RIM are clearly trying to keep your focus on their upcoming BlackBerry OS 6. We’ve seen two different videos already, as well as a bunch of phone leaks and screen shots.
And now, just for you guys, they’ve posted a whole heap more to their Inside BlackBerry blog. → Read More
Spoiler: It takes 38:53 seconds, with is about 48 hours faster than I could do it. [via AndroidGuys] → Read More
Yesterday afternoon Alexis Bonte, Founder and CEO of eRepublik emailed to tell me that Russia had attacked Washington, with 662 soldiers defending the capital. Today Russia took over. Good thing it’s just a game.
Of course, it’s not just any game now that eRepublik, the web based social strategy game, boasts 1.8 million registered users. The game is essentially a browser-based virtual world… → Read More
As we go into the second half of 2010, it seems like we get more and more camera companies releasing new products. In fact Fuji just today announced four new point and shoot cameras of varying capabilities. → Read More
Head mounted displays still have something futuristic about them, and Brother’s offering, the so-called AiRScouter, is no exception. The company today unveiled [press release in English] the newest version of the HMD, which was first shown to the general public in 2008 (and once again in 2009). Back then, the AiRScouter was unnamed and had a different design. → Read More
Yesterday afternoon Alexis Bonte, Founder and CEO of eRepublik emailed to tell me that Russia had attacked Washington DC, with 662 soldiers defending the capital. Today Russia took over DC. Good thing it’s just a game.
Of course, it’s not just any game now that eRepublik, the web based social strategy game, boasts 1.8 million registered users. The game is essentially a browser-based virtual… → Read More
There are a few competing keyboards on Android and the iPhone at the moment: Swype, Shapewriter, Swiftwkey — and that’s just the ones beginning with S. But here’s one that’s tackling a problem I never thought software could tackle: Blind Type makes it possible to type on your touch screen phone without looking at the screen.
You can do this because the Blind Type keyboard is no longer tethered… → Read More
Panasonic not only announced two awesome 3D plasma TVs today, the company also introduced [JP] a new concept for 3D glasses. The three models are supposed to be the perfect fit for for every member in your family: size S is suitable for kids, M is for women and L is best for men (according to Panasonic). → Read More
Actifio, a company that specializes in data management virtualization solutions, this morning announced that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding in a round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Greylock Partners.
With the funds, Actifio intends to ramp up sales and marketing efforts. → Read More
Startup NearVerse, the developers of proximity based mobile social network LoKast is rolling out an Android app today.
Originally launched on the iPhone at SXSW in March, LoKast, which is actually short for “local-casting,” allows you to set up a profile that will list all of your photos, selected contacts, videos, web links and music on your mobile phone. You can select which content… → Read More
Design, engineering and entertainment software juggernaut Autodesk has agreed to acquire Illuminate Labs, a privately held maker of lighting technology for game development headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The company’s Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in for Autodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and more realistic in-game lighting.
Terms of… → Read More
To use a sports analogy, sports blog network SB Nation has been racking up a lot of singles. The service’s initial funding and launch, single. A deal with the NHL, single. The SportsStream, single. The 20 regional sites, single. Slowly but surely, they’ve turned that output into a lot of runs. And the result is some very impressive traffic growth. Today brings two more hits to keep the runs coming… → Read More
Mobile communication, marketing and commerce platform vendor Movitas has raised $3 million in a new round of financing from a group of private investors, the company announced earlier this morning, self-reportedly thanks to its success with hotels, holiday resorts and the likes.
Movitas says it will use the additional capital to enhance its mobile platform to generate new revenue streams for the… → Read More
Total spec overkill from Panasonic today: the company just announced [JP] the world’s first all-in-one TVs that feature 3D capability and come with built-in HDDs and Blu-ray recorders. The devices are following four 3D plasmas Panasonic Japan has shown in recent months. → Read More
Google’s AdWords may be one of the most successful products in Internet history, but it’s fair to say that most small and medium-sized business owners aren’t exactly experts when it comes to writing their ad copy or picking out keywords — in fact, there’s a whole industry of consultants and firms who specialize in doing just that. Enter Trada, a startup that launched in March that’s looking to… → Read More
Into Zynga Poker? Want a bit o’ artificial intelligence to tweak-up your game play? Then meet your new buddy, PokerBuddy Pro that is.
The PokerBuddy team spent nearly two years perfecting algorithmic and statistical analysis for no-limit Texas-Hold’em. The result is a Windows-only software client that provides players advice, in real-time, throughout their game play. In case you’re wondering… → Read More
The CHOBI CAM is one ultra-small video camera DIY Video: Steadicam for your iPhone 4 One of the most amazing physics engines I’ve ever seen Leggy disk drive stands up to avoid spills Projector-ring is clever and sentimental → Read More
Back in November 2008, a venture-backed startup called Power Ventures launched Power.com in an effort to establish a one-stop shop social networking hub, enabling its users to aggregate and access data and activity streams from a variety of social networking sites via one single user interface.
Before the year ended, Facebook, one of the social networks users could access via Power.com, sued the… → Read More
Remember when the iPad was unveiled and some people tried to paint it as a lose-lose for Apple? The line of thinking was that even if the iPad was a hit (which many were skeptical of at the time), it would likely cannibalize sales of the Mac. You know, the higher-priced, and more importantly, higher-margin Apple products.
If the iPad was the future of computing, it was going to come at a cost to… → Read More
Zattikka, the browser and mobile games company, has announced that its raised $5.5m through its parent company Expedite 5, Inc.
The new round of funding is being led by Notion Capital and a group of private investors which include Harald Ludwig, co-chair of Lionsgate Entertainment. Ludwig will also join Zattikka’s Board.
The London-based startup previously received seed funding from Atomico… → Read More
If for whatever reason, you’re in the market for the remains of a used game store, here’s your chance. Looks like a used game store shut down in Japan, and they’ve put up their inventory on Yahoo Auctions. So here’s your chance to grab 40 Famicons, or 100 Super Famicons, or even 2000 loose SFC carts to use with your 100 Super Famicons. Oh, and the auction is in Japanese, so… → Read More
A survey that went out this morning called the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), garnered a lot of attention around the blogosphere. While this survey is nothing new, this year, they included a few “social media” sites for the first time. And the results were interesting. Or, at least, the results basically said Facebook sucks. And that’s interesting.
But here’s the thing. I’ve read… → Read More
After logging a record $15.7 billion in third quarter revenues, Apple says it is now on track to hit $18 billion in the next quarter. As any analyst on Wall Street will tell you, Apple is notorious for under-promising and over-delivering when it comes to guidance. The only question is, by how much will Apple beat in Q4?
On today’s episode of TechCrunch NOW, MG Siegler and I took one more look at… → Read More
I’m a bit ashamed that I never thought of such a simple thing. I’ve messed around with long exposures and light trails a bit — even got some sweet results. But waving a flashlight or phone around is no way to do things if you want any kind of precision. Turns out all you need to do is slice your design in a piece of cardboard and shine the light through it. More in-depth… → Read More
I have to say that before today I’d never heard of the Grant-Pattishall Award given each year to the Yahoo engineer who “who breaks Flickr in the most spectacular way.” But today they awarded it to Daniel Bogan, and he has been added to the list.
What did Bogan do to break Flickr? We’re hoping to find out soon enough. Comments and tips with more information are appreciated. → Read More
It seems like just about every other week, T-mobile adds a few more cities to the big list of those supporting their “4G Speed” (they can’t outright call it 4G, because it’s technically still 3G) HSPA+ network. Last month alone brought 15 — and this month? 25 more. Is yours one? → Read More
Jive Software, the maker of an all-in-one social enterprise software, has just raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers with existing investor Sequoia Capital participating in the round. This brings Jive’s total funding to a whopping $57 million. Jive’s CEO Tony Zingale declined to reveal the valuation of the company but said that he was “very pleased” with… → Read More
It’s clearly a joke but seeing the $29 advertised price, Apple might be eyeing this a possible option to compensate for the $175 million it’s losing giving away iPhone 4 bumpers. [via osXdaily] → Read More
I remember writing this same robot up back in 2008 when it set the previous robot walk record, so I thought it’d be nice to publish this update. The “Ranger” robot built by students at Cornell (with improvements) has set a new unofficial record for sustained robot walking. It’s gone 14.3 miles without falling down, which is more than I can say. Go team! [via Physorg] → Read More
Great news, Internet. The Windows 7 HP Slate isn’t dead. According to HP’s site, the Slate is very much alive — all 8 variations of it — and it seems like HP will indeed put it head-to-head against the Palmpad like I thought.
Don’t too excited just yet. These models are anything but official as they were simply found on some random HP product listing. However, the brief description — embedded… → Read More
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