, the Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, revealed that the much anticipated device would be under half the price of its market-leading rival, Apple’s iPad, at $199. Bezos also unveiled [...]
Read morePlantronics intros Marque M155, its lightest Bluetooth headset for smartphone users
Plantronics Delivers A Smarter and Smaller Headset for Your Smartphones Marque Product Allows You to Talk or Listen While You Tap, Text and Swipe Santa Cruz, CA, September 29, 2011 – Your smartphone has a new best friend. Meet the Plantronics Marque™ M155, a smarter and smaller headset, that offers voice-guided pairing for iPhone® and [...]
Read moreOWC updates its Mercury Extreme Pro 3G SSD lineup, offers 30GBs for just $68
combines award-winning SandForce® technologies and Tier 1/Grade A NAND to deliver data rates over 275MB/s in a noiseless, more reliable form factor over conventional magnetic hard disk drives. Designed and manufactured in the U.S. with imported parts, the new OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 3G 30GB SSD’s $67.99 MSRP makes it one of the lowest-priced, high-performance [...]
Read moreFacebook’s Open Graph makes us all part of web underclass
When you own a domain you’re a first class citizen of the web. A householder and landowner. What you can do on your own website is only very broadly constrained by law and convention. You can post the content you like. You can run the software you want, including software you’ve written or customised yourself. [...]
Read moreGoogle to open London startup centre
Google is to open a multimillion-pound “technology community centre” in London‘s East End, as part of the government’s plans to create a Tech City in the capital. The seven-floor building will act as a shared space for the growing cluster of internet companies based in the heart of London’s so-called “Silicon Roundabout”, the internet giant [...]
Read moreKindle Fire: Amazon ignites tablet market
Amazon has unveiled its long-awaited tablet computer – the Kindle Fire – in what is expected to be the biggest challenge yet to the dominance of Apple‘s iPad. The online retail giant showcased its 7in colour screen tablet computer in New York on Wednesday, with a retail price less than half that of Apple’s best-selling [...]
Read moreMetroPCS takes a good look in the mirror, unveils the LG Esteem
MetroPCS Unveils the LG Esteem, the latest 4GLTE Android Smartphone for Entertainment-Minded Consumers Feature-rich smartphone and 4GLTE services combine to deliver extreme value with no contract DALLAS, Sept. 28, 2011 MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), and LG Mobile today introduced the latest addition to MetroPCS’ line-up of 4GLTE – enabled smartphones with the entertainment-packed LG [...]
Read moreZynga’s mobile boss David Ko talks smartphone and tablet gaming
The bulk of social games publisher Zynga‘s revenues come from its games on Facebook. However, the company is investing significantly in mobile gaming too, having built a team under former Yahoo executive David Ko, and acquired several mobile development studios around the world. I interview Ko in Zynga’s San Francisco office the day before Facebook’s [...]
Read moreNokia N9: last of the line
Nokia has started shipping the N9, which is expected to be the company’s final smartphone before it launches devices based on Microsoft‘s Windows Phone 7 software. The touchscreen N9, which will not be available in key markets including the UK and US, will be the only Nokia smartphone to run Meego software. Nokia will announce [...]
Read moreKindle Fire: Amazon’s bid to challenge iPad
Amazon is set to join the tablet wars as it launches a rival to Apple‘s best-selling iPad, a device that has made digital tombstones of all the competition so far. The online retailer has released no details ahead of Wednesday’s press conference in New York, but the device is reportedly called Kindle Fire, to tie [...]
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