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- ViewSonic ViewPad VS14445 passes through the FCC's database
- RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings
- Incident Tech's gTar gets teased, remains largely silent (video)
- RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsil...
- Fisker Nina caught peeking out before New York reveal
- Coda shelves plans for Ohio battery plant because of DOE inaction
- RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from company's board
- Apple and Foxconn agree to drastically improve working conditions following Fair...
- Michael Lynton becomes CEO of Sony America, Nicole Seligman picked for SCA presi...
- Electric "Monster" to attack Pikes Peak
- ASUS rolls out firmware update to UK Transformer Primes
- RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly 'clearing house,' laying off numerous executives
- Sony A77 and A65 firmware update v1.05 peps up your laggy dials, improves autofocus
- FreedomPop plans to give away mobile internet, still make money somehow
- Does Low Grade Gas Save You Money?
- Hulu Plus comes to seven Android tabs with shiny new UI
- Sport Trim Joins Explorer Lineup
- Media Center to live in a separate version of Windows 8?
- Fitocracy Finally Exits Private Beta, Celebrates With A New iOS App
- Purchased Play store apps gone missing? Google's looking into it
- Sneak peek at cooking shows launching in 2012
- Monster Tajima ready to tackle Pikes Peak in an all-electric prototype
- Sony applies for a headset-based navigation pointer, knows you're not looking
- HTC One S to join T-Mobile's lineup this April 22nd?
- Microsoft reveals how your old slate will get all of Windows 8's charms (video)
- Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $110
- Big Phones? So Over.
- Rdio continues its plans for world domination, focusing on Europe
- Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional
- Famigo Raises $1M For Its Kid-Friendly App Directory And Parental Control Software
| ViewSonic ViewPad VS14445 passes through the FCC's database Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:42 PM PDT ViewSonic ViewPad VS14445 passes through the FCC's database  ViewSonic ViewPad VS14445 passes through the FCC's database ViewSonic's ViewPad VS14445 -- also known as the ViewPad 10e -- has been kicking around since CES, and other parts of the globe have had access for a few months now. That said, those in America who've been holding out for this particular Android slate won't have to wait much longer.... |
| RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:42 PM PDT RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings  RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings An errant Tweet points us to the news that RIM CEO Thorsten Heins is "clearing house" and "SVP/VP-level execs" are being fired. What does this mean? Hopefully a turnaround and, more cynically, an effort to reduce costs. Either way, RIM is changing. As we just learned, BB shipments were down 21% last quarter, shipping a total of 11.1 million handsets.... |
| Incident Tech's gTar gets teased, remains largely silent (video) Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:42 PM PDT Incident Tech's gTar gets teased, remains largely silent (video)  Incident Tech's gTar gets teased, remains largely silent (video) What you see above is the gTar, an upcoming electronic musical instrument from Bay Area-based startup, Incident Technologies. It's got what appears to be an iPhone docked in the pick-guard and it looks pretty cool lit up in the teaser video after the break. Beyond that, there's not a ton of information about the thing available online, but we did some digging and have pieced together a pretty good idea about... |
| RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsil... Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:42 PM PDT RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Resigns  RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Resigns This just in folks: RIM has released their Q4 2012 earnings report, and it paints a pretty bleak portrait of the ailing company. RIM posted quarterly revenues of $4.2 billion, down 19% from the previous quarter, and down 25% from the year-ago quarter. The Waterloo company also reported a net loss of $125 million or $0.24 per share diluted in Q4, along with earnings per share of $0.80.... |
| Fisker Nina caught peeking out before New York reveal Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Fisker Nina caught peeking out before New York reveal  Fisker Nina caught peeking out before New York reveal Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, New York Auto Show, Fisker Who wants to wait until the official unveiling of the Fisker Nina plug-in hybrid next week when we can see spy shots right this second? Neither do we. So, what do the shots reveal? For starters, we can see that the Nina is indeed shorter than its Karma big brother.... |
| Coda shelves plans for Ohio battery plant because of DOE inaction Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Coda shelves plans for Ohio battery plant because of DOE inaction  Coda shelves plans for Ohio battery plant because of DOE inaction Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Coda Automotive In this case, the federal government sneezes, and central Ohio catches a cold. That's the take from the Columbus Dispatch on the decision by electric-vehicle maker Coda Automotive to shelve plans to build a Columbus, OH, battery factory. Coda said about two years ago that it would build the factory, which would've supported more than 1,000 jobs in the area.... |
| RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from company's board Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from company's board  RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from company's board We've already seen a bit of big news slip out ahead of RIM's earnings announcement, and the company's now dropped another bombshell itself. Former co-CEO Jim Balsillie has resigned from his position on the company's board of directors. In a statement, Balsillie said simply: "As I complete my retirement from RIM, I'm grateful for this remarkable experience and for the opportunity to have worked with outstanding professionals who helped turn a... |
| Apple and Foxconn agree to drastically improve working conditions following Fair... Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Apple and Foxconn agree to drastically improve working conditions following Fair Labor Association report  Apple and Foxconn agree to drastically improve working conditions following Fair Labor Association report The Fair Labor Association has released its findings from the lengthy investigation of working conditions at Foxconn's Chinese plants where Apple products are made. While the PR and report largely avoid over the top rhetoric and direct condemnations of the companies, they hardly paint a rosy picture. The watchdog found that in the last year all three factories violated not just FLA code for hours worked, but Chinese legal limits of... |
| Michael Lynton becomes CEO of Sony America, Nicole Seligman picked for SCA presi... Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Michael Lynton becomes CEO of Sony America, Nicole Seligman picked for SCA president  Michael Lynton becomes CEO of Sony America, Nicole Seligman picked for SCA president Plenty of moving and shaking going on after the bell today. Hot on the heels of news that RIM's CEO is making major internal changes, in flies word that Michael Lynton has been selected as the CEO of Sony Corp. America. He's coming over from Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he previously sat as the Chairman and CEO.... |
| Electric "Monster" to attack Pikes Peak Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Electric "Monster" to attack Pikes Peak Electric "Monster" to attack Pikes Peak Hill climb champ ready to go green. |
| ASUS rolls out firmware update to UK Transformer Primes Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT ASUS rolls out firmware update to UK Transformer Primes  ASUS rolls out firmware update to UK Transformer Primes Less than 48 hours after teasing us with promises of upcoming "awesome new features," ASUS is now delivering the refresh to Transformer Primes in the UK. Via its Euro Facebook page, the Taiwanese outfit has announced that all TF201 owners in the United Kingdom can expect to see the OTA update anytime now.... |
| RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly 'clearing house,' laying off numerous executives Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly 'clearing house,' laying off numerous executives RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly 'clearing house,' laying off numerous executives With BlackBerry World only weeks away and RIM's earnings report merely hours away, it looks as if newly-appointed CEO Thorsten Heins will be leading it with quite the bang. While Heins has done a truly exceptional job of laying low (really low) during his first few months in the corner office, he's evidently been hard at work rearranging chairs...... |
| Sony A77 and A65 firmware update v1.05 peps up your laggy dials, improves autofocus Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT Sony A77 and A65 firmware update v1.05 peps up your laggy dials, improves autofocus  Sony A77 and A65 firmware update v1.05 peps up your laggy dials, improves autofocus It's no secret that Sony's A77 and A65 SLT cameras have suffered from noticeable lag when it comes to adjusting exposure settings, among other things. For those irked, you'll be pleased to know that the company has just updated both cameras to firmware version 1.05, claiming it'll "sharpen their responses." Specifically, you'll be noticing faster cold startups, quicker response times from the front and rear dials and faster access to images... |
| FreedomPop plans to give away mobile internet, still make money somehow Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT FreedomPop plans to give away mobile internet, still make money somehow  FreedomPop plans to give away mobile internet, still make money somehow "Freemium" mobile broadband outfit FreedomPop has pulled back the curtain on how it plans to make money while giving away 4G internet. In an interview with GigaOm, Marketing VP Tony Miller revealed that once it has got enough consumers hooked on the gratis data, his company will start selling premium features, potentially including a VoIP solution for the network, now supplied by Clearwire after the collapse of LightSquared.... |
| Does Low Grade Gas Save You Money? Posted: 29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT Does Low Grade Gas Save You Money? Does Low Grade Gas Save You Money? Scrimping at the gas pump may not pay off in the long run. |
| Hulu Plus comes to seven Android tabs with shiny new UI Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Hulu Plus comes to seven Android tabs with shiny new UI  Hulu Plus comes to seven Android tabs with shiny new UI First, lets get the short list out of the way. If you're not the proud owner of a Transformer Prime, Transformer, Xoom, XYBoard 10.1, Thrive, Iconia or G-Slate then chances are Hulu Plus coming to Honeycomb and ICS slates doesn't do you much good. (Hopefully Hulu will get the app ready for Samsung's bottomless well of tablets soon.) Then again, maybe this is one more reason to consider picking up the... |
| Sport Trim Joins Explorer Lineup Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Sport Trim Joins Explorer Lineup Sport Trim Joins Explorer Lineup The performance version of the SUV will debut at the NY Auto Show. |
| Media Center to live in a separate version of Windows 8? Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Media Center to live in a separate version of Windows 8?  Media Center to live in a separate version of Windows 8? To the surprise of many, but not all, the same great Windows Media Center from Windows 7 was part of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. What this means for the final version of Windows 8 is still far from known, however, Winunleaked offers up a new clue with the Pro Pack edition labeled as ProfessionalWMC.... |
| Fitocracy Finally Exits Private Beta, Celebrates With A New iOS App Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Fitocracy Finally Exits Private Beta, Celebrates With A New iOS App  Fitocracy Finally Exits Private Beta, Celebrates With A New iOS App It's been a while since we've heard from the social fitness mavens at Fitocracy – they've been doing plenty of behind-the-scenes work, and now they're ready to share the fruits of their labor. After spending over a year hunkered down in private beta mode, the RPG-esque exercise tracker and 500 Startups graduate has finally opened its doors to the general public. Here's their gist, if you haven't heard it already — after... |
| Purchased Play store apps gone missing? Google's looking into it Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Purchased Play store apps gone missing? Google's looking into it  Purchased Play store apps gone missing? Google's looking into it Quite a few folks have seen many of the apps they paid cold, hard cash for have disappeared from their list of purchases after Google rebranded Android Market as the Play Store. We haven't had the problem ourselves, but according to a litany of posts on the XDA-Developers forums, there are plenty of you out there who have.... |
| Sneak peek at cooking shows launching in 2012 Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT Sneak peek at cooking shows launching in 2012 Sneak peek at cooking shows launching in 2012 On Thursday, the Cooking Channel and Food Network announced they will add 22 new series to this year's programming, including new shows from celebrities like Bobby Flay, Margaret Cho, Mo Rocca and Sandra Lee. |
| Monster Tajima ready to tackle Pikes Peak in an all-electric prototype Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:29 AM PDT Monster Tajima ready to tackle Pikes Peak in an all-electric prototype  Monster Tajima ready to tackle Pikes Peak in an all-electric prototype Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Racing This year, Pikes Peak will once again be crawling with electric vehicles. Mitsubishi will be there with its i-MiEV-based racer and the Pikes Peak EV Challenge Committee has just announced it will bring a new all-electric car to scale the 14,110-foot height in Colorado this July. The prototype vehicle will be developed by Team APEV, where APEV stands for the Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles,... |
| Sony applies for a headset-based navigation pointer, knows you're not looking Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:29 AM PDT Sony applies for a headset-based navigation pointer, knows you're not looking  Sony applies for a headset-based navigation pointer, knows you're not looking If you're finding that the digital compass on your phone keeps leading you down the wrong path, then this patent application from Sony might get you back on track. The claims entail a wireless communication device (aka phone) configured to communicate with a headset. The novelty being, that using orientation information from the headset, the wireless device would determine which direction the user is looking.... |
| HTC One S to join T-Mobile's lineup this April 22nd? Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:29 AM PDT HTC One S to join T-Mobile's lineup this April 22nd?  HTC One S to join T-Mobile's lineup this April 22nd? Does your smartphone bill wave a Magenta flag? If so, then you should circle April 22nd on your calendar because rumor has it that's the hallowed day HTC's One S could touch down. Whispers of that purported launch date recently surfaced over at TmoNews, pegging the carrier's exclusive dual-core S4, ICS handset for a Spring bow, although that tentative window could easily slip.... |
| Microsoft reveals how your old slate will get all of Windows 8's charms (video) Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:40 AM PDT Microsoft reveals how your old slate will get all of Windows 8's charms (video)  Microsoft reveals how your old slate will get all of Windows 8's charms (video) Being able to touch, click and press your way around an operating system with a variety of hardware configurations, while not alienating potential upgraders, is no mean feat. That said, Microsoft thinks it might have the solution. By introducing a new mode, a 20 pixel buffer will be designated to working with those edge swipes we've heard about.... |
| Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $110 Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:39 AM PDT Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $110  Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $110 Let's pretend you went ahead and purchased a shiny new Motorola RAZR this past November. Now, just for the sake of argument, let's say Motorola -- only months later -- released a new version of that handset with a battery that had some pundits asking, 'where has this phone been my whole life?' Yeah, that happened.... |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:39 AM PDT Big Phones? So Over.  Big Phones? So Over. The other day, Matt made a desperate plea: "Please don't buy cheap Android phones." To do so is a mistake, and the more you buy, the more cheap phones flood the market, and thus more people are walking around with crap up against their faces. And after hearing that Samsung has sold 5 million Galaxy Notes, I think it may be time to make my own plea: Please stop buying giant phones. Now,... |
| Rdio continues its plans for world domination, focusing on Europe Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:39 AM PDT Rdio continues its plans for world domination, focusing on Europe  Rdio continues its plans for world domination, focusing on Europe Rdio already has a number of stamps in its passport, Canada, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand amongst them. But, the current focus for the streaming music service is Europe, where it's already launched in Germany, Denmark, Portugal and Spain. While we still don't have any solid dates, Scott Bagby, the company's VP of partnerships and internationalization, told paidContent:UK that a pile of new nations are on deck for the coming months,... |
| Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PDT Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional  Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional Still paranoid about a friend sneaking past your four-dot-oh facial security and revealing all your little secrets? Worry no more, as Sammy's got a solution for you. The new feature is stuffed inside the tasty ICS being delivered now to global Galaxy S IIs, adding the need to blink in order to bypass the Face Unlock screen.... |
| Famigo Raises $1M For Its Kid-Friendly App Directory And Parental Control Software Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PDT Famigo Raises $1M For Its Kid-Friendly App Directory And Parental Control Software  Famigo Raises $1M For Its Kid-Friendly App Directory And Parental Control Software Famigo, the Austin-based startup building a directory of family-oriented and kid-friendly mobile apps, announced today that it has raised $1 million in funding led by Silverton Partners. Also participating in the round were Zilker Ventures, Liahona Ventures, and CapitalFactory. The company, which currently offers an online directory of apps as well as parental control software for Android, says it will use the new funding to help continue development of its platform and... |
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