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Right after Apple CEO, Tim Cook made his appearance at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference this week, he and Apple executive Eddy Cue went to their Austin Texas plant where the new top shelf Apple Mac Pro is manufactured. Apple's PR department made a big deal out of the trip, picking up on the momentum [...]
There's a war going on between Netflix and Verizon and it doesn't appear that it's going to slow down anytime soon. Netflix has been trying to become more transparent to it's customers and at the same time, they've been working on deals directly with broadband providers to get the optimal speed for their users. Netflix [...]
On Tuesday, June 3, Sony launched a new smartphone, the Xperia T3. The Xperia T3 was, "created exclusively for those looking to stand out from the crowd."Sony News Center, "Stand out from the crowd with the stylish and slim Xperia T3 smartphone from Sony," 3 June 2014 Sony has already released its new high-end [...]
We're at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC) this week and we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Book Systems. Book Systems is library and textbook/asset management software developer. They are used by more than 10,000 schools and libraries worldwide. We had a chance to ask the Book Systems team [...]
If you are like us, you often have more devices than outlets, especially when traveling. This is a real pain as you have to set up a hierarchy of importance, and often leave several devices uncharged. No longer. Feast your eyes on the SmartQuad 4 Port Travel Charger from Skiva: The SmarQuad is a "Universal [...]
Among many thing announced by Apple on Monday at WWDC was HealthKit. The new iOS 8 functionality has been a long-time coming, and has been the subject of several leaks over the past few months. Anyhow, HealthKit acts a central hub/repository where third-party apps can store data in one central location. The idea being that [...]
Meet Steve Chen the man behind the GemWhere Smart Watch, the best smart watch out there today. We've seen a lot of smart watches so far. Most of them are filled with glitzy cool features, but one smartwatch has stood out as a truly functional piece of equipment that you can wear on your wrist. [...]
Update: Daniel Emailed us and told us that: Localesh is actively looking for food advocates to help us sell produce in the SF Bay Area. Earn 20% commission plus discounts and support local farmers. Email: localesh@gmail.com for information. Also, here is the link for the sales advocate sign up page: localesh.launchrock.com With all the technology at our disposal, how [...]
When Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and the entire AllThingsD crew left the Wall Street Journal you weren't thinking those hot seat interviews were dead, were you? Well new Blacbkerry CEO John Chen was in the hot seat on Wednesday at the inaugural re/code Code Conference the new conference starring the former AllThingsD team. Re/Code co-founders [...]
There are so many people just drifting along in the day-to-day. So many that appear to lack a goal or motivation. Appear is the key word there. It is not so much that these people aren't motivate, it is more of a question of finding the motivation. Finding this motivation can be a serious [...]
We just came across a pretty interesting mobile app. Toplist is a shopping app, but it takes a lot of cues from social networks. There have been a few social commerce apps and companies, but Toplist thinks that these guys had the wrong idea. Rather than just a repository for people to dump [...]
A Japanese company may have developed the rechargeable battery that everyone has been waiting for. For years the Lithium Ion battery has powered today's smartphones and tablets, but lately electric car manufacturers have relied on Lithium Ion batteries to power their vehicles. These batteries are often big, bulky and take a while to charge. Gizmag [...]
On Monday, May 19, GoPro officially filed its S-1 Form with the Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC), noting its intention to become a public company. Major underwriters for the IPO are J.P. Morgan, Raymond James, Citigroup, and Barclays. Among the litany information the company disclosed in the S-1 form, GoPro offered the detailed look at their [...]
Sanho Corporation, the company behind the Hyper line of mobile and computer accessories, recently unveiled the iStick via a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The iStick is the first flash drive that comes with both a standard USB connector and an Apple MFi Certified lightning connector. The lightning connector means that you can connect the iStick [...]
The majority of math-based apps, software, and games are developed by adults, necessarily. Text-books are written by adults. Courses are taught by adults. While there is nothing wrong with that, Shooloo thinks incorporating students into the creation of these components helps the learning process. The Shooloo Team was kind enough to tell us about their product, [...]
On Tuesday, Motorola announced a new phone, the Moto E. While this was not the flagship device - dubbed the Moto X+1 - that had been speculated, this is a major announcement. We will get into the Moto E below, but Motorola made another significant announcement during the press event. The company also announced an [...]
Years ago, I had a kinetic watch. The battery was charged from everyday, normal movements: waling, driving, writing. You never had to worry about replacing the battery. If it stopped, all you had to do was shake it around. Since then, I have always wondered why that same concept could not be used in larger [...]
Update 5/8/2014: The original article suggested that Amplify's vocabulary usage features were specific to the company's tablet. This has been updated to note that these features are a part of Amplify's ELA Digital Curriculum. There were some really good sessions during day three of TechCrunch Disrupt New York. However, the session entitled "Hacking the Classroom," really stood [...]
Oppo, the Chinese phone maker, just released its first 4G/LTE device, and it looks to be one of the best Android powered phones on the market: the Find 7. Well, actually Oppo is releasing two phones, the Find 7 and the Find 7a. The difference between the 7 and the 7a is only in screen resolution. [...]
If you're a baseball fan and a customer of fourth largest national wireless carrier T-Mobile, then you're in luck T-Mobile, who is celebrating some great news this week, is often finding creative ways to reward their customers. Earlier this year, in order to get new customers from other carriers, T-Mobile went as far as to [...]
