Compared to all the drama stateside surrounding the customs woes of HTC's new handsets, it was a fairly quiet week for international Android news. But even a quiet week here in the Android world has its share of phone launches, update news, release announcements and the like, so let's dive right in. We got our [...]
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May
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May
Now that Windows 8 images have begun leaking out, it’s only a matter of time until developers start releasing mods for Windows 7 which mimic upcoming features. Over at Into Windows, they’ve spotted one such mod already. In the earliest Windows 8 images, we saw Windows Live integration on the taskbar. In the far right [...]
20
May
Have you ever found yourself scrolling endlessly around your phone’s chronologically arranged photograph album — called “Gallery” in Android — looking for a photograph you’ve captured? If you can remember the specific place but not the date, then Scalado Album may be for you. I say “may be” because there are some downsides to using [...]
20
May
20 SF Bars Debut Sausage Fest-Fighting Facial Recognition Service [Privacy]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedIt’s Friday night in the City by the Bay, you and your boys are out from Concord, rolling deep in your old man’s Escalade through North Beach. But what club do you hit up first, where all them bitches at? With a new service debuting today, you’ll know. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/iE1shrDGDA8/20-sf-bars-debut-sausage-fest+fighting-facial-recognition-service Rogers Communications Saic Satyam [...]
20
May
Google Voice Search learns Latin American Spanish, Indonesian, and Malaysian
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedGoogle Voice Search has just introduced localizations for Latin America, Indonesia and Malaysia, enabling native language search for hundreds of millions of users. Google’s official blog post offers some interesting insights into the process of collecting and analyzing the speech data needed to expand support. Thousands of hours were spent gathering voice samples and choosing [...]
20
May
Skype 5.3 for Windows released, improves mobile video call quality
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedVersion 5.3 of Skype for Windows has just been released, with the main emphasis of the new release being improved call quality, and the quality of video received by mobile Skype users. Presumably one party of the video call must be using Skype for Windows 5.3, though. Beyond improved call quality, not much has changed. [...]
20
May
Mark “IPO” Zuckerberg just dropped a Facebook status update bigger than the NASDAQ bomb: he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan are married, only a day after he became one of the richest men on the planet. He wore a suit! More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/XG6sJ-sriqM/zuckerberg-just-got-married Silicon Laboratories Si International Seagate Technology Scientific Games Sandisk Salesforce Com Saic
20
May
We're still waiting for word on when to expect the HTC EVO 4G LTE on the shelves at Sprint, but that wasn't enough to keep the RUU from leaking out. Football has posted the file up for the folks who want to get an early start on the device ROMs, so things should be looking [...]
20
May
Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedMotorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3. Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're [...]
20
May
A man is suing one of his doctors after a surgery that was supposed to improve his sex life resulted in the loss of his penis. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/QY0NX-Fsv0M/man-loses-his-penis-to-a-flesh+eating-bacteria-after-failed-penile-implant-surgery Alltel Amazoncom America Movil Amkor Technology Amphenol Anixter International Apple Computer
20
May
$74 MK802 PC-on-a-stick beats Cotton Candy to market, has ICS on board
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedUnless you’re lucky enough to live in Scandinavia, you’ll have to wait till the end of summer to get your Cotton Candy fix. Aching to nab yourself a computer-on-a-stick before then? If you’re willing to step down in specs, the Chinese-made MK802 could be the PC in your pocket. For $74 (versus $199 for the [...]
19
May
When Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week, one of its primary features — Test Drive — was disabled just a few minutes after it opened. With no try-before-you-buy, no refund process, and 1-Click purchasing ready to strike at any moment, this caused some problems. Anyway, don’t despair: Test Drive is now enabled. Before you [...]
19
May
Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedSure, Amazon’s Cloud Player works — as long as you’re in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering — but it’s fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we’d like to see added — but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don’t have to wait for Amazon! [...]
19
May
The mad rush to get hold of an iPad certainly led a lot of people to believe that this nifty little gadget would put a smart phone to shame. The fact that users would be able to get thousands of apps on their iPad might have had something to do with craze and Apple did [...]
19
May
Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedOkay, I know what you’re thinking: chocolate on Download Squad? That’s right! That’s because Chocomize is one of the nerdiest ways to get chocolate online: it’s a website where you customize your own bar using a multi-step process. We’ve covered Chocomize before in our holiday gift guide, so when they reached out to us offering [...]
19
May
Mac OS X Lion Preview 2 released, introduces mega exciting leather bound iCal skin
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedThis is one of those posts that could probably be condensed into a tweet: Apple has released the second Preview of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. If you’re running Preview 1, it looks like you’ll first receive a small update via Software Update, and then you can download Preview 2 from the Mac App Store. [...]
19
May
If you have trouble finding where you parked, there’s an app – and a dongle – for that. The Find My Car Smarter device and an iPhone app (for iPhone 4S only) can mark where you parked your car and help you get back there. The Find My Car Smarter Bluetooth Smart device ($25, or [...]
19
May
Motorola device owners have been pretty vocal about their want for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their devices. Motorola in response to that, has kept an ICS rollout schedule updated and recently they made some changes to it that will either excite you or upset you, depending on which device you own. Droid RAZR, [...]
19
May
Lenovo on Tuesday announced new Ultrabook ThinkPad laptops based on Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processor. Heading the procession is the upcoming X1 Carbon, which will use premium carbon fiber materials and is aimed head-on at the Apple MacBook Air. The lineup also includes new models in the ThinkPad T, X, L and W series aimed [...]
19
May
How Does an 800-Year-Old Giant Tree Go Missing? [WTFriday]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedEnterprising tree poachers have stolen a gold, er, woodmine of a target: an 800-year-old red cedar tree that’s one of the largest in the Vancouver Island area. It’s gone now and it was stolen under a two-part operation that’s been underway for the past year. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/c7f0gtp_wGg/how-does-an-800+year+old-giant-tree-go-missing Quantum Qlogic Progress Software Planar Systems Perot [...]
19
May
Can You Turn Cheap, Shitty Beer Into Good Beer? [Happy Hour]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedYou know what’s great about cheap, shitty beer? The cheap part. The end. Sure, it’s fun to be nostalgic about the first beer you ever drank or whatever, but if someone leaves a bunch of crappy beer in my fridge, I just want to use some kind of magic spell to turn it into something [...]
19
May
Avengers Origins, US Weekly, and More [Ipad Apps Of The Week]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedThe best iPad apps of the week give you plenty of weekend reading material with comic books and gossip mags.There’s also have a new way to explore works of art. Get ready to fire up your tablet. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rnPQBv13sYs/ Google Formfactor Fiserv First Solar Finisar Fei Company Fairchild Semiconductor International
18
May
Windows 8 wallpaper available to download, Jupiter and Twin UI spotted
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedWith Windows 8 milestone 3 now up for grabs for select Microsoft Connect partners, it’s inevitable that leaked bits and pieces will start popping up around the Web. In fact, the first “official” wallpaper image from the still-brewing OS is already making the rounds. As you can see, it’s got a similar feel to the [...]
18
May
Corel releases VideoStudio Pro X4, we go hands on (video)
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedCorel seems to be on a roll lately; after releasing WinZip System Utilities just last week, this morning the company announced VideoStudio Pro X4. VideoStudio Pro is aimed at home users and small business professionals who want to create professional-looking videos, but without the hassle, steep learning curve and price of Adobe Premiere Pro and [...]
18
May
When Firefox 4′s tab grouping tool, Panorama, had its keyboard shortcut changed to the finger-breaking combo of Ctrl+Shift+E, we thought Panorama would get dropped before FF4′s final release — but, thankfully, it made the cut! If you’ve used Firefox 4 and Panorama, you might have noticed that Mozilla’s new browser doesn’t always save your tab [...]
18
May
Temple Run updated to address compatibility issues with Android 4.0 devices
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedIf you've been having any sort of issues playing Temple Run on your Android device now would be a good time to check for updates. The team at Imangi Studios has now released the latest update to the game and it has plenty of bug fixes and improvements added that will hopefully make the in-game [...]
18
May
I recently spent two weeks with the Droid RAZR MAXX by Motorola. This phone runs on Verizon’s 4G LTE and its claim to fame is battery life. It is very similar to the recently released RAZR, just thicker to accommodate the larger battery. I can’t tell you how excited I am that someone finally designed a phone [...]
18
May
Giant Loop Shower Is a Bidet For Your Entire Body [Showers]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedWhether at the crack of dawn or at the end of a long day, no one really ever has the energy to bathe. So like a bidet, the Loop shower uses numerous jets of water to clean your entire body automatically, even where the sun don’t shine. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/pB7FMwp8PVw/giant-loop-shower-is-a-bidet-for-your-entire-body Quanta Computer Research In Motion [...]
18
May
How To Turn Eight Steak Knives Into an Utterly Insane Steaksaw [Video]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedWe have a sneaking suspicion that slingshot master Joerg Sprave might be losing his mind. But we’re not going to do anything about it, because it fuels ridiculously awesome creations like this drill-powered Steaksaw featuring a cutting wheel covered in serrated kitchen knives. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rP6dR-8zSGU/how-to-turn-eight-steak-knives-into-an-utterly-insane-steaksaw Hypercom Hewlett Packard Co Heartland Payment Systems Google Google [...]
18
May
Google bids $900 million for Nortel’s patents to protect against litigation trolls
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedNortel, once one of the biggest telecoms company in the world but now in the death throes of bankruptcy, has selected Google’s $900 million bid for its patent portfolio as the stalking horse bid. This doesn’t mean that Google will automatically win Nortel’s massive array of telecoms patents, but it does mean that Google is [...]
18
May
New Forensics Tool Can Slurp a Phone’s Data via the Cloud [Privacy]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedThe police don’t even need to touch your phone anymore to know how you’ve been using it. A new off-the-shelf forensics tool lets cops retrieve all the data they want from your iPhone by accessing its contents through iCloud. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/sGqrF1mZJwE/new-forensics-tool-can-slurp-a-phones-data-via-the-cloud Arrow Electronics Asml Holding Asustek Computer Atandt Autodesk Automatic Data Processing Avnet
18
May
We’re at Samsung’s NX-series launch event at Citi Field in Queens, NY, taking a closer look at the NX20, NX210 and NX1000 mirrorless ILCs that began hitting stores earlier today (the NX1000 will arrive in June). All three cameras are virtually identical when it comes to core components like the 20.3-megapixel Samsung-designed APS-C image sensor, [...]
18
May
Opera 11.10 gets HTML5 File API support, IMAP improvements
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedThe crew in Oslo keeps plugging away at Opera 11.10, and the latest snapshot build includes a number of improvements to Opera’s built-in email client — as well as HTML5-related additions. On the IMAP front, Opera now supports special folders like sent items, spam, and trash. It also better handles duplicate items in Gmail — [...]
18
May
Comcast’s bandwidth policy has come under fire from several directions lately, and today it’s announced plans to test two new systems for managing capacity. In a company blog post, VP Cathy Avgiris describes the new “flexible” approaches it will be testing out in certain markets that start off by raising the limit to 300GB (from [...]
17
May
Who needs a fancy and expensive smartphone stand when you can have a Limb.al ? Another Kickstarter project that’s already been fully funded with over 20 days to go, the Limb.al  is a rigid yet flexible USB to Apple/Micro-SD cable that allows you to position your smartphone directly in your USB port while charging and syncing your device [...]
17
May
Today in international tech news: Microsoft backs Russian startup “Pirate Pay,” which claims it can track and thwart illicit downloads around the globe. Elsewhere, Renren, China’s Facebook equivalent, releases a lackluster earnings report, while Baidu, China’s Google equivalent, enters the smartphone market — and taps into the void left by the country’s block of Google [...]
17
May
Not all of us want to be locked into a long term contract with a wireless carrier. Especially when it comes to data-only devices that might not get used on a regular basis. For those that want to grab a 4G dongle or a mobile hotspot and go, without the need sign their life over, [...]
17
May
Right from the start the iPad was marketed as one of the best unique devices to be launched on the market. It’s screen size and ability to render amazing images as well as it’s great video playback lives up to this claim. However, there is more to the iPad than just this because the device [...]
17
May
Looking for the very best free games for your iPad? Whether it’s strategy, shooter, sports, casual, physics, action, role-playing, racing, word, or sims, iMore has carefully collected dozens of our favorite free iPad App Store games and listed them below for your playing pleasure. We’ll be updating the list regularly, and adding new games and [...]
17
May
Chrome 11 beta adds new experimental APIs for proxies, Web navigation
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedGoogle Chrome 11 — which just recently made the move to the browser’s beta channel — has received a minor update that gives developers access to two new APIs. The first is a full-featured proxy API, which will, for example, allow users to set different proxy servers for normal browsing and Incognito mode. Proxy auto-config [...]
17
May
Google holds back on open-sourcing Honeycomb, heralds massive shift for Android
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedGoogle, in an interesting but not entirely unexpected twist, will not be open-sourcing Android 3.0 Honeycomb for the foreseeable future. Historically, Android is usually open-sourced via the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) a few days or weeks after the code is finalized. While this departure from the norm won’t affect OEMs like HTC and Motorola [...]
17
May
Hello Expense is a simple, reliable expense tracker for Android
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedA good mobile application is a fine balance between simplicity and functionality. You’re using it on the go, so you don’t have a lot of time to sit there and fumble with the phone to figure it all out. But you also need it to be powerful enough to let you do whatever it is [...]
17
May
Vendors are beginning to accept the idea that women like, need, and use gadgets, too. While we can use the same gadgets that men do, sometimes we’d like our bags and accessories to be a bit different – perhaps smaller, maybe a bit more colorful. knomo London makes “perfect urban accessories to carry your devices,” [...]
17
May
Sergey Brin and Larry Page Accept a Webby Before Google Was a Juggernaut [Video]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedBack in the year 2000 Google was a humble search startup with a killer algorithm. For that, the company was awarded a Webby for Technical Achievement. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are positively adorable in this interview with Sam Donaldson. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/EDaKEAhOb-A/sergey-brin-and-larry-page-accept-a-webby-before-google-was-a-juggernaut Openwave Systems On Semiconductor Nvidia Nuance Communications Novellus Systems Novell Network Appliance
16
May
iGrip PerfektFit ClearCase Traveler Kit for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 $24.95
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedFor today only, the iMore iPhone Accessory Store had the iGrip PerfektFit ClearCase Traveler Kit for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 on sale for only $24.95! That’s a whopping 44% off! Get yours before they’re gone! Shop iGrip PerfektFit ClearCase Traveler Kit for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 now! Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Niildlo2d6Y/story01.htm Acer Adobe Systems Advanced [...]
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May
Remember back to Christmas, and we let you know that Sega and NVIDIA would be bringing an enhanced Tegra 3 version of Sonic 4: Episode II, and today is that day! If you thought Sega did a great job with Sonic 4 Episode I, wait until you try this one! Designed for the Tegra 3 [...]
16
May
Scientists tweak wireless power transfer, Tesla nods happily in his grave
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedWireless charging may be all the rage these days, but actually beaming electricity — as sketched above by the man Tesla himself — still has some snags. North Carolina State U researchers have found a way to possibly vanquish the biggest problem: the difficulty of exactly matching resonant frequencies to amplify current. If external factors [...]
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May
We know almost too well how smartphones perform in US market share; what we don’t usually see is how happy customers are once the shrink wrap’s off. Going by a newly-expanded American Customer Satisfaction Index, it’s the iPhone that most scratches the itch at a score of 83. Despite having just been added, Apple was [...]
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May
Microsoft unveiled an update to Bing on Thursday that strongly leverages social networks, including a redesigned interface to provide a three-column look. Responses to queries keyed into Bing will list experts and the user’s friends, who can comment on the topic in the right panel. A new feature called “Snapshot” will display useful information about [...]
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May
WSJ: The Next iPhone Will Have at Least a 4-Inch Screen [Rumors]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next iPhone will have a display which measures “at least 4 inches diagonally.” Quoting sources familiar with Apple’s supply chain, they also suggest that production of the device is due to commence next month. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vXvlKFXIVj4/wsj-the-next-iphone-will-have-at-least-a-4+inch-screen Manhattan Associates Lsi Linear Technology Lexmark International Level 3 Communications [...]
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May
Electronic mail, or email to those in the know, has become so ubiquitous and transparent that many take for granted the effort and engineering required to make this near-instant communication medium a reality. In an effort to remind the general public about this digital miracle, Google (a company that knows a thing or two about [...]
16
May
Firefox 4 rockets to 5% global usage share, IE9 wallows at 1.5%
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedUsing some early numbers from both StatCounter and Net Applications, Mozilla’s noisiest hominid, Asa Dotzler, has illustrated Firefox 4′s meteoric rise to around 5% of Web browser global usage share. Internet Explorer 9, which launched two weeks ago, seems to be enjoying a much more casual stroll in the park with just 1.5% of the [...]
16
May
The Quickest Way to Fire Up Your Barbecue This Summer [Daily Desired]
Posted by admin Published in UncategorizedYou’ve got your grill. You’ve got your meat. But you’re missing one integral ingredient: fire. Rather than messing around with tons of messy newspapers or smelly lighter fluid, consider trying Weber’s Rapidfire Chimney Starter. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/RgAf5kmCxYA/start-your-grill-in-a-flash-with-webers-chimney-starter Trimble Navigation Limited Trident Microsystems Transaction Systems Architects Total System Services Tns Tibco Software Tibco Software
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May
HP has become the first major OEM to deliver support for Google Cloud Print in retail-boxed printers. In an official release, HP announced that its ePrint-enabled printers are now fully Cloud Print compatible. Just sign in to your Google account, pick your HP ePrint device, and you’re ready to fire off a print job from [...]
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