No matter which ecosystem you’ve bought into, be it iBooks, Kindle, Nook or otherwise, there’s no denying that Amazon’s Kindle apps are part of what make the system great. The latest update for its iOS app brings in some much-desired changes, including rapid highlighting and better navigation. Version 3.2 of Kindle for iOS also...
Daily Archives: August 29, 2012
LAST CHANCE: Score Your Ticket For Facebook, Twitter, And Pinterest Insight At Social Media ROI
Hear from Ford, Gap, Campbell’s and more on measuring social media impact at “Social Media ROI,” Business Insider’s conference on strategy for Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Google Plus and Pinterest. September 27, 2012, in New York — Reserve your ticket now. Memotions via Flickr Learn to measure and amplify your impact at...
Here Are All The Official Photos And Details On Samsung’s Latest Monster Smartphone
Email More Samsung See Also Use This Simple App To Get Stuff Done, And Keep Track Of Everyone On Your Team 10 Questions You Need To Ask Yourself Before Buying The iPhone 5 Apple Geniuses Are Never Allowed To Say These Words Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note II, the new model of its...
Google brings BigQuery down to earth with Excel connector
Google’s BigQuery tool for analyzing huge data sets is already a big hit, but it just got a lot more useful thanks to two new features that actually rein in its edginess. On Wednesday, Google unveiled a batch-processing feature in BigQuery that lets users schedule less-time-sensitive batch queries, as well as a tool for...
Rewards Site Swagbucks Now Rewards Users For Shopping, Too
Swagbucks, a site where users earn rewards for performing tasks like watching videos and taking surveys, is expanding with the launch of a new shopping page. Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Scott Dudelson tells me that there’s clearly money to be made in affiliate shopping programs, but Swagbucks has held off, and instead built...
How 3D Printing Is Inflaming The Gun Control Debate
If you think the gun debate in the United States is heated now, technological advances are about to make it a whole lot more intense. Last week, Forbes highlighted a project called Wiki Weapon that wants to prototype the world’s first fully printable gun. In the same way that the Internet democratized publishing and...
Here Are Photos Of The World’s First Windows Phone 8 Device (MSFT)
Email More Windows Phone Blog See Also Microsoft’s 10 Best Products Of All Time 8 Huge Complaints We Still Have About Android The 9 Most Important Differences Between Macs And PCs Today Samsung revealed its first Windows Phone 8 device at the IFA conference in Berlin. The official Windows Phone Blog was on the ground...
Apple Patents Destroy The Starship Enterprise [Video]
Created by the guys behind @HAL9000_.
Futurist’s Cheat Sheet: Holographic Displays
Movies are filled with big, bright 3D holographic images. Whether it is Tom Cruise manipulating items out of thin air in Minority Report or Robert Downey Jr. going all mad scientist in Iron Man, 3D images have little real-world equivalent. We can dream though. Holographic and more advanced volumetric displays are just but a...
How Online Payment Upstart WePay Aims to Undercut PayPal
PayPal is recognized as the dominant player in the online payments sector, but upstart WePay is attempting to beat PayPal on two key fronts that make a big difference to small businesses. WePay is counting on ease-of-use and lower costs to draw the interest of smaller merchants who may be strapped for cash and...