Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:47 pm PST AP - Apple is back with a refined second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell while keeping prices in check. It's a three-pronged push that should handily hold off competitors for another year. Full Story | Top | How the iPad 2 stacks up against the competition Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:57 am PST Ben Patterson - Now that we've finally got the official details for the next iPad, those in the market for a new tablet can begin comparison shopping in earnest. On paper, it looks like the iPad 2 (read the announcement details right here) … Full Story | Top | Apple unveils thinner, faster, camera-packing iPad 2 Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:23 am PST Ben Patterson - A year after revitalizing the once-sleepy, now red-hot tablet market with the original iPad, Apple surprised absolutely no one Wednesday by taking the wrapper off a slimmer, trimmer version of the wildly popular slate, complete with a front-facing camera for … Full Story | Top | Startup Gives Twitter a Private Messaging Option Wed, 2 Mar 2011 03:04 pm PST Mashable - This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Full Story | Top | DroidDream Becomes Android Market Nightmare Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:10 pm PST PC World - For many Android fans, one of the most important elements of the OS is that it is open. Unlike the draconian rules for the Apple App Store, and the tightly-controlled user experience of iOS, Android is an open source platform with much more lenient access to the Android Market. That freedom can also be exploited, though, to slip malicious apps into the mainstream. Full Story | Top | Apple cuts original iPad price Wed, 2 Mar 2011 03:03 pm PST Digital Trends - The iPad 2 still isnât available for preorder, but if itâs any consolation, the original iPad is now $100 cheaper. The 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi will now only cost you $399, on up to the 64GB, Wi-Fi + 3G model, which now runs for $729. Full Story | Top | Salesforce.com Deepens Tie-in to Facebook Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:30 pm PST PC World - Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking site Facebook, Salesforce.com will announce on Thursday at an event in New York. Full Story | Top | A Tougher, Greener Battery Could Power Phones in Africa Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:35 pm PST LiveScience.com - One of the problems facing developing countries is that people in rural communities tend to walk around with dead cell phones. That is because mobile devices are cheaper than ever, but power plants are still expensive. But as a work-around in off-the-grid communities, phone owners have learned to run charge cords off of used car batteries. Full Story | Top | LifeProof Case protects your iPhone 4 from pretty much everything Wed, 2 Mar 2011 07:00 pm PST Digital Trends - Toting around your mobile appendage at all times has its hazards â water, dirt, grime, weather elements, and falls, you name it. For many of you, we know that mobile appendage is the oh-so-handy iPhone 4. While it has countless excellent qualities, sturdiness through all of lifeâs situations is not one of them. The LifeProof Case ($70 pre-order) aims to change that by making your iPhone 4 as invincible as possible, including (claimed) protection from water, weather, snow, dirt, dust, grime, bumps, and falls. The slim and cleanly-designed case offers total phone functionality while only adding 1.5mm to the iPhone 4â²s thin profile. The case is designed to military specifications of waterproofing and shock resistance and can survive under water to two meters. If youâve been dying to take your iPhone underwater, you can also purchase the waterproof headphone adapter that will soon be available. Now we can all take our phones everywhereâ¦even the shower. Whether that is progress or descent into insanity weâre not sure. Full Story | Top | iPad 2 Keynote Streaming Video Now Available Wed, 2 Mar 2011 02:09 pm PST Mashable - Today will be remembered as the day the iPad 2 first showed its pretty face. Now the recorded video stream is available, letting you see for yourself as Steve Jobs and his cohorts deliver the news. Full Story | Top | Comic Kinect Turns Human Interaction Into a Comic Book Fight Scene Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:56 pm PST PC World - Life would be better with flashy comic book sound effects. At least, thatâs what one group of students thinks. Four students at Carnegie Mellon University worked together to create âComic Kinect,â a Kinect hack that adds comic book-esque sound effects to ordinary contact. The software tracks usersâ skeletons, and then adds graphics where they contact each other to simulate the look of a fight. Full Story | Top | SAP Unveils 'Facebook for Enterprise' Sales Tool Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:10 pm PST NewsFactor - SAP AG is showing a new package it describes as "Facebook for the enterprise" -- even as it fends off suggestions that it might be up for sale. The new solution, called SAP Sales OnDemand and announced at the CeBIT 2011 trade show currently taking place in Hanover, Germany, could compete with products from Salesforce.com and Microsoft's CRM Online. Full Story | Top |
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