4 Reasons Why Microsoft’s Kin Phones Failed
Microsoft has decided to stop introducing new Kin-branded phones and will scrap the device’s European launch.
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4 Reasons Why Microsoft’s Kin Phones Failed
Microsoft has decided to stop introducing new Kin-branded phones and will scrap the device’s European launch.
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4 Reasons Why Microsoft’s Kin Phones Failed
A recent exhibition of “smart textiles” shows how fabric can be combined with electronics to make interactive, musical and thought-provoking wearables.
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Gallery: Smart Textiles Blend LEDs, Circuits and Sensors
A new scent is enough to spark the evolution of a new moth species — and it can start with just a single genetic mutation.
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New Smell Drives Evolution of New Moth Species
While the news today that Microsoft has killed its troubled Kin line didn’t come as the craziest of surprises, it’s definitely left a lot of lingering questions about just what happened. Now we may have a little insight into what went wrong — and what might be in store down the road — thanks to a reliable source of ours who’s shared some news on Redmond’s inner turmoil
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What killed the Kin?
Short version: A competent and useful, but ultimately limited handset. Recommended for GPS lovers, but not for Android lovers
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Review: T-Mobile GarminFone
Filed under: Video , iPhone I have to eat my words — despite my belief before launch that an iPhone 4 wouldn’t be hard to find without a preorder, I’m still waiting to get the chance to buy one.
Our wait for the Syabas Popbox just got a little longer , with the official blog announcing it will not ship from Amazon until July 23. Like the Boxee Box , the delay is being blamed on software being not “quite where we wanted it to be” but the real bad news here is the official list of content partners which, for the time being, is missing Netflix.
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Popbox’s Netflix-less launch now scheduled for July 23
StatusNet released today a cross-platform desktop client for its open-source microblogging platform – the same foundation that powers the Twitter alternative identi.ca .
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Open-Source Microblogging Platform StatusNet Launched Desktop Client
Is there any way to have my iPhone leave a blank space on a home screen? I leave a blank spot at the end of some of my home screens, but then when I buy new apps, those apps are slotted into the blank spots, instead of added to the end of the list, where I want them.
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How-To Make a Blank Space on Your iPhone’s Home Screen
We can’t say there’s a ton of surprises here, but, if you’re curious to know exactly where Google stands on the whole HTML5 / Flash debate , the company has now laid out its position in a post on its official YouTube API Blog. The short of it is that while Google says it has been “excited” about HTML5 for some time now and that the tag is a “big step forward for open standards,” it says that Flash will continue to play a “critical role in video distribution,” and that it remains the “best platform” for YouTube’s requirements today
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Google: HTML5 is good, Flash is the ‘best platform’ for YouTube today, WebM is the future
The discovery that gripping the iPhone 4 in a way that bridges the left and bottom antennas can cause serious signal problems has resulted in—to say the least—a lot of controversy. However, most of the data that either “proves” or “refutes” that existence of said problem has been anecdotal at best.
Filed under: iPhone While AT&T’s service has been notoriously bad even before the iPhone launch, iPhone users in New York City have suffered some of the worst of it, with one Apple Genius reportedly saying that 30% dropped call rate was average . (I think he misspelled “atrocious.”) The good news is that AT&T has rolled out a network upgrade in the NYC, according to the company’s press release this week .
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AT&T says New York City service is improved
Shopping giant Amazon bought online auction phenomenon Woot today , and given the relative sizes of the companies, it can only be a move made with long-term Amazon strategy in mind. Earlier this afternoon we wrote about the deal as a victory for freaks and a marriage of light- and heavy-weight supply chains, but there’s something else going on here, too. Woot is bringing real-time social shopping to Amazon
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Woot + Amazon = Real-Time Social Shopping
Buried deep in the frozen tundras of a Russian podcast , Google’s plans for the next step in Android have been uncovered . I have to say, it cuts down on my excitement somewhat that with Android, you’re constantly aware of the improvements you’re unlikely to get
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First real details about Android 3.0 “Gingerbread” emerge
While Diablo II officially turns 10, Blizzard admits that World of Warcraft could possibly go free-to-play when the next MMO goes live. World of Warcraft – Diablo II – Blizzard Entertainment – Game – Video Games
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WoW May go Free-To-Play; Diablo II Turns 10
Sony’s Vaio VPCF11 and VPCCW2 are so sizzling hot, they could literally burn your skin. Sony – VAIO – Laptop – Operating system – Linux
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Sony Recalling Over 500,000 Vaio Laptops
It was perhaps inevitable that Apple’s tablet and a few apps would be used for aircraft avionics.
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Fun Plane Comes Equipped With iPad
Microsoft’s KIN phones , the teen-oriented spiritual successors to the original Sidekick, have been killed off, according to reports .
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Inform the next of KIN: Microsoft’s tween phone is no more
Zurich-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider CloudSigma announced yesterday that it has completed implementation of its carbon offsetting program, claiming its “carbon neutral cloud services are the first of their kind in the industry.” The company boasts efficient, low impact cloud computing.
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CloudSigma Offers A Carbon Neutral Cloud
Details are starting to leak about Android 3.0, codenamed Gingerbread. We knew from an assortment of previous leaks that the next major version of the OS was slated for Q4 2010. New information that has emerged this week indicates the release could well be in October and that the new version might boost the minimum required hardware specifications
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Android 3.0: leaked details hint at tablet potential
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While the upcoming Huawei myTouch may not be the phone at their top of everyone’s want list, it did just pass through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile store shelves in the near future. The FCC filing actually provides some details surrounding/confirming the phones specs as well including a 4″ WVGA display, 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. Pretty much all the [read full article]
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Keep your eye on Wirefly.com tomorrow as they drop a nice little deal on the HTC One S for Memorial Day weekend. Beginning tomorrow, May 25th through May 28th, Wirefly is offering an extra $25 off their HTC One S pricing for T-Mobile. So what kind of pricing are you looking at — how about $125 for new activations and qualifying upgrade customers
Developers are uniting this weekend and putting a number of awesome Android titles on sale this weekend and if you’re a mobile gamer, you should be excited. They have a number of my own personal favorites including World of Goo, Canabalt HD, Anomaly Warzone Earth HD, Great Little War Game, Fieldrunners and more.
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We’re checking out IDC’s newest report for the first quarter of 2012 showing Google’s Android platform continuing it’s march toward global domination as its market-share climbs to 59%, with Apple a distant second at 23%.
Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke this morning during his company’s investors call and said that a T-Mobile merger is still an option, though an outright sale is more than likely off the table.
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On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report indicating Google is prepared to announce a variety of partnerships for their exclusive Nexus lineup of smartphones — comes news that these five devices will all arrive on November 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November
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Some low-key news today as the T-Mobile Prism has already been available through the likes of Best Buy and Walmart since the beginning of May. Today does the mark the day however, that the Prism is available through T-Mobile owned retail stores as well T-Mobile.com. Interestingly enough, T-Mobile’s official press release back on May 2nd indicated the Prism would retail for $149.99 sans contract
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More: Target Rolls Out Shopkick Integration Nationwide
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I wish I could say that you’re preparing to watch a twelve minute walk-through of a T-Mobile branded Galaxy S III, sadly that isn’t the case. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to see any of the US branded handsets appear in the wild but, this video courtesy of Tech65.com is a great 12 minute walk-through showing off plenty of Samsung’s flagship smartphone features. At the very least, you’ll have something to do for 12 minutes ..
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