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PS Vita sales continue to plummet Jan 18 2012 20:49:58	SlashGear
PS Vita sales continue to plummet Sony’s PlayStation Vita portable gaming console debuted in Japan last December with a strong opening week, but sales quickly took a nose dive. Sales have now plummeted to 18,361 units in week five, a drastic 95 percent drop from the 324,859 units sold in the first week and a more than 50 percent drop from [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Satechi Audio Movie SD portable speaker released, micro... Jan 18 2012 20:32:05	SlashGear
Satechi Audio Movie SD portable speaker released, microSDHC card slot in tow We’re looking at you, Satechi, and your seemingly awesome feature of being able to roll with content straight off of a microSDHC/microSD card right out of the box, not to mention your strange sub sandwich overall aesthetic. This device, the Satechi Audio Movie SD portable speaker, has been both announced and made available by Satechi [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet hardware requirements posted... Jan 18 2012 20:10:37	SlashGear
Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet hardware requirements posted in full It’s time to get powerful with your Windows 8 tablet, developers, as manufacturers are today having the hardware requirements laid out for them for the tablets they’re all starting to make for the seasons of love inside 2012. While we’ve seen a few Windows 8 tablets already, none of them have been consumer ready, so [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia pressured by mobile carriers to cut Lumia prices Jan 18 2012 19:43:33	SlashGear
Nokia pressured by mobile carriers to cut Lumia prices All the way over the pond in the UK there’s pressure being pushed down on Nokia to lower the price of the Lumia line, specifically the Lumia 710 which launches there in the next few weeks, as its first devices with Windows Phone have, perhaps, not performed as well as they’d liked. This could be [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LightSquared claims FCC GPS interference Bogus Jan 18 2012 19:19:48	SlashGear
LightSquared claims FCC GPS interference Bogus In recent weeks, the folks at LightSquared, pushers of ultra high-speed broadband internet for the future, have been under fire from the FCC as their signals seem to have been interfering with GPS in pre-tests. What’s going on now is that LightSquared is saying that the results of these tests were rigged. LightSquared’s own executive [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
ZTE Tania Preview Jan 18 2012 19:00:17	SlashGear
ZTE Tania Preview ZTE isn’t a name most smartphone shoppers would recognize, but the company has ambitions to change all that with the ZTE Tania. A 4.3-inch Windows Phone 7 device, the Tania aims to deliver not only all that Microsoft OS goodness you’ve come to love, but at a price that significantly undercuts rivals. The unit we’ve been [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Siri on iPod Touch with simple iPhone 4S restore Jan 18 2012 18:57:10	SlashGear
Siri on iPod Touch with simple iPhone 4S restore It’s not even a trick, it would seem, nor is it a hack or a break of any kind, but certainly not something Apple would have you doing – a restore of an iPhone 4S built on an iPod Touch is what mister AppleGordon has done, and with it came Siri! Before you get your [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook’s Zuckerberg blasts SOPA and PIPA Jan 18 2012 18:41:25	SlashGear
Facebook’s Zuckerberg blasts SOPA and PIPA There’s been no lack of smashing on the SOPA and PIPA bills in Washington today specifically because of the “blackout” agreement everyone appears to have silently agreed on – one name everyone should have been waiting on, a name that’s now in the ring against the bills where he should be, is Mark Zuckerberg. The [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft Visual Studio brings Gamification to app deve... Jan 18 2012 18:20:42	SlashGear
Microsoft Visual Studio brings Gamification to app development So you’re the sort of person who works best if you know there’s a reward at the end of the battle – or better yet, you do best when you know you’re competing against someone else for the biggest amount of stars, goals, or flags – you’re in luck if you’re a developer working to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google blames rogue contractors for OpenStreetMap sabotage Jan 18 2012 18:20:10	SlashGear
Google blames rogue contractors for OpenStreetMap sabotage Google has blamed rogue contractors for sabotage of the OpenStreetMap project, claiming those responsible for the inaccuracy-introducing edits spotted from its own IP addresses are no longer employed. Tweaks to maps in New York, London and other locations – such as incorrectly reversing the direction of a one-way street – were traced back to IPs used by Google [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google+ mobile web gets hot updates, tablet apps still ... Jan 18 2012 17:57:25	SlashGear
Google+ mobile web gets hot updates, tablet apps still nowhere in sight Those of you participating in the social network known as Google+ over the past several months know that it can get quite addicting, and with the two value-added features Google has just rolled out for the mobile web version of the experience, surely the fun will increase tenfold. The new features include first the “What’s [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Verizon adds five LTE areas on Jan 19, boosts coverage ... Jan 18 2012 17:46:09	SlashGear
Verizon adds five LTE areas on Jan 19, boosts coverage in three Verizon has announced the latest expansion of its LTE network, turning on 4G service in five new areas and expanding existing service in a further three locations. Set to go live on January 19, the boost to coverage will mean 195 locations are served by Verizon LTE, with those in Glens Falls and Utica, New York; Lawton, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google assists SOPA Blackout sites with slowed web craw... Jan 18 2012 17:39:51	SlashGear
Google assists SOPA Blackout sites with slowed web crawlers Today there’s one gigantic mass of SOPA and PIPA protests across the web, most of them taking the form of a total blackout of the sites participating – what Google has done to assist in these sites rankings within the search results of their site is to slow down their web crawlers. What this does [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sony Ericsson Xperia lineup leaks with 2012 names and p... Jan 18 2012 17:16:49	SlashGear
Sony Ericsson Xperia lineup leaks with 2012 names and prices There’s been a bit of a leak over at Sony Ericsson, and their Xperia line of smartphone devices has broken through the fold with code-names and prices, and word that the whole leaked list is running Android. What we’re seeing here is a set of devices that we’ve either never heard of before or has [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Galaxy S Value Pack update leaks, ICS still nixed Jan 18 2012 16:57:25	SlashGear
Samsung Galaxy S Value Pack update leaks, ICS still nixed If you’ve been following along with your fingernails in your kneecaps like the rest of the Galaxy S or original Galaxy Tab owners, you know that Samsung has changed their minds several times when it comes to updating the old lines to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – this latest update suggests they wont, but [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung: Tizen and bada merge not final Jan 18 2012 16:55:47	SlashGear
Samsung: Tizen and bada merge not final Samsung’s plans to merge bada with Tizen may not be as clear-cut as first believed, with the company saying it and the other Tizen chiefs are yet to make “a firm decision” on the open-source blend. “We are carefully looking at it as an option to make the platforms serve better for customers” Samsung told AllThingsD, describing [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Hongpaiyihao Chinese pocket-buster tablet has us flabbe... Jan 18 2012 16:40:56	SlashGear
Hongpaiyihao Chinese pocket-buster tablet has us flabbergasted There’s a new most expensive tablet PC in the world, folks, and it’s made by a mystery producer – but we do have a name for the product: Hongpaiyihao, or Red Group Number One, a tablet with a cool $1,500 USD pricetag, made specifically for “government officials” of China. This device is, for those of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
AOC E2352PHZ sub-$300 3D display has ambitions on your PS3 Jan 18 2012 16:38:12	SlashGear
AOC E2352PHZ sub-$300 3D display has ambitions on your PS3 AOC has revealed a new 23-inch LCD display, promising flicker-free 3D along with support for PC, Blu-ray player, Xbox 360 and PS3 connectivity. The AOC E2352PHZ uses passive polarized 3D, LED backlighting and 2D-to-3D conversion, running at 1920 x 1080 resolution and sporting a single HDMI 1.4a input. You also get a 2W stereo speaker setup built in, though [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
V-Moda Faders Review Jan 18 2012 16:24:36	SlashGear
V-Moda Faders Review There comes a time in every publisher’s life when he or she must review something so tiny, so seemingly insignificant, that it otherwise might have slipped through the cracks – that’s what’s happening here with the V-Mode Faders earplugs. What these little buds are is blockers of sound. They look by all means to be [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Dancing Bieber-bot a six-figure spectacle Jan 18 2012 16:13:43	SlashGear
Dancing Bieber-bot a six-figure spectacle Pop fop Justin Bieber’s show-stopping CES 2012 appearance is believed to have cost toy manufacturer Tosy a six-figure sum, according to insiders, meaning the firm will have to sell plenty of $200 robots just to cover the singer’s fee. Exact details of the Tosy deal have not been revealed, but Bieber apparently pocketed more than [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google facing EU antitrust charges at end of March Jan 18 2012 16:01:27	SlashGear
Google facing EU antitrust charges at end of March Whether or not Google is formally accused of antitrust behaviors by the European Commission will be decided at the end of March, it’s been confirmed, suggesting the EU has accelerated its investigation into the search giant’s behaviors online. ”I will receive comments from the case team towards the end of the first quarter” EU Competition Commissioner [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Verizon DROID RAZR price slashed Jan 18 2012 15:42:59	SlashGear
Verizon DROID RAZR price slashed Verizon has slashed the price of its DROID RAZR, the super-slim Android smartphone now $199.99 with a new agreement, though you’ll have to supply your own memory card. The discounted handset – which first hit US shelves in November 2011, with a $299.99 price tag – has seen a ton sheered from its price, though [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera up for $16k pre-order Jan 18 2012 15:25:10	SlashGear
Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera up for $16k pre-order Canon has thrown its EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera up for pre-order, though you’ll need deep pockets if you want to take delivery of the 4k-capable camcorder later this month. Set to ship from January 30, the EOS C300 is priced at $15,999 – a hefty chunk, though lower than Canon’s original $20k estimate – [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Mass Effect 3 Kinect voice control gets video demo Jan 18 2012 15:02:22	SlashGear
Mass Effect 3 Kinect voice control gets video demo BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 will use Microsoft’s Kinect sensor bar not for motion- and gesture-control but for spoken voice commands that augment traditional gamepad play, speeding up the action by streamlining group tactics and flipping between weapons. Rather than pause the game, use the command wheel to decide non-player sidekick actions and then return to play, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
TI spurs Internet of Things with easy-embed WiFi chip Jan 18 2012 14:45:40	SlashGear
TI spurs Internet of Things with easy-embed WiFi chip The “Internet of Things” drive, where every electronic device can communicate with each other in a mesh of digital linkery, continues to gather pace, with Texas Instruments unveiling a low-cost embedded WiFi chipset targeting everyday gadgets. The TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000 is described as a “self-contained 802.11 network processor” that minimizes the effort involved at making consumer, home [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
HP appoints webOS and cloud tsar Jan 18 2012 14:27:00	SlashGear
HP appoints webOS and cloud tsar HP has appointed a new chief strategy officer, with Bill Veghte taking on the challenge to ”lead HP’s cloud and webOS open source initiatives.” Veghte, currently EVP of HP Software – a role he will continue to fulfill – will be charged with “keeping HP on the cutting edge of innovation”, though webOS fans will likely [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Hackers steal $6.7M in cyber bank robbery Jan 18 2012 14:08:44	SlashGear
Hackers steal $6.7M in cyber bank robbery Most of the hackers we talk about here are out to steal credit card numbers and harass. Some of the hacks result in illicit gains, but few that we have talked about have been able to pull the massive amount of funds that hackers who hit the South African Postbank have grabbed. These hackers were [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Costa Concordia satellite photos show extent of salvage... Jan 18 2012 14:03:22	SlashGear
Costa Concordia satellite photos show extent of salvage challenge Satellite imagery of stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia has been released, showing the $570m vessel languishing on its side off the Tuscan coast as rescue and salvage attempts continue. The shot, from DigitalGlobe, was taken on January 17, though the Italian coastguard has apparently paused its rescue work after the ship subsequently shifted, the BBC [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iPad 3 reveal tipped for early Feb; iPad 2 to remain on... Jan 18 2012 13:54:12	SlashGear
iPad 3 reveal tipped for early Feb; iPad 2 to remain on sale Apple will hold an iPad 3 launch event in early February, according to new rumors, where the third-gen tablet expected to debut a 9.7-inch Retina Display will be shown off for the first time. The press event next month, so Macotakara‘s Asian supply chain sources and “a source in the United States” claim, will precede the commercial launch [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iWork chief at helm of Apple digital textbook project Jan 18 2012 13:42:44	SlashGear
iWork chief at helm of Apple digital textbook project Apple‘s digital textbook tools, which the company is expected to unveil at an event in New York City on Thursday this week, were the handiwork of the exec credited with bringing the iWork suite to Mac, according to new rumors. VP Roger Rosner’s involvement, so the WSJ‘s sources claim, can be taken as an indication of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia CEO blasts rivals as “hedging” on smartphone stra... Jan 18 2012 13:11:17	SlashGear
Nokia CEO blasts rivals as “hedging” on smartphone strategy Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has accused the company’s smartphone rivals of “a lot of hedging”, being unwilling to pick just one platform to champion until Nokia with Windows Phone. “We’re going to step aside from the pack and say we have an opportunity for differentiation …We’re not doing a little bit of everything” Elop told Wired. ”This [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iPhone 4S fuels rocketing Apple demand in Q4 2011 Jan 18 2012 12:54:53	SlashGear
iPhone 4S fuels rocketing Apple demand in Q4 2011 Android continues to rule the roost in the smartphone segment, in terms of sheer numbers at least, but Apple’s iPhone 4S launch bucked the overall trend in Q4 2011 with huge demand almost outweighing new Android sales. The figures, collected by Nielsen, suggest over 46-percent of US smartphone owners use an Android device in the final quarter [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
3DS to get new eShop game demos tomorrow Jan 18 2012 12:47:51	SlashGear
3DS to get new eShop game demos tomorrow I think one of the best things to ever happen to console gaming on the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 were game demos. I can’t tell you how many video games I have purchased over the years that just sucked. Few things are worse to a gamer than dropping money on a new game and [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Genius DX-ECO Bluetooth mouse uses a capacitor that rec... Jan 18 2012 12:29:49	SlashGear
Genius DX-ECO Bluetooth mouse uses a capacitor that recharges in minutes The thing I don’t like about cordless mice that you have to charge is that they take so long to get a full charge typically. I always forget to plug them in and end up with no mouse for a long time while it charges back up. I generally like wireless mice that use normal [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SOPA and PIPA are the Wrong Way to Tackle Piracy Jan 18 2012 12:29:03	SlashGear
SOPA and PIPA are the Wrong Way to Tackle Piracy Anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA protests have begun in force today, with sites like Wikipedia giving the internet a taste of a web without freedom of speech, as censorship and piracy take center stage for lawmakers, content-owners and users alike. The proposed acts are, we believe, a heavy-handed and naive approach toward the legitimate issue of content [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung “not interested” in BlackBerry buy Jan 18 2012 12:13:29	SlashGear
Samsung “not interested” in BlackBerry buy Samsung has denied any intention of purchasing troubled BlackBerry company RIM, with a company spokesperson insisting that “we haven’t considered acquiring the firm and are not interested.” Rumors of the potential acquisition broke yesterday, with unnamed sources claiming the Korean firm was a front-runner in a chase to grab RIM’s assets. Not so, Samsung has fired [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Asus MeMic slips through FCC for approval Jan 18 2012 12:03:09	SlashGear
Asus MeMic slips through FCC for approval Last week at CES, we spent some quality time with the slick little Asus Eee Pad MeMo. That little 7-inch tablet rocks the ability to make phone calls. I think many will agree that the thought of holding a big 7-inch tablet to your face to make phone calls isn’t ideal. At CES, there was [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Auria 48-track recording system app hits iPad Jan 18 2012 11:47:12	SlashGear
Auria 48-track recording system app hits iPad If you are the sort who likes to create your own tunes, and you want to be able to do it on the road using your iPad this new app is for people just like you. The app is called Auria, and it comes from WaveMachine Labs. The app has debuted at the 2012 Winter [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Fujitsu M532 tablet surfaces on video Jan 18 2012 11:23:21	SlashGear
Fujitsu M532 tablet surfaces on video Fujitsu doesn’t have a huge name in the retail market here in the US, but overseas it is a much more common brand. In the US, the Fujitsu line of hardware is typically seen in the professional environment more than the consumer space. Fujitsu tablets and notebooks seem to be big in the healthcare industry [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung expands transparent display market with a 46-in... Jan 18 2012 11:04:57	SlashGear
Samsung expands transparent display market with a 46-inch panel Samsung has announced that it is expanding the transparent display market with a new larger screen that you can see through, yet still has the ability to display graphics and other content. The latest in the Samsung line of transparent displays is the new 46-inch version that will start production this month. These screens can [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Xoom WiFi tablet gets the official IML77 Android ICS up... Jan 18 2012 10:44:14	SlashGear
Xoom WiFi tablet gets the official IML77 Android ICS update If you own one of the Motorola Xoom WiFi tablets, you can now get the official update called IML77 that brings Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to your tablet. The update had rolled out previously to a handful of Xoom owners who had signed up for the Motorola Feedback Network for some final testing. The [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Logitech to offer new webcam tech for business users Jan 18 2012 10:28:24	SlashGear
Logitech to offer new webcam tech for business users Logitech has announced that it is set to offer up some new technology for webcams that will make them work better for the business users out there. The new tech is intended to help the business world accelerate the adoption of videoconferencing and Unified Communications (UC) in the enterprise. According to Logitech, one of the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LG Optimus Pad LTE revealed Jan 18 2012 09:51:29	SlashGear
LG Optimus Pad LTE revealed LG has officially launched the Optimus Pad LTE, a 4G-capable 8.9-inch Android tablet running Honeycomb on a dual-core processor. Fronted by a 1280 x 768 IPS HD display, the Optimus Pad LTE packs Qualcomm’s 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon paired with up to 32GB of storage and a 6,800 mAh battery, all in a slate just 9.34mm [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Alienware X51 packs gaming power in tiny footprint Jan 18 2012 09:12:28	SlashGear
Alienware X51 packs gaming power in tiny footprint Alienware has launched its latest desktop gaming PC, the Alienware X51, though unlike the company’s usual ostentatious monster-machines it squeezes its potency into a tiny footprint. The small-form-factor X51 measures just 14.5 x 12.52 x 3.74 inches, but can still be outfitted with a choice of Intel Core i3 dualcore, or i5/i7 quadcore processors along [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout underway Jan 18 2012 09:02:43	SlashGear
Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout underway Wikipedia has entered a twenty-four hour blackout in protest of SOPA and PIPA, the US anti-piracy acts currently giving free-internet advocates headaches. Visit any English-language Wikipedia page and instead of a crowd-sourced entry you’ll be prompted to “Imagine a world without free knowledge” as well as offered links to spread the message. Meanwhile, Google has opened [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Skinit moves on to customizable cases, covers, and scre... Jan 17 2012 23:43:35	SlashGear
Skinit moves on to customizable cases, covers, and screen protectors There’s quite a few skin and case-making groups out there these days, folks, the mobile world doing more than a favor for the people behind these groups making what amounts to a fabulous accessory for already amazing devices. What Skinit does that essentially noone else is doing at the moment is offering up not just [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
The Senator, fifth oldest tree on earth, burns naturally Jan 17 2012 23:31:24	SlashGear
The Senator, fifth oldest tree on earth, burns naturally Like the passing of a very, very old uncle after he’d been telling you he didn’t have one whole heck of a lot of time left on this earth for so very, very long, the fifth oldest tree on the planet burned from the inside this week, falling not to any sort of arson on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SOPA to be resurrected after blackout protests Jan 17 2012 23:20:43	SlashGear
SOPA to be resurrected after blackout protests With growing opposition against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an imminent blackout protest to kick off tomorrow, and a postponed vote on the legislation, it seemed as though SOPA was close to being dead. But that’s not the case, reminds the legislation’s creator and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith. In a press release [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from board Jan 17 2012 22:42:57	SlashGear
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from board Yahoo has announced that co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from its Board of Directors. Yang has also resigned from all other positions with the company, specifically from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. The resignation is effective today and sees Yang leaving the company he co-founded nearly 17 years ago. Yang [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Powerbag Business Class Pack review Jan 17 2012 22:35:14	SlashGear
Powerbag Business Class Pack review During this last week at CES 2012, an absolute massacre of running, typing, snatching quick snacks, tripping over wires, smashing into walls, and most importantly, transferring electronics in and out of my rucksack of choice, I’ve got to say one thing about the Powerbag Business Class Pack: I’ve never seen another backpack keep all the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Ideum unveils 65-inch multitouch 3D wall display Jan 17 2012 22:14:03	SlashGear
Ideum unveils 65-inch multitouch 3D wall display We’ve been seeing a lot of massive multitouch displays recently, from Samsung’s SUR40 40-inch tabletop model with Microsoft’s Surface 2.0 to HP’s 132-inch VantagePoint system, and now Ideum is releasing its 65-inch MT65 Presenter. The Ideum MT65 Presenter features a multitouch screen with an integrated computer, built-in audio, and webcam all packed into a 4-inch [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sony Micro Vault MACH USB 3.0 Flash Drive revealed Jan 17 2012 21:27:22	SlashGear
Sony Micro Vault MACH USB 3.0 Flash Drive revealed There’s a new USB in town, and with it you’ll see the oncoming wave of devices made to slot in with it for speeds never before associated with those three letters: Sony brings with it this week its Micro Vault MACH USB 3.0 Flash Drive. This sleek ninja of a memory stick comes in 8GB, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iTunes Match launches in 19 more countries Jan 17 2012 21:16:51	SlashGear
iTunes Match launches in 19 more countries Apple is expanding its iTunes Match music service to 19 new countries throughout Latin America and Europe. The service first launched in the US last November, spreading to a few other countries, including Australia, Canada, and the UK, in December, and most recently launching in the Netherlands. The 19 new countries to get iTunes Match, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Das Keyboard offering mechanical model for Macs Jan 17 2012 20:46:11	SlashGear
Das Keyboard offering mechanical model for Macs Das Keyboard is preparing to offer Mac users its Model S Professional mechanical keyboard, which promises to deliver the ultimate typing experience, especially for those nostalgic of the legendary Apple Extended and Extended II keyboards. The Model S offers the same great clicky feel but with more advanced features and a slick new design. The [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
In-App purchases set to dominate the business says IHS ... Jan 17 2012 20:13:33	SlashGear
In-App purchases set to dominate the business says IHS Screen Digest This week the folks at IHS Screen Digest Mobile Media Intelligence Service have shown that given the information they’ve got on in-app purchases for app sales revenue verses in-app revenue, that the latter will be dominating the market in no time. In-app purchases, they say, will rise to 64 percent of the total market revenue [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Max Payne 3 delayed until May, fans abandon sanity once... Jan 17 2012 20:00:50	SlashGear
Max Payne 3 delayed until May, fans abandon sanity once more If you’ve been waiting for the third installment of the Max Payne series, you’ve been tearing your eyeballs out for over eight years – what’s a few more months going to do to your precious peepers? That’s what Rockstar Games is saying you should do, or if you’ve not known the game was coming out [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Here’s the Apple textbook that’ll be presented on Thursday Jan 17 2012 19:48:10	SlashGear
Here’s the Apple textbook that’ll be presented on Thursday Apple is about to have an event in NYC, and by all looks and whispers, it appears that it’ll be surrounding something like a “Garage Band for Texbooks” – that sounds pretty darn interesting – let’s talk about what it’ll really be. I don’t pretend to have any inside lines with Apple, nor do I [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear 101: SOPA and PIPA explained in plain English Jan 17 2012 18:53:48	SlashGear
SlashGear 101: SOPA and PIPA explained in plain English If you’ve not heard of either SOPA or PIPA in the last few weeks and months in your journeys through the internet, now’s the time to get educated, and quick. While the most recent news has been that the White House reaction to the SOPA bill specifically has effectively curbed it, there’s no reason why [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
RIM should think Type not Touch for the new PlayBook Jan 17 2012 18:30:20	SlashGear
RIM should think Type not Touch for the new PlayBook 2011 wasn’t Research In Motion‘s year and 2012 is shaping up to be equally dismal one, with dramatic PlayBook price cuts paving the way for an underwhelming financial quarter. It’s easy to see why RIM went down the tablet route: the iPad made slates fashionable, and the Canadian company was stinging from criticism over its [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Art Lebedev Mini Six and Optimus Popularis launching at... Jan 17 2012 18:01:25	SlashGear
Art Lebedev Mini Six and Optimus Popularis launching at last The relatively short history of the Art Lebedev line of customizable keyboards is a tragic one when you consider how much we’ve wanted to get our hands on every single one of these OLED screen per-key boards and their subsequent delays, but now we’re really getting down to business here in 2012 with not only [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop packs 3D in eye-watering... Jan 17 2012 17:43:06	SlashGear
Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop packs 3D in eye-watering case All eyes were on Samsung’s ultrabook drive at CES last week, so attention-grabbing we managed to miss a canary-yellow gaming notebook. The Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop wears its abilities on its (brightly colored) sleeve, the lurid shell hiding an Intel Core i7 quadcore processor paired with up to 2TB of storage space and up [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Netflix being sued by angry investors over information ... Jan 17 2012 17:18:14	SlashGear
Netflix being sued by angry investors over information withheld The big red envelope at Netflix is about to be full of court-related documents as angry investors have hit them with a class-action lawsuit saying they’ve withheld information from them just prior to a stock fall late last year. This lawsuits is being filed down in Northern California in U.S. District Court by the City [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
$100m Scientology Super Power Building is jam-packed wi... Jan 17 2012 17:05:12	SlashGear
$100m Scientology Super Power Building is jam-packed with odd tech Scientology is known for being one of the more unusual – and secretive – religions, but we almost feel like signing up ourselves having seen that practitioners at the new Super Power Building will get access to an “infinite pit” and an “oiliness table.” Details of the $100m “Flag Mecca” facility in Clearwater, Florida leaked [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Scott Forstall hungry for Apple top-spot claims biographer Jan 17 2012 16:43:40	SlashGear
Scott Forstall hungry for Apple top-spot claims biographer Apple CEO Tim Cook may have to work hard to achieve that CEO bonus, with speculation that senior vice president of iOS software Scott Forstall is not only eyeing his job but already shoring up influence within the Cupertino company. Detailed in a new book by Adam Lashinsky – Inside Apple - Forstall apparently “blatantly [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
RIM again tipped to be selling out to Samsung Jan 17 2012 16:39:20	SlashGear
RIM again tipped to be selling out to Samsung When the going gets tough, the tough sell out to Samsung, or at least that’s what Research In Motion’s investors seem to be hoping will happen now that BlackBerry is in a downward spiral the likes of which have never been seen in the mobile industry before. A source trusted by Jonathan Geller of BGR [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
HTC stripping Carrier IQ from CDMA phones this month Jan 17 2012 16:21:22	SlashGear
HTC stripping Carrier IQ from CDMA phones this month HTC has confirmed that it is removing any lingering trace of Carrier IQ from its CDMA handsets, including the HTC EVO 3D, as it moves to address the PR nightmare of the usage-tracking system. Furore over Carrier IQ broke late last year, when it was suggested by privacy advocates that some carriers and device manufacturers were preloading [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google+ gets photo meme creation tool Jan 17 2012 15:47:14	SlashGear
Google+ gets photo meme creation tool Google has added meme creation tools to Google+, allowing users to easily add text to their images. Set to roll out over the coming days, according to senior software engineer Colin McMillen, the new tool simply involves uploading a picture to the sharebox on Google+ and then typing in some suitably comedic words over the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
WristQue wireless bracelet offers smart home motion con... Jan 17 2012 15:23:46	SlashGear
WristQue wireless bracelet offers smart home motion control A sensor-packed wireless wristband could individually control home and office HVAC systems and, one day, act as a motion-sensing interface between humans and machines, if researchers have their way. Part of MIT’s MediaLab responsive environments research, WristQue is 3D-printed band containing a CPU, sensors for temperature, humidity and light, and a UWB radio used for communicating with [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »

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