TokBox, the live video-chat platform that was acquired by Spain’s Telef nica in 2012, was one of the first companies to fully bet on WebRTC (the Web Real-Time Communication API), the quickly developing standard for plugin-free, in-browser video, audio and text chat. After launching its Chrome integration earlier this year, TokBox today debuted its support [...]
~ read more ~MakeXYZ Helps You Find An Idle 3D Printer Near You
Idle 3D printers are the bane of the creative class. That’s why MakeXYZ.com is so important. It is a service that helps you find 3D printers near you and request print jobs. Like the remote batch jobs of yore, you can simply contact a MakeXYZ maker and they’ll print off your item. Programmers Chad Masso [...]
~ read more ~Intel Clover Trail+ Dual Core Smartphone Processors Announced
Intel has announced the launch of some new processors which are designed to be used in smartphones, the Intel Clover Trail+, which is a dual core mobile processor that will feature clock speeds of between 1.2GHz and 2GHz. Intel have said that they will launch at least three different processor’s in their Clover Trail+ range, [...]
~ read more ~Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE Arrives On Virgin Mobile In The U.S.
Virgin Mobile users are in for a treat. Virgin Mobile USA has announced that they will be adding the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE to their lineup of phones. It will be priced at $300.
~ read more ~Take on the Role of a Challenge-Solving Robot in C-Bot Puzzle – iPad Game Review
C-Bot is a puzzle game for the iPad that promises to test both your reasoning and your agility. The game stars C-Bot, an adorable little white robot that is owned by Doctor Puzzle, a young scientist. C-Bot is awfully cute, and looks quite a lot like a square version of lovable Disney robot Eve, from [...]
~ read more ~New Apple Job Listing Hints at USB 3.0-Connectivity for Lightning Connector
Apple’s USB Connectivity Compliance QA team is looking for a new Senior Software Quality Engineer to “lead testing efforts on our exciting iOS and iPod product line.” The Lightning connector that comes with all new iOS devices currently runs on USB 2.0 and it appears that Apple is looking to speed things up a bit. [...]
~ read more ~Best iPhone Jailbreak Apps & Tweaks For iOS 6
It’s been almost three weeks since evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 6 or later and the newer iOS devices like the iPhone 5, iPad 4, iPad mini etc. Cydia developers have done a great job in releasing updates for the tweaks to add support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5, So I thought it was a [...]
~ read more ~Meet Mozilla’s Host of New Mobile Partners
Mozilla’s efforts to build a Web-based mobile operating system around its Firefox browser took a significant step forward on Sunday. The company brought together several of its early partners in Barcelona to show the progress it has made in the months since it first unveiled the Firefox OS project. The browser maker is looking to [...]
~ read more ~Fact-Checking the Spectrum Food Fight
The FCC has undertaken an important quest to use an incentive auction to repurpose broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband. Some in Washington oppose designating any of the recovered spectrum for unlicensed technologies. They see this process merely as a way to raise money for the U.S. Treasury, rather than focusing on the much larger and [...]
~ read more ~Samsung Takes Aim at iPad Mini With Galaxy Note 8.0
Samsung is on a path to offer a device in every screen size with today’s introduction of the Galaxy Note 8.0. Debuting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is positioned between the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 10.1, as Samsung looks to re-establish itself as a player in the [...]
~ read more ~Iran discovers more uranium ore and chooses sites for new nuclear plants
Unconfirmed find would treble country’s estimated supply of raw uranium Iran has announced the discovery of new deposits of raw uranium to feed its nuclear programme and has identified sites for 16 more nuclear power stations, just days before talks with Western powers over its disputed atomic programme. The Iran Atomic Energy Organisation report cited [...]
~ read more ~Watch Nearly Every Steve Jobs Video on New Blog Site and YouTube Channel [Mac Blog]
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The Apple fan behind the Every Apple TV ad YouTube channel has created a new channel and blog with the self-explanatory title Every Steve Jobs video, offering a total of around 150 clips of varying lengths. The site’s creator told MacRumors that he wanted to get them online in time for Steve Jobs’ birthday on [...]
~ read more ~Apple Hiring ‘Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist’ in Australia
Apple has posted a new job listing for a ‘Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist’ in Australia. The job listing, which was posted two days ago, comes several months after Apple came under fire for incorrect mapping data in central Australia. The position will check “changes to map data, provide feedback on unique local map requirements, [...]
~ read more ~Google Ports Quickoffice To Chrome Using Native Client, Will Get Full Editing Features In About 3 Months
At its Chromebook Pixel event yesterday, Google didn’t just launch its new premium Chromebook. It also announced that it is porting Quickoffice, the mobile productivity app that brings Microsoft Office to iOS and Android to the web through Native Client and Chrome. Google acquired Quickoffice. As Google’s vice president of Chrome Sundar Pichai noted at [...]
~ read more ~With $2M From Zynga Co-founder & More, Sokikom Wants To Use Social, MMO Gaming To Help Kids Learn Math
Sokikom, a new startup that wants to help K-12 teachers motivate students to learn using games, is announcing today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, half of which comes in the form of a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (a research branch within the U.S. Department of Education) and the [...]
~ read more ~FBI issues report detailing spread of lurid employee misconduct
FBI assistant director details ‘rash of sexting cases’ and hopes report’s release will stem tide of inappropriate behavior So widespread are the instances of illegal activities among FBI employees that the bureau has taken the drastic step of issuing a report detailing the spread of misconduct in an attempt to stem the tide. From sexting [...]
~ read more ~BP and government lawyers prepare for battle over environmental cost of spill
British oil giant faces Deepwater Horizon court case determined to dispute level of culpability and reduce fines Dolphin calving season has just begun in the Gulf of Mexico and marine biologists are reporting an alarming trend. Between 2000 and 2009, an average of 25 to 30 dolphins were found dead on the beaches of the [...]
~ read more ~Asus Launches the $1000 GeForce GTX Titan
Asus has announced the launch of its latest video card in partnership with Nvidia called the GeForce GTX Titan. This is the highest performance video card ever offered from Nvidia and it carries a gigantic price tag to match its performance. Asus will be selling the video card for $999.
~ read more ~Magellan GPS watches arrive in Europe
Dedicated GPS navigation devices have been around for quite some time already, although there is the very real and present danger of such a niche market to go out of vogue with the plethora of devices these days (smartphones and tablets, especially) that already come with their fair share of built-in GPS navigation capability, hence [...]
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