Archive for August 10th, 2011

Logitech releases Bluetooth keyboard, keyboard dock for Galaxy Tab 10.1

Logitech, the company behind the Google TV Revue and the tablet mouse, has just released two new keyboards made specifically for pairing with Android tablets. The first keyboard is connected by Bluetooth and is made to be paired with any Honeycomb tablet on the market. It comes complete with compact keys for a low profile, [...]

iPhone 5 renders [Speculation]

MacRumors commissioned CiccareseDesign to make some renders of what the iPhone 5 just might look like based on the case leaks we saw earlier this month. And… I like it. It gets rid of the glass back of which I was never a fan, and adds back in some thin new — and yes, sexy [...]

Apple to Open First Store in Alaska

Good news for the folks up in Alaska. The brand new Alaska Apple Store will be opening its doors to the cold air this Saturday at the 5th Avenue mall in Anchorage. Although this might not be that exciting of news for the rest of us, it’s still great to see that Apple is continuously [...]

Report: Most Apps Stink At Keeping Our Data Safe – Come Find Out Who’s Bad

Our smartphones are storing more sensitive data about us by the day. Whether it’s our contacts, our banking information, we all got to a point where we trust apps on our phones with our credentials and everything we have. Yet, according to a report released this week, relayed by informationweek, the measures most apps take [...]

Facebook Rumored To Add Video Calling Functionality To Its New iOS Messaging App

While we were all just beginning to enjoy Facebook’s new messenger app for iOS last night, 9to5mac was taking it apart already and their efforts paid off as they came across some interesting details concerning what could be next for the app. Indeed, inside the app, Facebook has already included graphic files that might suggest [...]

Google Decides to Retire App Inventor But It Will Live On Through Open Source

The bad news? Google has officially announced that they will no longer be supporting App Inventor and will be closing the doors on this Google product sometime within the next 90 days. The good news? App Inventor will be given new life with Google open sourcing the code for all. App Inventor was a tool [...]

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha Talks Global Brand, New Tablets, Ice Cream Sandwich And A Little Bionic As Well

Early this morning, Motorola’s CEO Sanjay Jha spoke at the Oppenheimer Annual Technology and Communications Conference and where he addressed the company’s past, as well as the company’s future. Motorola spoke a good amount on the company’s intent to streamline their global branding by taking a more “Samsung style” approach in terms of creating a [...]

Somebody On The Road Just Cut You Off? New App Can Help You Do Something About That

Driving the highways is often more stressful than it is worth. Traffic jams, nasty drivers, and road construction are commonplace. Now, a new app lets you send messages to those drivers that cut you off, have a broken tail light, or perhaps just caught your eye. Bump.com allows drivers across the U.S. to use their [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II with 4G LTE Sighted in South Korea, Codenamed Samsung Celox

A slightly larger variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II recently surfaced in Samsung homeland South Korea. The handset, codenamed the Samsung Celox, is expected to launch in South Korea in September and in Germany within the year. Korean tech blog IT TONG reports the Samsung Celox to be strikingly similar to the Samsung Galaxy [...]

Facebook launches Facebook Messenger to simplify mobile messaging

Facebook has just announced the release of Facebook Messenger, a new application for Android devices that aims to simplify and quicken the exchange of messages between you and Facebook friends or individuals in your phone’s contact list. Facebook Messenger is essentially an alternative SMS application that attempts to differentiate itself by adding integration with the [...]