Instabridge, a stealthy startup that’s building some sort of Wi-Fi app, decided to roam the streets of Stockholm, Zurich and Madrid, and ask random people to explain what Wi-Fi and 3G are. They recorded some of the responses on video. Sans further comment. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/7Qy8wvrrezM/
Daily Archives: September 6, 2012
How Microsoft’s Kinect For Windows Will Upgrade Your Monitor For Windows 8
In a year’s time, presumably, we’ll all be living in the touch-screen world of Windows 8. But what happens to the millions of non-touch-enabled monitors already on laptops desktops around the world? Three words: Kinect for Windows. Microsoft said this week that Kinect for Windows – a slightly different version of the the Xbox...
The New Motorola: Google’s Hardware Division Steps Into The Future
For the first time since Motorola became a division of Google, the smartphone manufacturer released new devices yesterday at an event in New York City. It seemed like a typical device launch at first. A band (Aussie transplants “The Kin”) warmed up a crowd of bored-looking tech journalists who had trudged across Manhattan from...
Still going down: Flailing HTC reports $804m in revenue for August 2012
Troubled Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC this morning announced (PDF) its monthly sales numbers, reporting approximately $804 million (NT$24 billion) in revenue for August 2012, down from $835 million in July 2012. In addition, HTC reported total unaudited consolidated revenues from January to August 2012 of just south of $7 billion (NT$207.9 billion). At the...
Sinking Sharp mortgages Japanese factories to stay afloat
Japanese electronics maker Sharp has come upon some hard times, and it has mortgaged “almost all” of its factories in its home country to get a $1.92 billion (150 billion yen) line of credit while it waits for a deal with Foxconn parent Hon Hai to come through, Reuters reports. Company spokesperson Miyuki Nakayama...
Google re-enables YouTube uploads in Korea, following a 3 year block
Google has announced the long-anticipated re-enabling of YouTube Uploads in South Korea more than three years after local regulation forced the restriction. Last month Korea abolished laws that prevented Internet users posting comment anonymously, and those rules affected all domestic Web services with 100,000 daily visitors or more. YouTube, and 150 other services, had been...
Kobo Unveils $99 Mini And $129 Glo E-Readers, Takes On Amazon With Android-Powered Arc Tablet
The big September reveal-a-thon is set to continue tomorrow with some new product announcements courtesy of Amazon, but a rival player in the e-book space is trying to capture some thunder of its own prior to Amazon’s big show. Rakuten-owned Kobo has just officially unveiled a slew of new e-readers (plus an Android tablet,...
Bill Clinton praises Obama’s fuel efficiency standards, energy strategy
While the ghost of Solyndra was alive and well at the Republican National Convention (it’s now a year after the company’s bankruptcy), one of the Democratic National Convention’s key speakers, Bill Clinton, only briefly touched on energy and climate policy in his prepared remarks. Clinton, usually a total energy nerd, only focused on energy...
Kobo takes aim at Amazon with two new e-readers and a tablet
With Amazon widely expected to announce new Kindle devices at a press event in Los Angeles Thursday, Kobo is getting its news out a little early: The Toronto-based company, which is owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, is launching two new e-readers – one front-lit, one five-inch — and a tablet called the Kobo...
How To Filter The Social Web, Part 2: Reddit
This week I’m exploring tools that help filter your Social Web experience. Yesterday I checked out Webicina, a medical news curation service. Today I’m re-visiting a service that has a much broader appeal, at least in terms of topics covered: reddit. The Condé Nast owned social news aggregator has become so popular that even...