Kobo, Swindon Book Co. Ltd. Debut Amazing New Touch Screen E-Reader In Hong Kong For HK$1,390
Kobo, a global leader in eReading with more than 4 million users worldwide, announced today that Swindon Book Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong is rolling out the revolutionary new Kobo eReader Touch Edition effective immediately. The Kobo eReader Touch Edition is an advanced touch screen eReader that is setting new standards for size, comfort and functionality, while [...]
Twitter’s plan: Take a chunk of sales tweets?
Twitter’s not-so-new-anymore chief executive Dick Costolo has been charged with fully commercialising the company since he took over in October last year, but beyond tightening up on third-party services it doesn’t seem much clearer how the service will make money. So far Twitter has introduced promoted tweets (roughly comparable to Google’s sponsored search results) and [...]
The 10 Best Ways to Secure Your Information
Along with the mushrooming size of the physical Internet, the ever-increasing volume of data being squeezed through it, and the wider range of information security is a growing concern. When you say “computer security”, what comes to mind most often are external threats: hackers, malware, viruses, botnets. But when you look at computer and IT trends, [...]
4 Online Legal Marketing Trends Every Other Industry Knows About
Don’t you wish you had a crystal ball to peer into the future? Some way to tell what the next few years would bring? What would you do with that information? Would you put money on the Super Bowl? World Series? Or would you take the opportunity to move ten giant steps ahead of the [...]
The way to Begin Your Online Enterprise
You most likely do some online purchasing from time to time. But chances are you’ll spend hours upon hours searching for one of the best deals. There’s a solution. Some corporations have designed downloadable internet apps that enable you to get the best and lowest prices whereas shopping. All it’s a must to do is [...]
Cellphones, Mobile Software Disgruntled Android developer sounds battle cry, rallies troops, demands Market tweaks from Google
A dude making a living writing Android apps — who, by all appearances, is an upstanding guy with actual quality software in the Android Market — is taking Google to task this week for what he calls “unacceptable” treatment. His beef seems to originate from the unexplained pulling of one of his titles — Rapid [...]
Apple iPad 2 review
First up – the new chassis is an immediate and clear improvement; and the primary thing of note is that it is much flatter on its backside – and therefore more capable of sitting on a flat surface. It’s a minor improvement, but it makes a big difference to how comfortable the device actually feels [...]
Thanks for the Open Letter to RIM Developer Relations
Hi everyone: I’m Tyler Lessard from RIM. I head up our BlackBerry Developer Relations and Developer Programs team. I wanted to take a moment to provide some updates on our PlayBook developer tools, app submission process, and address some concerns that were raised in a blog post by mobile app developer Jamie Murai. Jamie’s posting [...]
Twitter Suspends UberTwitter and Twidroyd, Citing Issues ‘Affecting Many Users’
Suspended apps used by millions of people ‘changed Tweets to make money’ and ‘violated privacy rules’, says Twitter As far as Twitter suspensions go, it was relatively quick and painless. But there are plenty of unanswered questions about Twitter’s immediate suspension on Friday of the popular third-party apps, UberTwitter, UberCurrent and Twidroyd. Update: UberMedia explains [...]
Twitter CEO shoots down talk of a Twitter-branded smartphone before it starts
Think Twitter’s going to follow Facebook and lend its brand to a smartphone? Think again. Twitter CEO Dick Costello said during his Mobile World Congress keynote yesterday that while he does see a need to better integrate Twitter into existing platforms for phones, he sees no need for a Twitter-branded smartphone. Costello cited the ability [...]
How to Get a Job in Video Game Development
A career in the video game development industry seems like a dream job for a lot of people. However, just like any other job, you have to have the skills and the drive to pursue this career. Start your path towards a video game development career today! Everywhere you look you will find people playing [...]
Five Best Personal Media Streaming Tools
Streaming video or music from services like YouTube or Pandora is great for sampling a wide variety of stuff, but sometimes all you want is media from your own collection? Here’s a look at five great solutions for streaming your personal media. Subsonic (Windows/Mac/Linux, Free) Subsonic is best know for rock-solid music streaming over the [...]
DailyBooth Goes Mobile. Launches New iPhone App, Android App Soon
DailyBooth, a San Francisco-based social photo sharing service is making the much-awaited leap from the web to the mobile Internet by launching the final version of its iPhone app. The company had launched a beta version of its app earlier this year. This new enhanced version of the app replicates DailyBooth’s web features such as [...]
LimeWire Throws in the Towel, Shutters their Music Store
Napster, the venerable grandfather of music downloading apps, staged somewhat of an amazing comeback a few years ago — becoming a fully legal music service. If you were expecting the same from LimeWire after the recent kick-in-the-groin bestowed upon it by the RIAA, your hopes may have been officially dashed. LimeWire has sent out a [...]
Gaming on Windows Phone 7: A Strong Start, Room for Improvement
iPhone and a major area of growth for Android handsets, and phone gaming in general is arguably the largest-growing segment in the game industry. Naturally, if Microsoft wants to have a shot at reentry into the smartphone market with Windows Phone 7, it needs to offer great gaming. The company seems to have put in a lot [...]
Google Car Home App – Updated then Pulled, We Have It
This is an odd series of events indeed. Yesterday evening, Google posted a new and updated version of the Car Home app on the Market. I happen to be browsing around the Market at the same time, so I downloaded it, intending to look at it further this morning. By this morning, however, as I [...]
Mobile health developers see bright future ahead
LAS VEGAS – “Is HITECH working?” That was the question posed by Vince Kuraitis, principal of Better Health Technologies, at the Mobile Health Expo in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Specifically, Kuraitis, who runs the e-CareManagement blog (e-caremanagement.com), sought to explore how the stipulations of the stimulus might alter the healthcare IT business model – changing [...]
Why use iPhone App Review Sites
The iphone has spawned a whole new industry built around applications for use with the iphone. These are commonly known as apps and they perform a vast array of different functions There are in excess of 200,000 apps now available for the iphone and they consist of both free and paid apps. With this amount [...]
AppESP Generates Predictive Android Market Recommendations
Android: AppESP is an Android Market enhancing application that analyzes your current applications, what’s popular in the Marketplace, and trending topics related to Android apps, to give you personalized app recommendations. AppESP scans your existing roster of applications, searches for patterns (lots of games, a focus on productivity apps, a love of widgets), and then [...]
WebOS 2.0 Now Official, Arriving On Palm Pre 2 “In the Coming Months” In US
It’s always nice when rumors actually hold up: HP just officially introduced the world to webOS 2.0 and confirmed its flagship handset, the Palm Pre 2. So this is why HP spent all that money. Let’s take a quick spin. Much of what we saw in those leaked webOS 2.0 screen shots has been confirmed: Stacks and JustType, baked [...]
