RIM has just released a video preview of its upcoming BlackBerry OS update, 6.0. It certainly looks like a modern OS is it enough to keep diehard BlackBerry users from jumping ship to something a little more shiny and new? The most notable change in 6 besides the UI has to be the inclusion of a WebKit browser. But, again, I ask whether …
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Google Simplifies Android Development with ‘App Inventor’
Google is attempting to make Android app creation accessible to the masses with “App Inventor,” which is software that enables Android application development without the need to actually write code.
The basic premise is that App Inventor provides a visual programming interface with pre-built “blocks” that are dragged and dropped …
YouTube Can Now Handle a Whopping 4K Video Resolution
Sweet fancy Moses, YouTube can now display full-resolution video shot on 4K cameras from the likes of Red Digital Cinema. That kind of footage is a bit rare, as YouTube’s demo playlist only contains four clips, and as the blog post suggests, “the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet.”
The resolution is 4096×3072, which is …
Asus 1215N Netbook Packs Dual Core Atom CPU, Sub $500 Price
Asus has pulled some noteworthy tricks in the interest of pushing out netbooks that pack a little more power than competing machines—namely, stuffing desktop-specific Atom CPUs into netbook form factors. It did so with the 1201N, which used a dual-core Atom 330 CPU and is poised to do it again with the 1215N, which will feature a …
MIT’s Mouseless Project is an Invisible Computer Mouse
Mouseless is a self-described “invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real hardware mouse.”
An offspring of MIT’s Media Lab, the project consists of two infrared cameras capable of identifying the details and positioning of a human hand. The user moves his …
99 Cent TV Show Rentals To Piggyback New Apple TV?
NewTeeVee has apparently been tipped off by “sources” that Apple will not only release a new Apple TV but that streaming TV show rentals are also on the way. Apple’s waning interest in one of its own products that Steve Jobs calls a “hobby” for the company could be turning itself around to compete with Hulu and …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,375)
No fridge, no bread, no …
Hulu Considering Ad-Free Hulu Plus If We’re Willing to Pay More
One of the main questions that arose with Hulu’s announcement of its premium service, Hulu Plus, was whether or not the $10 per month subscription fee would provide for a commercial free viewing experience. It does not. The monthly fee basically gives subscribers access to entire back catalogs of shows from participating networks.
And Mimico’s Comic-Con Exclusive Is…
A limited edition run of 1,000 Lobot drives for both San Diego Comic-Con and Celebration V.
[via Mimico]
comScore: Android’s Market Share Continues To Climb While Others Slip
ComScore has just released its numbers for May for U.S. smartphone owners over the age of 13. Wait. What does a 13-year-old need a smartphone for? According to comScore, 49.1 million Americans owned a smartphone from February to the end of May, which is an 8.1 percent increase from the previous three-month period ending in …
The Next iPod Touch Should Just Be An AT&T-less iPhone 4
There’s a rumor swirling about that a revamped iPod Touch may be in line for Apple and that this particular model would feature a 5-megapixel camera on the back capable of shooting HD video and a front-facing camera that’s capable of FaceTime video chatting.
Good, great, grand. Regardless of whether or not the rumor is true, here’s …
Samsung Captivate Coming To AT&T 7/18 For $200
If you hadn’t heard by now, Samsung is launching four high-end Android devices across all four major U.S. carriers under the Galaxy S banner. The first to hit is the Captivate for AT&T, which launches July 18 for $199.99 (no MIR required). With a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera (sans flash but it records HD …