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Apple Planned the iPad BEFORE the iPhone. Who knew?
Everyone assumes that Apple was working on the iPhone before the iPad. However, the recent lawsuit by Proview Electronics suing Apple over the name 'iPad' says others wise. The iPhone was launched in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. However,...
Dell Voice Launches in Canada - Will it Fail As Badly As Dell Video Chat?
Dell has partnered with Ontario-based Fongo to offer Dell Voice, a VoIP app exclusively available exclusively in Canada that offers a Canadian phone number and free calls to most of Canada. Also, incoming calls and Dell Voice-to-Dell Voice calls are...
Vonage Attacks Skype with 30% Price Cut and Free App-to-App Calling & Texts
Vonage today launched new versions of their mobile app for both iOS and Android phones that feature free app-to-app calling and international calling rates that on average are 70 percent less than major mobile carriers and 30 percent less than...
Why Apple's A5 Processor is Big (Siri) + Why Doesn't Siri Support Dictating Emails?
According to CNet, Apple's A5 processor includes noise-reduction circuitry licensed from a start-up called Audience. Audience's technology enhances speech and works well even when you hold the phone are arm's length ('far-field speech'). This explains the mysteriously larger A5 processor...
Winter Wake-up App Wakes You Up Earlier If It Snows
Yesterday, I reviewed Zeo Sleep Manager and now today I came across another interesting sleep app created by Boondoggle called "Winter Wake-up", which wakes you up early if it snows giving you time to shovel the snow off your car,...
Impressive SkyDrive App for iPhone & Windows Phone Released
The SkyDrive app is now available both for the iPhone and Windows Phone users running the Mango update. This is a kick ass app that might make me switch from using Dropbox. You may recall I use Dropbox in my...
Apple's Ridiculous Patent Claims Against Samsung Destroyed!
Just had an awesome read on the Samsung vs. Apple patent battles and the ridiculousness of it all. For instance, the following is a list of alternative design options that Apple thought Samsung should have considered to not infringe on...
Samsung Mocks Apple Fanboys in Hilarious Galaxy S II Ad
Business Insider's Steve Kovach has an interesting interview with Todd Pendleton, Samsung's Chief Marketing Officer, and Brian Wallace, Samsung's VP of Strategic Marketing, on a new ad campaign that mocks Apple fanboys and promotes Samsung's top-of-the-line Galaxy S II Android...
Netflix Brings Revamped Interface to Android Before iPad
Apple's iPad may be the tablet market leader right now, but certainly not for long. Today, a report was released by Gartner saying that 50% of all mobile phones sales are Android. That may explain why Netflix gave some love...
Control Siri with Your Brainwaves!
If you think controlling the iPhone's Siri with your voice is cool, imagine controlling it with your brainwaves. Project Black Mirror has an actual working prototype that controls the iPhone's Siri voice recognition app! Here's how they say it works:...
Yelp Mocks Rick Perry in App Store
Yelp fixed three bugs in its iPhone app yesterday, but the interesting part was how they got a 'dig in' on Republican candidate for President, Texas Governor Rick Perry. Yelp lists the three bug fixes as:- Bookmarks-related bugs- iOS5 styling...
Bria VoIP Softphone now available on iTunes
CounterPath's Bria 3, a VoIP softphone app is now available for purchase on iTunes. Bria 3 is a softphone that enables you make voice and video calls from your Mac or PC. The ability to make this software purchase directly...
iOS 5.0.1 for iPhones & iPads Released! Battery life Fixed?
Apple appears to be rolling out 5.01, which includes some bug fixes and purportedly a fix for the battery problems.Here's what you'll see in iTunes if you check for updates:iOS 5.0.1 Software UpdateThis update contains improvements and other bug fixes...
iOS 5 hides an Android-like autocorrect keyboard bar - Here is why it sucks
There's a cool hidden feature in iOS 5, which hides an Android-like autocorrect keyboard bar. Android fans everywhere are crying foul! You can enable it even without jailbreaking. Here's the tutorial (via Sony Dickson) 1. Download iBackupBot 2. Backup your iPhone/iPod...
Adobe Surrenders Mobile Flash - Steve Jobs FTW, Users FTL!
I had hoped that with Steve Jobs' passing that Flash for the iPhone/iPad might now be possible, but alas with today's news from Adobe that they're killing off mobile Flash, my hopes were bitterly crushed. It's not that I'm a...
With Steve Jobs' Passing is Flash for the iPhone/iPad Now Possible?
Everyone in the technology world - and the world in general - mourns Steve Jobs' passing. My Facebook News Feed is still filled with friends who changed their profile photo to something Apple or Steve Jobs related. But I do...
Millions Change Facebook Profile Picture to Honor Steve Jobs
Millions of Facebook users have changed their Facebook profile picture to honor Apple co-founder Steve Jobs who died yesterday from pancreatic cancer. According to Facebook, 628 million active users changed their Facebook profile picture to a real Apple, the Apple...
Apple iPhone 5 Coverage Brings down Engadget
Engadget a popular tech blogs appear to be down. Engadget is completely offline which Gizmodo initially partially loaded for me. But after a refresh Gizmodo appears back to normal. All this due to the live blogging coverage of the iPhone...
Google Bankrolls $100M to Get into Video Entertainment Biz
Last week I reported how Amazon should buy HBO or at least start creating their own TV shows and movies so they can be in control of their own destiny. I also mentioned last week Apple and Google as also...
Don't Let Wi-Fi Device Onslaught Bring Enterprise Wi-Fi To Its Knees
If you are an IT or network administrator, you already know you've lost the battle against users BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) to work. Now your job is to support everything from the Apple iPad, to Blackberries, to Android devices, to new tablets...
Why Amazon Should Buy HBO from Time Warner
I was just thinking about how Amazon’s goal is to subsidize their new Kindle Fire by selling content – in particular video content, which can then be streamed using their Amazon Prime “Netflix-like” service. In fact, on Monday Amazon...
Kindle Fire Silk Browser Proxying Stokes Privacy Concerns
The new Amazon Kindle Fire will use Amazon's very own completely new Web browser called Silk that leverages Amazon's EC2 architecture to proxy and cache web content for faster performance. You might think of it as something similar to Opera...
Amazon Kindle Fire - Hot or Not?
The Amazon Kindle Fire 7-inch tablet aims to take on the Apple iPad, but will the Fire catch fire with consumers? Amazon has loyal Kindle e-reader users, but part of its draw is the e-ink screen which works in...
Apple iPad - Your Next Desktop Phone?
I've been thinking about how the Apple iPad could really disrupt the VoIP space and become your next desktop phone. Think about the impact to companies such as Cisco, Polycom, Aastra, snom, Grandstream, and others. While these companies do offer...
XSS Exploit in Skype Lets Hackers Steal iPhone Address Book
If you are using Skype for iPhone or iPod Touch, your Address Book can be compromised and stolen using a simple chat message. It leverages a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability within the "Chat Message" window in Skype 3.0.1 and earlier versions...
