Masaya Maeda, Canon’s head of the Image Communication Products, shared more than just sales numbers in an interview today. On the question of whether Canon was going to be attempting to compete with smaller mirrorless (so-called EVIL) cameras like those using the M4/3 system, he had this to say:
It’s not a question of whether or not you have a mirror. There is a consumer need for good-quality… → Read More
Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear about a new Android-based tablet in some ever-so-slightly-new size, configuration, or spec. Chances are that every PC manufacturer out there is going to have one, and chances are they’ll all be more or less interchangeable — like the Windows 7 tablets that they often announce at the same time. With the clear exceptions of Apple and HP, most… → Read More
Is there a green movement in China? Maybe there ought to be, considering the numbers that have just come out. China is now the planet’s number one consumer of energy, overtaking the U.S. in the process. But at the same time, the U.S. has improved its energy efficient more so than China, meaning that the U.S. can get the same amount of work done while consuming less, say, coal or oil. → Read More
In the market for a scanner? Canon just announced they have two new scanners in their Canoscan LiDE product line coming out later this year. → Read More
Very sneaky. A convenient five-color flashlight that doubles as a… SOCKS proxy tethering tool. And it’s only 99¢! Whoever approved this app is going to get a rap on the knuckles for sure. Instructions for making this deceitful little app work are over at AppShopper; I’d move quickly, as Apple will probably hit the kill switch literally any minute. Update: Kill switch hit. → Read More
In news that should surprise no one by now — Apple once again had a stellar quarter and blew past Wall Street estimates for Q3 2010. Just as with Q1 and Q2 of this year, Apple has been doing so well thanks largely to the iPhone. But unlike those quarters, Apple now has an important new product adding money to their bottom line: the iPad (the iPad had been released just prior to the closing of… → Read More
This is strictly a rumor at this point, but the replacement for the D90 is looking interesting. Nikon Rumors got a whisper of the basic stats, and here’s what we’ve got: 16MP DX Sensor Noise reduction algorithm from the D700 Full HD video capabilites (1080p?) Video auto-focus capability Body made partly from aluminium Again, we don’t know for sure that this is true, but given the… → Read More
This is pretty cute, and may even be practical. The Floppy Legs drive is a design project by Chambers Judd with little legs that detect moisture and immediately stand the drive up — instead of voiding your warranty, like normal moisture detectors. → Read More
Bored with that plain old white Nintendo Wii? Want to make it look like an abomination? Well here’s your chance! For only $19.99 you can buy a 24 piece kit that will cover all of your Wii-ness with chrome gold! → Read More
In our tech-obsessed bubble, wherein we obsess over how many millions of iPhones have been sold or how many tens of thousands of apps are in the Android Market, it’s easy to forget something: not everyone carries a smartphone. A massive number of people, from soccer moms to Arrington, still carry their good ol’ trusty feature phone. For the past few years, iSkoot has been ensuring that… → Read More
During Apple’s Q3 2010 earnings call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer fielded a question about the massive data center Apple is currently building in Maiden, North Carolina. The reporter wanted to know how it was coming, and if there were any updates? “It’s on-schedule,” Oppenheimer quickly said. “We expect it completed by the end of the calendar year,” he continued, noting that it should be fully… → Read More
At CES, we saw two compelling new products from Lenovo: the LePhone, a slick and powerful Android smartphone, and the U1, an interesting hybrid notebook-tablet. Unfortunately, neither one was destined to make its way into our hands. The LePhone is looking to be an Asia-only device, and the U1 has been shelved to make way for an Android-powered variant. But Lenovo isn’t giving up — well, not… → Read More
During the Q&A session at the end of Apple’s Q3 earnings call, Apple COO Tim Cook fielded some questions about Apple’s new iPhone 4 product. Not surprisingly, there were a few about the antenna and the swirling controversy. According to Cook, it’s not dampening the demand for the product at all.
“Let me be very clear on this: We are selling every unit we can make, currently,” Cook stated. A… → Read More
Despite BP’s best (hmm…) efforts, Old Faithful in the Gulf of Mexico keeps on gushing. This is what happens when you tunnel thousands of miles into the Earth under hundreds of feet of water looking for dead dinosaurs fuel without any real idea of what you’re doing down there. A local news station down in Alabama decided to see how the spill was affecting its local neighborhood, specifically… → Read More
Google Energy today announced an agreement to purchase 114 megawatts of wind power capacity per year for 20 years at a set price from an Iowa wind farm owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources.
A Google company spokesperson Jamie Yood noted, “This is the first contract for Google Energy. We plan on exploring other opportunities to provide our data centers with environmentally friendly power… → Read More
The textbook buying space is heating up today as Borders debuts its new “Borders Textbook Marketplace.” The Marketplace features more than 1.4 million titles including used textbooks at savings of up to 90 percent, says the company. Students can sell used books on the site as well.
The Marketplace, which was created in partnership with book seller platform Alibris, includes text books from… → Read More
This is just too cute to pass up. Thoughtful and crafty newly-wed husband Luke Jerram worked with a jeweler to create this projecting ring. A lens is embedded in one side, as you can see, and some tiny slides in the other. Get a decent light source behind it and boom — instant memories. Sure, you could always pull up the photos on the iPhone, but there’s no magic there. [via Book of… → Read More
Kukunu is a social travel planning service that puts you, your fellow travelers and your friends in the driver’s seat when it comes to planning your vacation(s). The company, which was one of the winners of Seedcamp Week 2009, has been operating quietly so far, having launched a private beta version at Le Web 2009.
Kukunu is now available in public beta, and the fledgling company has also… → Read More
As more enterprises and SMBs flock to the cloud, the need for cost-effective management platforms have increased. Cloud management startup Skydera is launching today as a centralized platform to manage multiple cloud environments. Incubated in the Founder Institute, Skydera is a platform to manage servers, deploy applications, control user access, track usage and centralize billing. The first 100… → Read More
It’s lovely that we share the world with 2.5-inch 1TB hard drives. I mean, the only thing that could be better is if said hard drives were thin enough to fit into most notebooks. Then it will be perfect but the gulf oil well apocalypse will probably get here first. Oh well, we’ll have to deal with drives like the 1TB Spinpoint MT2 and its 12.5mm height that’s 3mm higher than most notebook drives. → Read More
Of all the stellar numbers Apple released today with their Q3 2010 earnings, the most impressive has to be this: Apple sold 3.27 million iPads during the quarter. To put that into context, that’s only 200,000 fewer units than their entire Mac division sold. And it was the best Mac sales quarter ever.
In other words, in just about any other quarter, the iPad would have outsold the Mac. And this is… → Read More
At Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference last week, they were kind enough to spill the beans on how many iPhone 4s had sold since launch: roughly 3 million. What they didn’t share, however, was how many total iPhones they’d sold lately — that number, said Apple COO Tim Cook would be coming in their upcoming financial reports. The report for fiscal quarter three (which runs from… → Read More
In news that should surprise no one by now — Apple once again had a stellar quarter and blew past Wall Street estimates for Q3 2010. Just as with Q1 and Q2 of this year, Apple has been doing so well thanks largely to the iPhone. But unlike those quarters, Apple now has an important new product adding money to their bottom line: the iPad (the iPad had been released just prior to the closing of… → Read More
Yahoo has just released its second quarter earnings report. The company is reporting a net income of $0.15 per share, besting Street expectations by a cent. Operating income was $175 million, up from $76 million a year ago; Revenue was $1.6 billion, up 2% year over year. Yahoo’s press release highlights growth in the company’s display advertising, which is up 19%.
The release also highlights… → Read More
The Man has requested that I put this video here for your entertainment. Then I brought up that the video is two years old—that’s like 2 million years old in Internet Time. “Eh, go for it anyway.” Can do, chief. → Read More
Pan-european startup programme Seedcamp has released the names of the teams appearing at the Mini Seedcamp London next week. Seedcamp says they “saw many teams applying with innovative ideas in the mobile space and we are seeing more and more dedicated, smaller applications adressing very specific markets.”
Teams applied from all over Europe and beyond, and there is a trend towards self-financing… → Read More
Hello, Moshi. Call home. Darn, no one’s answering. Jeebus, I sound like a total dork on the home answering machine. Hi honey. I’ll be a little late coming home tonight. Just wanted you to know. Okay bye! Hello, Moshi. Call office. Hi John. What? No, I’m in my car. Yes, I’m in my car. I’m talking to you from within my automobile. No, I can’t post about that right now because I’m in my car. Yes. → Read More
Strap yourself in for new Xbox 360 SKUs and prices. The hard drive-less Xbox 360 Arcade will be replaced with a $199 SKU that comes with 4GB of flash storage. That comes out on August 3. Meanwhile, as for a Kinect-only deal (i.e. with no bundled 360), that comes out in November. → Read More
It may not even be officially announced yet, but all of the leaked details surrounding the Motorola Droid 2 ought to be enough to get any Android fan all antsy in the pantsies. A much improved version of the Droid 1′s keyboard? Great. A 1 Ghz CPU? Killer.
Lets go ahead and add one more thing to the list: Android 2.2 → Read More
A few stories came out of the World Cup (besides the fact that Spain is the best team on the planet): the Adidas Jabulani is now the most (in)famous ball in history, Diego Forlán is the man diggity, and everyone hates the vuvuzela. Not me—I don’t mind ‘em. → Read More
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