Daily Archives: June 4, 2012

Briefly: BT Media Remote, Yelp iOS, Carmageddon Mobile

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin

Filling a gap in the hands-free market, accessory manufacturer Satechi has begun shipping the BT Media Remote. The remote provides a full complement of media controls, play, pause, next track, volume up, and volume down. The bottom panel of the remote slides down to reveal a numeric keypad to facilitate Bluetooth pairing. A home button will invoke Siri, and holding the volume-up key is a shutter-release button. The remote retails for $39 and is available on the Satechi website…. Continue reading →

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Parallels adds ‘experimental’ Windows 8 preview support

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Parallels has updated its self-named OS virtualizer software, Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, to be able to automatically download and install the recently-released Windows 8 Release Preview. As with its earlier update in March for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, support is “experimental” and thus not fully supported as the final release of Windows 8 may make significant changes. The software also supports the Mountain Lion Developer Preview, Chrome OS and others…. Continue reading →

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RIM stock falls to lowest level in eight years on bearish trading

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Embattled Canadian smartphone maker RIM saw its stock dip into single-digits on Monday to end trading down 5.85 percent at $9.66, a price not seen since December 2003. Continue reading →

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RIM sees stock fall to lowest price in eight years on bearish trading

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin

Embattled Canadian smartphone maker RIM saw its stock dip into the single-digits on Monday to end trading down 5.85 percent at $9.66, a price not seen since December 2003. Continue reading →

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Apple iPad accounts for nearly two out of every three tablet shipments

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Apple owned the lion’s share of the worldwide tablet market in the first quarter of 2012 after shipping 11.8 million units, 11 times more than second place Samsung managed over the same period. Continue reading →

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News: FlickrStackr now supports Flickr’s iPad optimized photo resolutions

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iPont has updated FlickrStackr with support for Flickr’s new iPad optimized photo sizes, allowing users to view Retina Display quality photos on their iPad without having to download the original full-resolution photos; the new feature improves performance and saves bandwidth, although the new image sizes are currently only available for photos uploaded after March 1, 2012. Users can also now use iCloud to save Stacks and Accounts and synchronize… Continue reading →

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Toshiba touts industry’s densest SSDs with faster performance

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Toshiba today announced a new line of solid-state drives that use 19-nanometer process technology, the smallest circuitry to date. Continue reading →

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News: ALK upgrades legacy CoPilot Live users

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ALK Technologies had released an update to its original CoPilot Live series of applications, providing users with a much-delayed, albeit free upgrade offering the features introduced in last year’s new CoPilot Live Premium app. Last summer, ALK revamped its CoPilot Live series of apps, splitting them into a separate Premium and Standard tier and releasing them as separate and entirely new applications. The new Premium application was initially… Continue reading →

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Firefox 13 now out with fresh home screen, SPDY support

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Mozilla has now released the full version of its Firefox 13 web browser, the first beta version of which came out at the end of April. Those who didn’t get the beta will be able to download the latest software on Tuesday. The most prominent changes include a new home and tab screens, along with the newfound compatibility of the Google-backed SPDY protocol…. Continue reading →

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Microsoft confirms SmartGlass at E3 keynote event

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Microsoft today confirmed the existence of SmartGlass at its E3 keynote. Previously rumored as hardware shown behind closed doors, in practice SmartGlass is an app for Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android devices that lets them connect to the Xbox 360. Developers and content providers will have options to display more information or add more control for their apps, games, and TV shows…. Continue reading →

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