Imagine a relatively small sub-$100 microscope that can probe the food on your plate (or the blood pumping through your body) using a laser instead of lenses. Also: it’s capable of using that laser to produce holographic images. No, not Holodeck-caliber simulacrums, but sophisticated 3D images of dense surfaces, say your skin (see the …
Taking You Higher: ‘Jetpack Joyride’ Review
When I first saw Jetpack Joyride a few weeks back, it was still being called Machine Gun Jetpack. It was after my demo of Fruit Ninja Kinect–also made by Australian dev studio Halfbrick–that I saw a quick run-through of the still-brewing iOS game. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it in the months that have passed.
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Google Apps Get Offline Access (and I Get Tablet Gmail on a PC)
Back in February of 2010, Google announced that it was giving up on Google Gears, its neat-but-ultimately-unsatisfying technology that helped make Web services work even when the Web wasn’t available. The company said that it made more sense to concentrate on using HTML5 technologies to build offline capabilities into its Web apps. And …
Might Facebook Team Up with Spotify for September Launch?
Extra! Extra! Both CNBC and Mashable are reporting that Facebook plans to launch a music service next month. Nothing is for absolutely certain, but it’s been said that Spotify, MOG and Rdio might be partnering with Facebook as part of the new feature. Mark Zuckerberg is probably jamming out to this tune if it’s true. Wonder what Facebook …
Amazon’s iPad Rival May Not Land Until 2012
Amazon’s apparently not in a huge rush to send a 10-inch tablet to market. Anonymous sources tell DigiTimes that Amazon’s first tablet will be a 7-inch model, and that mass production on a true iPad rival with a 10.1-inch display will begin in the first quarter of 2012.
If the rumor’s accurate, it would mean that Amazon is first setting
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