Google Glasses on sale by end of 2012?
February 21, 2012
Google’s HUD, augmented reality glasses are real and arriving sooner than expected. In fact, you could be wearing them by year’s end.
Category: Technology
Angry Birds in Space, on Facebook too
February 19, 2012
Those Angry Birds are getting everywhere. The furious feathered fliers. First Facebook, next Space.
Pentagon’s Avatar brings science fiction to warfare
February 19, 2012
Blend a little Terminator with Avatar and you have the Pentagon’s next project. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been watching science fiction movies and hopes to turn them into reality. DARPA has allocated $7 million for project Avatar. A Project that aims to put robot soldier surrogates on the battlefield.
Android 5 is coming out already?
February 18, 2012
Google is apparently releasing its next Android version for tablets this Spring. That’s surprising since Android 4.0 was just released this past fall and then only on a few devices. This rush to get Android 5.0 out before Windows 8 is released in the Fall seems a bit precipitous. After all many users are still waiting for their devices to be updated to Android 4.0 sometime this year and now it looks like that update will be obsolete by the time it arrives.
Nomophobia (no mobile phone) on the rise
February 18, 2012
Nomophobia is on the rise, with two-thirds of people now suffering from the (admittedly made-up) condition.
Government wants major restrictions on in-car tech
February 17, 2012
The US Transportation Secretary has proposed a major crackdown on new tech equipment in autos. Ray LaHood’s ideas have got a thumbs up in principle from vehicle manufacturers, but there’s concern about the fine detail.
DuckDuckGo hits 1 million daily searches
February 16, 2012
DuckDuckGo is not Google. Or Bing. Or Yahoo. Or Ask. Or AOL. But that’s a good thing. A fact which 1 million souls agree with.
Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are readying new devices for later this year
February 11, 2012
The Nook and the Kindle will both have new models this Spring or Summer if the rumor mill is correct. According to some, Amazon is working on a new nine inch version and Barnes & Noble (B&N) is working on a new device of its own while the tablet that both are trying to compete with, the Apple iPad will be announcing it’s newest iteration next month.
iPhoneography, a worthy college course
February 10, 2012
The first course in iPhoneography, or iPhone photography, is being offered at Kensington and Chelsea College, London. Which I personally think is a fantastic idea.
Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.
February 8, 2012
Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.
This is future of watching the Super Bowl
February 8, 2012
How far has world come in 45 years? Believe or not, the television audience for the first Super Bowl in 1967 totaled more than 51 million people — it was broadcast (few people had cable back then) on both NBC and CBS. For latest iteration of the event, over 111 million watched on a television.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away
February 6, 2012
How not to tempt Apple fanboys away from their beloved: mock them while trying to sell them a phone/tablet that does neither thing very well.
Let’s play Phone Stack and enjoy our dinner
February 5, 2012
Being addicted to your cell phone is not uncommon. Many of us have a hard time not playing with our phones even when enjoying a dinner out with friends. Just the other night, a friend of mine stopped in mid sentence to answer her phone. That doesn’t include the number of times she answered text messages while we were eating. My phone was dead or I probably would have been right there with her. Enter a new game called Phone Stack that is liable to cost one of us some money.
Apple clamps down on App Store fakery
February 4, 2012
Apple has removed several chart-topping games from the U.S. App Store. All of which are claimed to be copycats of other, better-known titles.
Apple fanboys demand ethical iPhone 5
February 1, 2012
Even the fanboys are starting to see how wrong Apple’s laissez-faire attitude to its supply chain workers is. Wonders will never cease.
British tourists refused U.S. entry due to sense of humor bypass over tweets
January 30, 2012
I know we have to be careful in light of 9/11 and the increased security threats, but isn’t this taking things to the extreme a little?
HTC focuses on fewer Android handsets
January 27, 2012
Less is more, or so they say. They being Apple fanboys, usually. But perhaps it’s a good strategy for Android handset manufacturers to adopt at this point in time.
