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That’s what the tech blogosphere expects to happen, including Mashable and Techcrunch, on Wednesday at an Amazon press conference. The maker of the world’s most popular e-book reader is rumored to be announcing a color, touch-screen tablet device called the “Kindle Fire,” according to the blog TechCrunch, which claims to have seen the gadget and [...]
Big news in the technology world today. So Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility stating the combination will supercharge Android, enhance Competition, and offer wonderful user experiences. How will this affect Microsoft and will Microsoft eventually have to purchase Nokia? Here’s the press release: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today [...]
The Droid 3 doesn’t have much to do with printing, but many of us printers love techy stuff right? I personally have the Droid, which I depise; its clunky, thick and awkward, but my son has the Droid 2 and he loves it. I still don’t feel like I would want the Droid 2 or [...]
Coming Sunday, July 17, the iriver Story HD e-reader will be available for sale in Target stores nationwide and on Target.com. The iriver Story HD is the first e-reader integrated with the open Google eBooks platform, through which you can buy and read Google eBooks over Wi-Fi. The iriver Story HD, which retails for $139.99 [...]
GGTracker is a Trojan (a malicious program concealed within otherwise harmless software). Its creators lure unsuspecting Android users via ads that appear in other Android apps. So far, those ads have been touting free apps for optimizing your phone battery or adult content. But that could easily change, so consider any in-app ad for a [...]
HTC had an incredible month in May 2011 with sales reaching 1.42 billion which is more than double May 2010 sales for the company. We just learned that HTC recently released a new tablet, the Android-based Flyer. Here are some things HTC boasts about the Flyer. Sync your ink Capturing ideas is great. Being able [...]
Google on Wednesday began fixing a security flaw that affects some 97% of Android smartphones. The fix, which addresses a hole allowing hackers to access the contacts, calendars and photos on an Android phone connected to an open Wi-Fi network, will take a few days to cover every phone, a Google spokesman said. Unlike a [...]
Sony announced its own line of tablets that will run on Android 3 Honeycomb. The first is the Qriocity-focused 9.4-inch S1 media tablet with both front- and rear-facing cameras and a curved wrap design that resembles a folded magazine. The S1 features a Tegra 2 SoC and customized “Quick and Smooth” touch panel UI with [...]
Adobe has launched the Photoshop Touch SDK, enabling developers to create applications that can interact with the desktop version of Photoshop on Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS platforms. Showcasing the possibilities of the new software development kit, Adobe is initially launched three Photoshop CS5 companion apps for the iPad: Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, [...]
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the global leader in Android mobile devices, announced two new additions to its family of GALAXY Tabs, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and GALAXY Tab 8.9, the world’s thinnest mobile tablets, measuring just 8.6 millimeters. Will Samsung make a dent in the tablet market by offering more sizes? To me, its just [...]
When the long-anticipated BlackBerry tablet hits the U.S. and Canada April 19, Research in Motion (RIM) has a surprise up its sleeve: The Blackberry Playbook supports Android apps. The company announced today that in addition to its new native SDK, the BlackBerry PlayBook will support apps written for Android 2.3 and BlackBerry Java. RIM also [...]
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite will support both Apple App Store Subscriptions and Google One Pass for magazine and newspaper publishers. Currently available as pre-release technology, Adobe Digital Publishing Suite is already being used by leading global publishers to create and distribute their iconic titles on tablet devices. With 130 Adobe [...]
The Motorola XOOM showcases the innovations of the Honeycomb user experience that improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization, as well as featuring the latest Google™ Mobile services. The Motorola XOOM also features full support for tabbed browsing and support for the Adobe® Flash® Player, available soon as a free [...]
A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional code that can be scanned by smartphone cameras to automatically pull up text, photos, videos, music and URLs. These codes have become mobile-friendly ways to point people in the offline space to online resources. Already popular in Japan, consumers in the United States are becoming more familiar [...]
NEW YORK—Feb. 11, 2011—Time Inc. and Sports Illustrated announced the introduction of new “All Access” digital subscription plans that will deliver the iconic print magazine to consumers at all touch points (or on all platforms), beginning today with Android tablets and smartphones, as well as on the Web. This is the first of Time Inc.’s [...]
As a printer, I think its a great idea to implement an app (many others already have). Heck, any business should consider adding an app to their brand building campaigns. Unfortunately, hiring an app developer can be expensive. The quotes I was receiving were in the 5-10k range and it didn’t really include what I [...]
On PC World, we came upon an article where a non-profit, ChildNet, hopes to utilize tablets and smartphones to access data remotely and save considerably on print costs. ChildNet, which focuses on child welfare, will use tablets and smartphones to upload and access case files remotely, which could ultimately help cut printing costs, said Emilio [...]
Introducing the first Android touch tablet from Motorola. With a brilliant 10.1-inch display optimized for high definition video in true 16:9 widescreen format, Motorola XOOM™ provides a whole new media experience for mobile uses. By taking advantage of the NVIDIA Tegra dual core chipset, everything moves faster: web browsing, video playback, gaming. Native support for [...]
