GSLO has announced that it has received the first shipment of Volt solar chargers for testing. The company says it will test them for manufacturing quality before they ship to users in the US. Apple has blocked the Sony Reader app from the App Store. The reason the app was blocked is that in-app purchases [...]
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GSLO Volt cases closer to launch, Apple blocks Sony reader app, iOS 4.2.6 lands
February 1st, 2011 |
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Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000 adapter, IRS App, class action suit over cracked glass
January 28th, 2011 |
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Monster has pulled the wraps off a cool new adapter to hook your iPhone to your car stereo via an aux input. The adapter lets you skip forward and backwards in your music playlist using gestures. The official IRS app has landed for the iPhone. The app lets the user check on the status of [...]
Google, Net App, SAS Top IT Companies to Work for in 2011
January 27th, 2011 |
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Each year, Fortune magazine comes out with its list of "The 100 Best Companies to Work For" which is always a popular feature for its readers. IT companies are well-represented on the list. The list has become a major resource for job seekers and new college graduates. In fact, IT companies in general usually have reputations as being desirable places to work and develop careers. In this slide show, eWEEK focuses on 15 IT-related companies on the list& most of which we cover on a regular basis. They include four in the top 10: No. 1, SAS; No. 4, Google; No. 5, NetApp; and No. 10, DreamWorks Animation. Employees described the companies here as offering such attractive features as generous paychecks, worthwhile perks (such as free child-care services, workout spaces and good cafeterias) and pleasant work environments. They also have another feature that is essential to job seekers: These companies are growing, and they have open positions to fill. So if you’re among the many these days looking for a new job in the IT industry, these are the top prospects to check out now. (Photos or logos in this slideshow are courtesy of the respective companies.) – …
Google Dissatisfied with Android Paid App Purchases
January 27th, 2011 |
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Google Android platform head Eric Chu said Google isn’t happy with the paid app progress of Android Market. The company needs to fortify its payment system to compete with Apple. – It’s rare to catch any actual Android developers other
than the operating system creator Andy Rubin speaking in public. It’s even more
rare that you’ll hear one of the team express any negativity about the
platform’s progress.
Yet Eric Chu, group manager for Android platform at
Google, apparent…
Apple, Android to Lead $15B in Mobile App Downloads
January 27th, 2011 |
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Apple’s App Store helped mobile application downloads soar in 2010. With Google’s Android Market pushing Apple, expect the overall pie to grow in 2011, Gartner said. – Thanks to Apple’s App Store and Google’s rougher-around-the-edges Android Market, mobile-application-store sales will top $15 billion in 2011, Gartner said Jan. 26.
The $15 billion number, up 190 percent from $5.2 billion in 2010, counts both users buying applications and applications generating ad…
Coradiant TrueSight Virtual Appliance Tracks Web App Performance
January 25th, 2011 |
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Instead of focusing on the Websites performance from the back end, Coradiants TrueSight Enterprise Edition appliance gives IT managers a real-time view of what visitors are seeing on the front end. – Coradiant announced a virtual appliance that lets IT
managers monitor Web application performance in real time.
The TrueSight Enterprise Edition, released on Jan. 25,
allows companies to track what users are experiencing on the Website, the
company said. Based on the original TrueSight hardware …
Apple App Store Roars Past 10 Billion Downloads
January 25th, 2011 |
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Apples App Store passed the 10 billion mark with the download of a paper-airplane game that won its U.K. owner a $10,000 iTunes gift card. – The Apple App
Store has passed a new milestone: the download of its 10 billionth application.
Apple, which
has been counting down or rather up to the 11-figure mark, announced Jan. 22
that the application had been downloaded by a U.K. resident, Gail Davis, who
downloaded Paper Glider a game t…
Chip Shot: Intel AppUp(SM) center Now Available through Walmart
January 18th, 2011 |
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App lovers can now go to Walmart.com to download applications from the Intel AppUpSM center. Whether you’re in the mood for some home cooking, social networking or new twists on classic games, the Intel AppUp center is home to tons of fun netbook and consumer laptop apps, including Angry Birds, Boxee, Mashable and Facebook for AppUp. Launched at IDF last year, the app store is also available through Best Buy, Best Buy Canada, Future Shop, Dixons, Asus, Croma, HSN, New Egg and TigerDirect.
iCar Black Box records accidents, iASUS NT3 throat mic, 12-15m CDMA iPhones expected to ship
January 18th, 2011 |
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The iCar Black Box app launched today and is free for a limited time. The app works on the iPhone and activates recording for video and other data as soon as it senses a collision. iASUS has unveiled a new mic for the iPhone and any other 3.5mm input device that is perfect for owners [...]
Apple App Store Fight, Muglia Departure Marked Microsoft Week
January 16th, 2011 |
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Microsofts week involved the announced departure of one high-ranking executive, and a brewing fight between the company and Apple over the term "app store." – Microsofts week saw one major executive departure and
several small battles with rivals in the cloud and smartphone space, both of
which could be harbingers of larger things to come.
On Jan. 10, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a companywide e-mail to the effect that Bob Muglia, president of
the…
Apple hover sensor patent app, Dev Team waits for public iOS 4.2.5 & 4.3 before offering unlock, Verizon never in running for original iPhone
January 14th, 2011 |
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A new Apple patent application has surfaced that shows a new sensor that may come to future iPhones that can sense when people hover over the device. The sensor would apparently be on the back and what exactly it would be used for is unknown, perhaps hover navigation using a finger? The Dev Team has [...]
YouTube Android App Pairs Mobile Ads, Vevo Music
January 13th, 2011 |
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YouTube partnered with Vevo to make music videos from U2, Lady Gaga and others available free via the YouTube 2.0 for Android app. YouTube is showing pre-roll ads on these clips. – @font-face {
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12 is making Vevo’s online video library accessible via the YouTube 2.0 application
for Android.
YouTube fans, who
own smartphones based on Android…
Microsoft`s Apple ‘App Store` Suit Only Wastes Time: 10 Reasons Why
January 13th, 2011 |
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News Analysis: Microsoft is suing Apple over its use of “App Store,” claiming that the term is too generic to be worthy of a trademark. But is this really the best time to be distracted with that? – Microsoft is taking issue with Apples claim that it should hold the exclusive rights to the term, “App Store.” The software giant says that the term is too generic, and should not be employed exclusively by Apple. If the company is successful, it could pave the way for Microsoft or any other firm, f…
New VoxOx Mobile Messaging App Unifies Several Communication Channels
January 13th, 2011 |
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The free consumer service unifies all key channels–voice, text, chat, video, social media, e-mail, fax and content sharing–and brings them into a single user interface that can be accessed by virtually any type of connected device. – Facebook recently made headlines with its approach to unifying messaging e-mail, chat and texting and making it possible to respond to any of those types of messages through its new Messages service with any device the user wants. It remains to be seen if that’s going to turn into a profit center fo…
Microsoft Objects to Apple’s App Store Trademark Attempt
January 12th, 2011 |
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Microsoft has filed an objection to Apple’s attempt to trademark the term "app store," according to legal documents. – Apple wants to trademark the term “app store,” but not if
Microsoft can throw a legal barrier in its path.
Apple originally filed its trademark request July 2008,
within weeks of its App Store launch. The App Store offers hundreds of
thousands of apps for the companys mobile devices, including …
PlayStation iOS app lands, PocketPro golf swing analyzer, Verizon iPhone subsidies to hit $5B
January 11th, 2011 |
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The official Sony PlayStation app has landed on the App Store for you to download. The app doesn’t allow actual gaming, but lets you keep up with online statuses, the activities of your pals, and check out your trophies. Golfers can soon get the PocketPro gold swing analyzer tool for the iPhone. The tool is [...]
Playstation app for iphone and android will be released soon Posted By : Michael Jone
January 11th, 2011 |
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Many thousands of early Windows Phone 7 users are enjoying seamless connectivity with Xbox Live, but it may seem like nothing when compared to Sonys effort in delivering PlayStation integration to literally millions of existing smartphone owners.
Apple’s Mac App Store Could Draw Strong Competition
January 11th, 2011 |
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Apple reported 1 million apps downloaded from its Mac App Store in its first day of release. How will Google and Microsoft respond? – Apple announced Jan. 7 that 1 million apps had been downloaded from the Mac
App Store. The question now is: How will its competitors respond?
quot;We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting, quot;
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote in a Jan. 7
statement. quot;Developers have …
Motorola Atrix 4G Leverages Webtop App for Larger Screen
January 10th, 2011 |
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Motorola’s Atrix 4G smartphone sports a nifty Webtop application that lets users access their handset’s content from a bigger screen. Analysts aren’t impressed. –
Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha was effusive in his
praise of the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone. The Android 2.2-based handset is shaping
up to be the most attractive Android smartphone AT amp;T will have ever
launched when it lands this quarter.
Jha on Jan. 5 at the 2011 Consumer Electronic…
Windows Phone 7 Updates Will Include Tweaks, Better App Performance
January 7th, 2011 |
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Microsoft executives at CES are suggesting Windows Phone 7′s upcoming updates will include better app performance, tweaks and copy-and-paste. – LAS
VEGAS Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 updates, due over
the course of the next few months, aim to make the company’s smartphone
software more appealing to consumers and competitive with rival platforms.
Windows
Phone 7 has been a focus at the Consumer Electronics Show here, with Microsoft CEO…