Wacom has outed its latest tablet stylus, the Wacom Bamboo Stylus duo, targeting both iPad and Android slate owners this time but also catering to those moments when you need to use traditional paper. Building on the original Bamboo Stylus for capacitive touchscreens, the new duo version has a blunt fake-finger tip on one end, along with a regular ballpoint pen at the other. Meanwhile, there are new apps to go along with the stylus. The Bamboo … [Read more...]
Nokia’s coveted white Lumia 900 is headed to the UK on April 27, local retailers have announced, offering 4.3-inches of Windows Phones alongside its black and cyan siblings. The white variant will be a Phones 4u exclusive, it’s confirmed, priced from free with a new, two-year agreement priced at £36 ($57) per month or above. In fact, the retailer already has the exclusive on Nokia’s white Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, making … [Read more...]
US carriers have joined the FCC and law enforcement in establishing a central database to track and block stolen phones, in addition to pushing for tougher legislation for those that modify handsets’ unique identifiers. The system, due to be announced later today according to the NYTimes, has the backing ofAT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile USA and others, with a target of cross-network identification and disabling in place within 18 … [Read more...]
Sony has outed its latest 14-inch notebook, the VAIO E Series 14P, not quite an ultrabook but not letting that stop it offer gesture control and 7hr runtime. Measuring in at 22.4mm thick, the 1366 x 768 notebook runs Intel’s Core i3-2350M processor paired with 4GB of DDR3 memory and AMD Radeon HD 7670M graphics with 1GB of dedicated VRAM, and comes in black, white or pink. Storage is courtesy of a 500GB 5,400rpm hard-drive, while … [Read more...]
Sony has revised its financial forecast for the 2011 financial year, more than doubling its estimated loss to $6.4bn as it warns investors that US taxes have eaten into its cashflow. According to Sony [pdf link], a combination of not being allowed to defer taxes any longer, as well as extra taxes incurred through shifting its profit between subsidiaries, explain why the forecast for the full 2011 fiscal year jumped from a 220 billion yen loss … [Read more...]
One billion dollars either gets you a huge amount or very little these days. Facebook has either bought itself 27m registered users, or a few retro-style filters in a slickly designed app for iPhone and Android. Of course, in reality they’re one and the same thing: in acquiring Instagram, Facebook has opened the door to a new bubble of membership – albeit an expensive one, at around $37 a user – and added another string to its … [Read more...]
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The Guardian (blog)Boot up: Metro apps usage, Pirate Bay hacking case, iOS 7 + Flickr?, and moreThe Guardian (blog)We found that, on average, a Windows 8 user will launch a Metro app 1.52 times a day. Tablet users launch the most Metro apps at 2.71 tim…
The Next WebChinese City Puts a Stop to Taxi-Finding Smartphone AppsThe Next WebAccording to a report on Sina Tech (via Tech in Asia), an internal memo issued by the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality demands taxi companies to “immediately…
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)Bitdefender's Clueful Keeps Apps From Snooping on YouLAPTOP Magazine (blog)Antivirus maker Bitdefender is helping to make sure that slick new app you just downloaded isn't snooping on you with its new Clueful app for Andro…
