Google claims to want to make sure that Android remains “free” in the future, even after the acquisition of Motorola is complete. The deal to buy Motorola Mobility won’t “violate the openness of Android,” and the company will be run independently, Schmidt said at a…
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Shuttle Launches EduPAL Electronic School Bag Solution [Video]
Shuttle is looking to take on the text book and has just launched the EduPAL, an electronic schoolbag solution based on an in-house-developed tablet PC. A trial has begun here in Taiwan at three elementary schools in central Taiwan. The 8 inch tablet is running…
The top 5 Amazon Cloud Drive Alternatives – All Free!
Amazon launched Cloud Drive this week and if you sign up you’ll get 5GB of Online Storage and unlimited access from any computer and if you want more room, they’ll be a charge. If you don’t want to hitch your personal data to an online…
Alive Core ECG Sends Results to Your iPhone
The wonders of mHealth never cease to amaze! When visiting the Qualcomm campus in San Jose we stopped by the mHealth division to check in with their latest developments. What we found was another evolution in the field of biometrics that allows users to keep…
Bill Gates deals Death Blow to Microsoft Courier
Remember the Microsoft Courier? The dual screen tablet that was set to revolutionize content creation on the mobile computing front two years ago has died at the hands on microsoft founder, Bill Gates. Apparently Gates was unwilling to cost the company in Outlook sales, despite…
Best Free Programs to Speed Up Your Computer
Think your PC ran faster when you first picked it up? You’re right it did, every once in a while you’ve gotta maintain your computer. The folks over a TechRadar pulled together a whole list of paid and free applications, that will help speed up …
Ubuntu heading on to phones and tablets
According to an early report from ZDNet, Shuttleworth will announce plans to bring Ubuntu to smartphones and tablet computing devices. The company says that it has been discussing the plan with hardware partners for the past 18 months. The Ubuntu Developer Summit, takes place next…
Siri Up & Running on Jailbroken iPhone 4
Siri the AI based personal assistant recently launched on the iPhone 4S has made the leap on to other iOS devices.
It didn’t take long to get Siri up and running on the iPhone… 4, but getting her to talk with Apple’s servers was a
Taiwan Government Concerned about Apple’s Slide to Unlock Patent
Earlier this week the United States Patent Trademark Office issued a patent granting Apple to the familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. Thursday Premier Wu Den-yih initiated an investigation on the possible impact Apple’s latest patent win could have on local Taiwanese companies.
Wu indicated that…
Slide to Unlocked Patented! US Courts Clearly Out to Lunch
In a shocking move the United States Patent & Trademark Office issued a patent granting Apple to the familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. Apple actually filed a patent application in December of 2005, a little over a year before the iPhone… was released.
We wonder
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Getting Android 4.0 Upgrade
The ASUS Transformer is getting an update with the Transformer Prime that will feature the latest Nvidia processor Kal-El or Tegra 3 update that will feature the latest version of Android. Generation 1 owners will be pleased to know that they won’t be left behind…
Nuance Aquires Swype, Say Good-bye to T9
The app maker is spending $102.5 million to acquire Seattle’s Swype, Inc., creator of an app that lets users type more than 40 words per minute by dragging their fingers across the keyboard without actually pushing the keys. Swype is currently available on about 50…
Win an HTML5 Starter Pack from AppUp! Elements 2011
Winner: Michael Gajda, Akil Wiltshire & Shawn Bala
Weren’t able to attend the AppUp! Elements conference? Well you can still grab the HTML5 starter pack chalk full of goodies like a 1 month Lynda.com subscription and the programming books below.
If you want…
Upcoming Android Compatibility Layer for RIM PlayBook Severely Limited
Even before the BlackBerry PlayBook was officially released, RIM announced that the Playbook… would support Android apps, one way RIM could sidestep the problem of the lack of native apps. However, now there are more details from the DroidCon event in Romania about just what
OpenMobile Aims to Solve “Apps Problem” for MeeGo (and other OSes) [video]
MeeGo is a really cool OS meant to run on tablets, smartphones, laptops, and other devices. However, like HP’s webOS, it lacks a number of native apps that are available on other mobile platforms. And as we know, for many users, availability of apps is…
