Archive for August, 2011 - Page 24
Toshiba Brings Out The Smarbo Robot Vacuum [Toshiba Looks To Take On Roomba With Its New Smarbo Vacuum]
I admit, I’m not what you’d call a great housekeeper. Tales of robotic vacuum cleaners are to me a vague hope that one day I’ll actually be able to fully vacuum under the bed without having to contort myself into [...]
Acer Shows Off The TravelMate 8481T [Acer's TravelMate 8481T Brings Mobile Computing For A More Business Crowd]
Business laptops are something of a strange bird. They don’t actually have a whole lot in them, from what I’ve seen of the breed so far, that really separates them from normal everyday laptops. But looking at the Acer TravelMate [...]
Confirmed: Microsoft Offering Five Free Games With New Xbox 360 Bundle In Canada [Microsoft Is Offering Free Halo 3 & Gears of War With New Xbox 360 For Standard 250GB Xbox 360 Bundle]
Yesterday, we told you about a leaked picture of a store kiosk showing a new Xbox 360 bundle coming with five pack-in games that were all top-notch games (and Fable III). It’s now been confirmed that that bundle is coming, [...]
Verizon Posts Android 2.3 Gingerbread Update Details For The Motorola Droid 2 [Droid 2 Gingerbread Update Looks Ready To Roll-Out, Verizon Posts Complete Changelog & We Wonder When It Will Begin Arriving]
Another day and it looks like another Android device will soon be upgraded to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The handset is the Motorola Droid 2 and the official changelog has recently been posted by Verizon.
Retailers Oversold HP TouchPads, Customers See Their Orders Canceled [Amazon, Barnes & Noble Oversell The Heavily Discounted webOS Tablets, Some Folks Left Without Tablet After The Weekend's Firesale]
The HP TouchPad received mixed reviews, but that didn’t stop people from going crazy when HP and their retail partners started selling the device for just $99 this past weekend. Unfortunately, some retailers were so flushed with orders for the [...]
Hulu Bids Get Extended To End Of Week, Say Reports [The Hulu Buy Has A Couple Extra Days For Companies To Do More Fact-Checking, Says Current Word]
Anyone remember the old Looney Tunes cartoons? Specifically, the Duck Dodgers ones where Marvin the Martian briefly plugs his fingers into where his ears should be, waits a bit, and then wonderingly looks at Earth and says: “Where’s the kaboom? [...]
Google Docs Android App Gets An Update [Google Updates Google Docs For Android; Adds Additional Language Support, Ability To Send Documents As Attachments & More]
Google originally rolled out the Google Docs app for Android back in late-April and since then they have offered a few smaller updates. That being said, as of today an updated version of the app has come available by way [...]
TweetBook Twitter App Now Available For The BlackBerry PlayBook [Smarter Apps Launches TweetBook For The BlackBerry PlayBook, You Can Find It In The App World With A $4.99 Price Tag]
We often complain about the lack of quality apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook and while we will argue that there is a shortage in numbers as compared to other mobile platforms — that does not necessarily mean there are not [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Note & Wave 3 Coming at IFA 2011? [Samsung’s September 1 Unpacked Event: New Tablets & Smartphones; Not Just an Android Thing as Bada Gets Featured Too]
Samsung has scheduled a new “Unpacked” mobile event for September 1, at IFA 2011, and we have already looked at the first teaser released by the company.
Yahoo Mail Clears 100 Million Users [Beleaguered Yahoo's Email Service Is Still Surprisingly Popular, Undergoes Recent Design Changes]
Give them credit for trying, folks; Yahoo is doing a great job of exemplifying the old Avis ad pitch about how, when you’re number two, you try harder. And being one of the biggest search engines behind Google hasn’t dulled [...]

