Continuing it’s efforts to completely remove any android-related applications from iOS, Apple will reportedly start using a new map program when iOS6 is released. Apple is rumored to be readying iOS6 for preview at the upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference in June. Developed by C3 Technologies, the application is described as Google Earth on steroids. The landscape [...]
After a bump in market share from the popularity of the Amazon Kindle Fire, android tablets once again are losing out to the iPad. Analyst firm IDC reports Apple’s iPad increased it’s market share from around 55% to 68% from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. While the Fire pushed to around 17% market share in [...]
The collaboration between Google and Asustek was supposed to produce a tablet by June. However, it now looks like it will not appear until at least July, if not August. Apparently Google feels the seven-inch device is too expensive right now, at $249 USD. The delay in release is to figure out ways to reduce [...]
I sure remember App inventor. As a matter of fact, I was rather taken with the idea. A way for a simpleton like me to create my own Android apps? Sign me up! Well…. it was kind of tough, and was not what i thought it would be. Sure, it had a Graphical User Interface [...]
Lenovo Ideapad K1 So, thanks to Lenovo, we had an opportunity to spend a bit of time with their Ideapad K1. I have been using it as my day to day e-reader, surfing computer, and social media hub. And so far the experience has been quite good. Hardware The K1 weighs in at about [...]
It seems Google is coming out with a new product this year, AR glasses. AR stands for augmented reality, and the device will be kind of like having a wearable computer on your face. Details are sketchy, but one rumor is a single lens will display information, without transparency, while the other remains clear. The [...]
When you think of android tablets, probably Asus or Samsung comes to mind as the major players. However, recent numbers show that both Amazon and Barnes & Nobles are the big movers in the android market. Amazon went from zero shipments in the 3rd quarter of 2011, to 3.885 million in the fourth quarter. Barnes [...]
Although the vast majority of android devices haven’t received an official update to Ice Cream Sandwich, android 4.0, rumors are that Google is preparing to release Jelly Bean, it’s next version, in the 2nd quarter of 2012. Why would the company try to launch it so quickly? Supposedly, this is in response to the upcoming [...]
Us and European regulators have given the go ahead for Google to complete it’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The 12.5 billion dollar(US) purchase will be Google’s single largest acquisition ever, as well as a giant leap into the manufacturing end of the business. One key component of the deal will be Motorola’s 17,000 patents and [...]
While Microsoft has been providing a lot of information about windows 8 in general, details about Windows On Arm(WOA) have been few and far between. Most of what has been released pertains to the x86 version of windows 8. However, in a blog post by Microsoft’s Windows head, Steven Sinofsky, there are finally some good nuggets [...]
