HP: TouchPads Are Officially Out Everywhere, Stop Looking!
In a just-released e-mail, Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that its big splash into (and bigger withdrawal from) the tablet space with webOS is now officially gone forever. This announcement of the TouchPad’s death comes a day after new CEO Meg Whitman announced that their computer group isn’t going to be spun off and the fate of the webOS group, which the company bought a year ago for $1.2 billion, is yet to be determined (hint: they’re going to get laid off). While I never managed to snag one of the TouchPads – mostly because I was lazy and other people are stupid – I still pine for a future for the OS, which I love so dearly. Maybe Amazon will do something with those guys for future tablets, as was previously rumored? Full e-mail from HP after the break!
Nexus One Owners Jelly, No Ice Cream Sandwich
If you’ve wanted to stay on top of the mobile upgrade train (like our gerascophobic friend, Kelly), it’s been tough for Android owners. While anyone can build an Android phone with publicly available software, the incentive to keep those users upgraded to the newest version faces the point of diminishing returns quick. Google uses the Nexus line to show off its latest and greatest version of Android before it disseminates to the masses and then ensures that older models will be upgraded quickly when new versions arrive. However, while this year’s Nexus S will be getting the upgrade to Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich, born to this world by the new Galaxy Nexus – its predecessor will not. Nexus One owners are up in arms, but why?
750 Words: Brain Dumping Program
Like to write? Don’t want or need a fancy program, just need a place to clear you mind and dump your brain? Well, 750words.com will let you do just that. It’s a free program that is cloud based and allows you to sign in with your Google, Facebook, Yahoo, or openID, so you don’t have to keep track of another user name and password. How does this differ from just using a word processing program? You don’t have to worry about balancing different documents or programs all the time, it automatically saves, and it keeps track of writing statistics for you. Some of them are practical, like how long it took you to write 750 words, how many words per a minute you write, total time that it took you to reach, and how many times you got distracted. Some of them are just kind of fun, a parental rating, how you’re feeling, what you’re concerned about and others.
‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson – Book Review – How To Unravel A Complex Man
In the past week, the tech blogosphere and other media outlets have picked at this book like vultures. Jobs granted noted author/biographer Walter Isaacson intimate access to his life, family and then some, going so far as to reveal his final acts and product ideas before his death. Ripping morsels from a tome like this while Apple is in its prime is petty; a cruel version of ‘Snape Kills Dumbledore’ that does little justice to who Steve Jobs was. While I never fell in love with Apple or its end-to-end ecosystem, it’s intriguing to see how ruthless Jobs had to be to exact his specific vision and the enthralling story of how he got there.
How to Use Google Business Photos
Google just announced Google Business Photos today and it’s really pretty cool. It’s like Street View but inside businesses. We heard rumors like a year ago that they were doing this but nothing really came about that until now. My problem is I couldn’t figure out how to use it at first so I thought I would show other people so you don’t struggle like me. Read the rest of this article…
Nokia Unveils Flagship Windows Phones, But Is It Enough?
At Nokia World this morning, the Finnish cellphone maker finally unveiled its inaugural Windows Phones to the planet. As we all know, Microsoft spent a lot of time courting the company in an effort to expand their influence to developing markets: places where Nokia currently thrives. But does this pair of new hardware have what it takes to elevate Microsoft’s mobile efforts?
MC Hammer and his Wiredoo
MC Hammer has decided that he wants his own search engine. Wiredoo is still in the making, and hasn’t been released in beta, but come on, really? He claims that it will be greater than Google in every way, including not only searching for relevant results, but also suggesting related searches. Wait…doesn’t Google already do that? Search engines such as Bing have already tried to out do Google. Any one remember Lycos.com? Or Ask.com? Hell, barely anyone uses the Yahoo or AOL search engines anymore.
Hornady Has Released New Z-Max, Zombie Bullets (Nope, I’m not Joking)
In what I can only describe as the most brilliant marketing scheme of all time, Hornady – makers of some of the finest ammunition in the world – have released their new “Zombie Max” zombie killing bullets.
Love It Or Hate It, The iPod Changed Music, Turned 10 Today
I was for the iPod before I was against it, but even I can’t deny how important it was to the formation of this post-PC era. As many of you know, I picked up the 10GB version of the one you see above. It was the first iteration they released for Windows and it was October 2002. The massive, cubic packaging (which they would shed quickly) was only about half-full of product, including the iPod, crappy earbuds, a remote that was too heavy to keep clamped on anything, and a Firewire cable. Yes, I needed a Firewire card to even use the thing and that puppy got hot when you started transferring stuff over. The screen was monochromatic with a bright white backlight that faded in and out as you used it. Sure there were other MP3 players out at the time, but this is the one you actually wanted.
Sprint Starting to Kill Off Unlimited Data Plans
Let me clarify before we get into details. This is not for smart phone usage unless you use it as a hotspot. This is limiting tablets, netbooks, notebooks, USB cards, connection cards or mobile hotspot devices. I want to say that I called this somewhere and it’s not what you think but it’s the start. Read the rest of this article…
