Showing posts from March 1, 2012

Verizon CFO says family data plans coming mid-year

During an investors conference today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo revealed that the carrier plans to launch shared family data plans by mid-year. There had been plenty of speculation about the new data offering, which Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed w…

Android forking “is fine” says Schmidt, we don’t sue like Apple

The Android team predicted forking in the ecosystem, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said today at Mobile World Congress, taking the opportunity to snipe at Apple over the company’s litigious tendencies. ”We understood that this stuff would happen … and …

“Prison is no bandwidth” jokes Google’s Schmidt

A life without internet access is a life equivalent to spending it incarcerated, Google‘s Eric Schmidt has joked atMobile World Congress today, quipping that “prison is no bandwidth” after a question from an Iranian attendee. Speaking during the Q&…

Samsung Galaxy Note S Pen app contest announced

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note device is turning a lot of heads, not only because of its large display but also because of the “S Pen” that comes with it, turning it into more of a tablet/PDA hybrid than a traditional phone. The only problem with launching…

Sony Tablet P heading to AT&T with 4G on March 4

Sony has announced the arrival date for its unusual dual-screen Tablet P, a small Android tablet with a clamshell form factor first unveiled in the fall of last year. We played around with the tablet back in August and have known that it would be head…

P2P Google Bucks mentioned by Google’s Schmidt

Upon being asked a question about mobile payment – or being pitched an idea about doing peer to peer payments, as it was, Google’s Eric Schmidt responded with a treat of a forgone technology not oft, if ever, spoken about in public. It’s Google Bucks,…

Google’s Schmidt gleeful at 3D-capable personal robots

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has presented his vision of the future and technology, describing a world where people have their own personal robot that can represent them remotely and from which they can see a remote 3D visual stream. “We’re beginning …

Global Community of Equals foretold by Google’s Schmidt

Eric Schmidt spoke this week at MWC about the growth of the mobile world, focusing on the developing world, the “digital oasis,” where access to the internet is still a rarity, but where technology will bring it to them at an exponential rate. “Smartp…

Apple iPad 3 event March 7 confirmed

Apple has confirmed a press event on Wednesday, March 7, where we’re expecting to see the iPad 3 make its official, and much-anticipated, debut. Rumored for the first week of March for some time now, the event will kick off at 10AM PST in San Francisc…

Google’s Hugo Barra: “Android is a real operating system”

This week at MWC 2012, Eric Schmidt stood on stage with Hugo Barra, speaking about Chrome for mobile, a web browser that allows you to connect to your own profile. Barra took the opportunity to show off Chrome web browser on stage to show off the exce…

Apple developing ‘adaptive streaming’ audio format

Apple is reportedly working on a new audio file format that would enable “adaptive streaming” of music accessed via the iCloud and iTunes Match. This feature will allow music quality to automatically adjust between high and low to accommodate the band…

Google’s Schmidt: Chrome is “by far the safest”

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has taken the stage for his Mobile World Congress keynote, and he’s already started with the zingers aimed at rivals with some comments on Microsoft and others’ criticisms of Chrome. “If you care about security, you should use …

Google+ visitors spend average of three minutes per month

Among everyone who visited Google’s nascent social network over the last few months, the average amount of time they spent there during the entire month was three minutes. Yeah, you read that right – three minutes out of the entire month. By compariso…

Sony PS VIta sales surpass 1.2 million units worldwide

Sony’s PlayStation Vita next-gen portable gaming console recently launched in the US and seems to be doing quite well, despite previously nose-diving sales numbers following its release in Japan. The company announced today that PS Vita sales have sur…

We’re Live at the MWC 2012 Keynote featuring Google

Android is dominating here at Mobile World Congress 2012, and that means Google’s taking center stage for the bulk of the conference. In addition to their massive booth, the search giant also gets a keynote presentation all to itself, and it’s startin…

Best Buy begins HTC One X pre-orders

HTC’s new One X phone is the most sophisticated and technologically powerful phone by HTC yet (and HTC has put out some pretty monstrous phones). Because of that, Best Buy thinks customers will be all over it and has decided to already begin taking pr…

Quadcore iPad 3 LTE at NYC event next week tip sources [Updated]

Apple’s third-gen iPad will make its official debut at an event next week, according to new sources, lending further weight to earlier talk of a March 7 debut for the iPad 3. The information was reported by CNBC this morning; the company’s sources hav…

Will Apple snipe down Google’s Schmidt with iPad 3?

Google’s Mobile World Congress keynote is set to kick off in just over an hour, with chairman Eric Schmidt expected to drop the latest Android tidbits; it also gives Apple the perfect opportunity to steal focus from its arch-rival with a well-timed ev…

Apple’s Mac sales grow 51% in business sector

Mac sales at the end of 2011 were substantially up from the previous year, and a closer look from analyst group Needham & Company reveals where the bulk of that growth came from – business customers. Specifically, Mac sales that were sent to busin…

Siri is your new Mercedes-Benz copilot

Apple’s Siri digital personal assistant is set to show up on the dash of select Mercedes-Benz models, with the news that the A-Class COMAND system is getting an upgrade for improved iPhone 4S interconnectivity. Dubbed “Drive Kit Plus for iPhone” the s…

Digital Kitchen 3D photobooth is created

A design firm has created something that could put all those carnival photo kiosks to shame – a 3D photobooth. The creation uses three Canon 5D MKII cameras and four Macbook Pros, just to demonstrate how much power something like this needs. The resul…

Microsoft plans Windows 8 ARM presentation at Mobile World Congress

Perhaps the biggest addition out of the many new features in Windows 8 is its new ARM-based flavor, which Microsoft is calling Windows 8 WOA. They don’t want anyone to forget it, either: they’ve planned a showcase event at Mobile World Congress in Bar…

LG Optimus 4X HD priced and dated

LG only revealed the Optimus 4X HD officially at Mobile World Congress this week, and already the quadcoreTegra 3 smartphone has been priced and dated for the UK. The handset will be priced at £380 ($602) pre-tax and subsidies, according to retailer C…

Fossils show giant penguin once roamed New Zealand

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains one of the largest penguins to ever roam the earth. The giant penguin stood 52 inches tall making about 4’4″ tall. By comparison the largest living species of penguins today is the Emperor penguin abou…

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE launches March 1

Verizon has confirmed pricing and availability for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE, which will hit the carrier’s 4G network on March 1. Fronted by a 7.7-inch 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED HD touchscreen, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 uses Verizon’s LTE network for high…

Asteroids smacked constantly with microscopic high-speed impacts

The Japanese asteroid probe Hayabusa was sent to an asteroid called 25143 Itokawa years ago. It was recovered in June of 2010. The probe returned more than 1500 microscopic grains of dust that are currently being investigated to learn all that can be …

HBO Go Xbox 360 app coming on April 1

Hopefully this isn’t an April Fool’s joke, but HBO has announced that it will bring its streaming video service to the Xbox 360 in just a little more than a month. This would be the latest extension for the platform, which has already launched on set-…

Huawei joins Tizen

Open source mobile platform and spiritual son of MeeGo, Tizen, has gained a new supporter in the shape of Huawei, jumping on board just as the Tizen team releases the SDK beta and source code. Huawei is the latest member of the Tizen Association Board…

SHADOWGUN: Deadzone Multiplayer for Android hands-on

Here at the NVIDIA Tegra 3 booth at Mobile World Congress Madfinger Games and NVIDIA are showing off their latest game for Tegra devices. SHADOWGUN: Deadzone will be their Tegra 3 multi-player third person shooter and is coming this March. Check out t…

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (Krait) gets early benchmarks

The newest Snapdragon processor is bringing its A-game to the tablet with the Mobile Development Platform smartphone MDP8660, and the benchmarks are in. This device represents the first hardware preview of the S4 processor made by Qualcomm and is in f…

Google offers hackers a total of $1 million to defeat Chrome and more

Each year the Pwn2Own hacking contest takes place where security researchers from around the world are offered the chance to hack web browsers and other software for prize money. Over the last three years, the only browser to come out of the contest w…

MTV Under The Thumb Social TV hands-on

Streaming TV is about to get noisy, with the launch of MTV‘s new “Under The Thumb” app promising social entertainment targeted at the perpetually-connected, co-viewing regardless of distance, and super-streamlined multi display interactivity. Hitting …

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and Gobi 5th generation updated

The chipmakers are coming out swinging this week at Mobile World Congress 2012, and as Qualcomm is proving today, they’re all going to bring us undeniably excellent devices throughout 2012 and beyond. Speaking on both the Snapdragon S4 processor and t…

Whole Foods prototype shopping cart uses Kinect

Shopping carts today are far from what you would consider high-tech. The highest tech shopping carts I’ve ever seen have simple calculators attached. Grocery store chain Whole Foods is working on the development of the shopping cart of the future, and…

Google putting dividers between Android team and Motorola

Google is looking to the completion of its massive purchase of Motorola Mobility with the needed approvals in the US and EU granted. The company is also looking to replace the existing CEO with its own. Google is making moves to put walls between its …

Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer hints Android 5.0 coming this fall

We have talked a bit about Android 5.0 and it sounds like an interesting operating system. There have been rumors floating around hinting at when the new version of the operating system will launch, with early rumors pointing to Android 5.0 as soon as…

FXI Cotton Candy world’s smallest PC Hands-on

Now that smartphones are getting bigger, PC’s are getting smaller and FXI Tech’s Cotton Candy “world’s smallest PC” is here at MWC and has just received a small design change, new features, and Android 4.0 is up next. Coming in at about the same size …

Yahoo eyes Facebook patent fight

Patent battles are certainly nothing new in the technology industry, and they’re more common than most of the firms in the tech world want to think about. As Yahoo strives to save itself from pending doom, it’s looking at every weapon in its arsenal t…

Toyota and Samsung to team on smartphone connected car solution

Car companies are teaming more and more with technology companies to bring new features and more tech inside the vehicles they produce. This is a good or bad thing depending on which side of the distracted driving debate you fall. Some think more tech…

Neonode 3D touch headed to tablets and phones: Hands-on

Touch tech is gaining an extra dimension, if Neonode has its way, with the company demonstrating its brand new Multi-Sensing system for 3D phone, tablet and other gadget manipulation at MWC 2012. Announced last week, the new finger-tracking kit uses l…

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