Nokia today introduced the new C3 Touch and Type handset, a relatively inexpensive S40 handset offering a touchscreen display and connectivity features often relegated to smartphones. Will cheaper competing Android devices with touchscreens and 3G arrive to challenge Nokia’s feature phone dominance? Hint: they already are. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
During the 90s, Intel made big strides in getting its commodity chips in supercomputers or high performance computing systems that crunch big data. But chips built using the ARM architecture common to cell phones are likely to find a home in HPC in the near future. Read More »
I just put in my order for the Boxee Box. With the recently unveiled Apple TV offering little more than Netflix streaming and Google TV trying to play nice with cable subscriptions and DVRs, this one looks like the right choice for my living room. Read More »
Over the years, IE has fallen some way behind its competitors in terms of raw speed and standards compliance. So has the the new version done anything to make up that lost ground? I ran it through some benchmarking tools to find out. Read More »
Apple wants a cut of any profits made using its App Store for iOS devices, which is why it takes 30 percent of revenue from purchases made through iTunes accounts. Now, Jobs and co. hope to extend that model to newspaper subscriptions, too. Read More »
There are plenty of apps that make collaboration easier — at least once you’ve figured out what your actual project is going to be. But if you’re still in the kicking-around-ideas stage of planning your organization you could probably do with a specialized tool. Read More »
Anyone reading this on a MacBook Air knows that it’s truly the lightest, full-featured notebook available. Unfortunately, it has a bad reputation. Anyone who hasn’t owned one doesn’t understand. I’m here to make a case that anyone that hasn’t used one should give it a shot. Read More »
Move Networks was just granted a patent for its HTTP-based adaptive streaming technology, which could make its intellectual property more valuable. The patent also means that it could pose a threat to Adobe, Microsoft, Apple and others that have rolled out similar technology of their own. Read More »
A new digital-music service from Google will likely include a la carte downloads, streaming music, song sharing and a cloud-based “digital locker” where users can store their music for $25 a year, according to sources in the music industry who have reportedly seen the company’s proposal. Read More »
Seaweed: great for sushi, skin care and … powering cars? Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) thinks so, and it announced Wednesday that it has lined up a Norwegian oil heavy weight, Statoil, to help it bring its technology to market. Read More »
Nokia’s Ovi store has taken a perceived backseat to the iTunes App Store and Android Market. We spoke with Qik EVP Bob Rosin and several other developers at Nokia World for their perspective on Nokia’s Ovi Store enhancements, Symbian^3, and the Qt development tools. Read More »
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason — who’s created what’s now being called “the fastest growing company ever” out of the ashes of an unsuccessful collective giving platform — today at the DEMO Conference attributed part of his tech startup’s success to being located in Chicago. Read More »
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