Nintendo has recently expressed concerns about 3D technology and its effect on children under the age of 6 after experts consulted by the company suggested that 3D could cause young children to suffer from stunted eye development. So how does this warning fare for the future of the 3DS and Nintendo’s own plans for the next dimension of …
Companies
Google Buys E-Book Publisher, But Why?
Google is continuing to push into the e-book space with the purchase of eBook Technologies, a company focused on developing both hardware and software to create and distribute content for electronic readers. The acquisition, announced by Google yesterday, will allow the company to – according to a statement on the front page of its …
Is Apple Killing Off The iPhone And iPad ‘Home’ Button?
Well this ought to be interesting. Apple has made the pre-release code for the next version of its iOS software available for developers to tinker around with. This is the underlying software that will eventually end up on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches—called iOS 4.3.
Scores of curious developers have finished scouring the code …
Google Places: Google’s Own Local Recommendation App
Move over, Yelp and Urbanspoon–Google’s getting in on the local recommendation app action.
The company has come a long way from being just a search engine. And with this week’s release of its latest iOS app, Google Places, Google is moving ever closer to social network territory.
The free app, which is available now in the iTunes …
Should Customers Have The Right To “Hack” Their Consoles?
For every video game console, there’s been dozens – no hundreds – of gamers who’ve tried to hack the system. The ability to mod your own device is part of the fun for some avid players who want to be available to install other operating systems, run homebrew (user-produced software that runs on systems not meant to run consumer-created …
Google ‘Translate’ Voice App: In Goes English, Out Comes Spanish
Babel be damned. Google’s free “Translate” app for Android now includes a feature called Conversation Mode that does a pretty decent job of facilitating a verbal back-and-forth between English and Spanish.
Per Google’s blog post:
“In conversation mode, simply press the microphone for your language and start speaking. Google …
Two Minute Video: Why Not To Switch To The Verizon iPhone
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here. With the Verizon iPhone set to be available in less than a month, plenty of disgruntled AT&T customers and Verizon lifers alike are getting ready to light up the airwaves of the self-proclaimed “most reliable network in America” with Apple’s iPhone 4. And while there are several reasons the …
Sorry Verizon iPhone Customers: “New Every Two” Ended, Early Upgrade Modified
It’s not all good news for Verizon customers who are rejoicing now that the iPhone is going to be available. Although the big announcement about the Apple smartphone dominated the news, a much smaller – yet equally as important – change has almost slipped by. The service provider is ending its “New Every Two” program, which offers …
AMBER Alerts Are Now Dispatched Via Facebook
In a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, AMBER Alerts will now be available on Facebook.
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie O. Robinson made the announcement in a press conference today, saying, “These efforts demonstrate the high priority this Administration places …
Is The First ‘Facebook Phone’ About To Make An Appearance?
You may recall that back in September, some rumors were being bandied about concerning Facebook making its own phone.
And while Facebook’s own Mark Zuckerberg went as far as to address the rumors, the ultimate takeaway was that Facebook wasn’t designing its own phone inasmuch as it wanted to become as deeply integrated into the core …
Steve Jobs Still Makes A $1 Salary
Steve Jobs is known to try and be involved with Mac users. While he might not be writing personal, handwritten notes to thank you for buying an Apple computer anymore, he does still try and answer emails from customers sent to his personal account. Now, we’re finding out that Jobs still takes $1 in salary. According to the Wall Street …
Internet Connection Sharing Coming To iPhones Soon
The ability to convert your iPhone’s 3G data connection to a Wi-Fi signal that you can share with your laptop technically exists as part of the phone’s hardware. The limitation, up until now, is that the feature needs to be implemented on the software side and turned on by your carrier.
AT&T’s iPhone has had “internet tethering” for a …