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It has been announced that Google intends to launch a Google Brand Tablet PC this fall. The new PC would compete directly with Apple’s Ipad. The New device will run Chrome Goggles Browser rather than the rapidly growing Android Os used mostly in Smartphones. The chrome OS is Google’s own web browser and the base of a browser based OS called Chrome OS.
HTC of Hong Kong will be building the Tablet PC for Google. HTC also manufactured Google’s failed Nexus One Smartphone and the new Envo 4G Sprint Smartphone. The …
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What’s all the news about countries wanting to ban Blackberry’s? It goes like this and if you’re a blackberry user you know this. BBM is an exclusive Blackberry, Messenger only for Blackberry networks and is free worldwide, something email is not, that’s right your BBM may be less expensive than e mail on a Blackberry Network.
This is why the controversy because these BBM are FREE to Blackberry users and run on Blackberry networks access is restricted. This is not a problem in the US they can get access via court …
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Content distributers are racing to put more TV shows on the Apple IPad. Apples IPad has a 10” Bright screen and is well suited for watching TV, Especially more so than a Smartphone or Net Book PC
Every major Cable Company or Satellite TV providers in the U.S. are building new tablet-computer applications that offer select TV shows and movies to their existing subscribers, often for little or no additional fee. The efforts are going head-to-head with a handful of existing video applications from TV networks and online video services such …
Article, Internet »
Ning Inc., the social-networking site, did what many young Web companies only dream of: It got customers weaned on free services to start paying. Since telling users in April it would stop offering the means to build and operate social networks for free, Ning’s paid user base tripled to 45,000, with memberships starting at $2.95 a month. The closely held company is adding paying subscribers at 5,000 a month, three times the rate it had before.
Ning is part of a minority of social-media sites that are charging users, following a …
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Apples IPad is one of the most successful technology products while establishing a market exists for a multitouch tablet PC. The 1.5-pound slate with a 10-inch screen has already sold more than 3 million units, even though it costs $499. Apple says over 20,000 third-party apps have been written especially for the iPad’s large screen and features, in addition to the more than 200,000 iPhone apps it can also run.
As a result, other companies, big and small, are racing to produce multitouch tablets that go beyond the narrow functions of …
Article, Software »
Netflix the video rental company that has brought Blockbuster down to bankruptcy has announced a one billion deal with 3 Hollywood studios to stream movies on line within days of the theatre release. The agreement gives Netflix exclusive access to some of the newest movies long before the hit DVD and pay per view. Netflix reinvented the video rental business by eliminating late fees and providing content to their subscribers via mail at no cost to the customer. This was revolutionary at the time allowing customers to order movies from …
Article, Gadget »
I just saw absolutely the coolest new device for users of Apple Mac Computers. This Magic Pad from Apple replaces a mouse in a few square inches, the pad is fitted gently upward to accommodate a battery and what Apple is calling gesture technology.
Just what is it that makes gesture technology so very cool? For one thing, it’s more satisfying and intimate to use your own fingers to control something on a screen rather than punching buttons or maneuvering a mouse to do so. And touch gestures are easy to …
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The next big thing to arrive at your home TV screen is 3D TV. It will start with science, sports and kids documentaries and will spread to an age of the Home Theater when all types of shows movies and other broadcasts will be available in true 3D. HDTV may make your image look awesome, but only 3D promises explosions that make you flinch and landscapes that seem to be rolling out of your TV.
If you are a hardcore home-theater enthusiasts, you probably remember the sting of having nothing to …
Article, Games »
Online gaming is getting a big push as consumers take advantage of high speed home gaming as well as gaming on 3G Smartphones. On Line video gaming is the fastest growing segment of the gaming industry with high speed cable TV boxes equipped with high speed internet and 3G Smartphones.
Today online and mobile games generate about a third of all games software revenues. In five years’ time they are forecast to generate 50 percent of all games software revenue, or around a fifth more revenue than pure console games. Whether …
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In the next few months, the satellite TV provider Dish Network plans to turn its subscriber’s mobile devices into portable televisions. The new functionality, currently slated for September launch, will be built into the Dish’s current swath of free applications developed to remotely control the company’s high-end set-top boxes using Apple’s devices. BlackBerry and Android apps are said to be forthcoming.
Dish’s app joins a growing list of video streaming products from big-name media companies, including Netflix, Hulu and ABC, attempting to catch the attention of consumers who have cut the …



