Archive for April, 2011 - Page 17

Electric Vehicle Chargers Get Big Discount In Los Angeles

Pilot Program Offers Discounts On An EV Charger For Residents Of Los Angeles, But Only A Few
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

If you live in Los Angeles and you’ve been meaning to get in on the electric vehicle craze, then we’ve got some good news for you today. But you’re going to have to move quickly to take advantage of said good news, because it’s a bit on the transient side.

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President Barack Obama Is An iPad 2 User

White House Photos Show Obama Toting A 3G iPad 2 Around As He Enters Marine One
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

A recent bit of photography from the White House’s Flickr account released a fact that most of us probably weren’t aware of–Barack Obama favors the iPad 2 as a computing platform.

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Tablet PCs Will Yield Almost One Fifth Of All Wireless Traffic By 2020, Says Cisco

Cisco Looks For Tablet PCs To Generate Huge Volumes Of Data Within Next Ten Years
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

Anyone else think this goes a long way toward explaining some of Cisco’s recent moves? They’ve released a report, the key conclusion of which is their projection that tablet PCs will generate fully 17 percent–almost one fifth–of all wireless traffic by 2020.

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SugarSync Updates Android App, Introduces AutoSync

SugarSync Adds AutoSync To Android App, Means Images & Folders Can Sync In The Background
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

SugarSync users sporting an Android device may want to fire up the Android Market and do a quick check for updates as there is going to be at least one waiting. The SugarSync app has been updated to version 3.2 and with that comes a few changes and improvements including [...]

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Netflix May Soon Be The Largest US Based Subscription Entertainment Business

If If Seems Like Everyone You Know Is Using Netflix, That Is Because They Are Expected To Report A Subscriber Base Of Roughly 23.7 Million
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

While we have seen some of the Q1 2011 quarterly reports come in already, we are still waiting for the official word from Netflix. And for those wondering, that is expected to arrive sometime later today. But in the meantime, we are listening to the analysts and reading some sensational [...]

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Windows 8 App Store Sneak Peak Images Now Believed Fake

Rumored Windows 8 App Store Images Are Actually The Chinese Language Appmarts App, Its Real But Not From Microsoft
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

According to the rumor mill, Microsoft is going to include an app store in Windows 8. And while that it itself is not all that surprising considering everyone else has an app store, the recently revealed images of the Windows App Store may not have been the real deal.

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Barnes & Noble Nook Color Update Now Available

B&N Rolls-Out Software Version 1.2.0 For The Nook Color, Includes Android 2.2 Froyo With Nook Apps, Adobe Flash Player Support & More
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

The update that many Nook Color owners have been waiting for is now ready and available for all — Android 2.2. Or more specifically, the update comes as part of the version 1.2.0 software update. But regardless of what you call the update, the Nook Color has become a bit [...]

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HP webOS ePrint App Details Revealed, Expected To Arrive In July 2011

Even HP Slacks On Releasing webOS Apps, Dedicated ePrint App Not Scheduled To Come Available Until July 2011
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

When it comes to mobile operating systems, the big issue is often dealing with apps. And what that comes down to, is lots of people seem to choose a mobile operating system based on the total number of available apps. That said, I have often defended Palm and later HP [...]

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Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman Officially Unveiled

Sony Ericsson Unveils The Walkman Branded W8 Smartphone, Will Feature 3" Capacitive Display, 600MHz CPU & Android 2.1 Eclair
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

Regardless of your thoughts on the Sony Walkman brand, it looks like there is now a new model available. And one that comes as a smartphone running Android at that. The model is the Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman.

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Windows Phone 7 "Mango" Software Update Will Be OS 7.5

Microsoft Dubs Mango Software Update As Windows Phone 7.5, Still Touts It As Arriving Later This Year
Filed by on Monday, 25. April 2011

We have heard a fair bit about the upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone 7 so far, including that the update has been pushed back until 2012. Well, Microsoft seems to be spilling some details little by little in terms of what we can expect to see and when we [...]

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