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Migration to the Cloud: Evolution Without Confusion
Digital Innovation Gazette: Tech Trends
Migration to the Cloud: Evolution Without Confusion
By Rich Seidner for Digital Innovation Gazette
The rapid rise of cloud computing has been driven by the benefits it delivers: huge cost savings with low initial investment, ease of adoption, operational efficiency, elasticity and scalability, on-demand resources, and the use of equipment that is largely [...]
Filed in: Computers
Power to the People
8G Electronics Aims to Improve the Way We Charge our Electronic Devices
Most of you can identify with the problem of having too many devices that charge over USB, and not enough USB outlets in the house. In this new era of BlackBerrys, Kindles and iPads, households frequently find themselves very…..very……very short on places to charge all of these devices. Let’s face it; [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Coming November 13th (video)
Activision just announced the next entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a sequel to one of the most successful games of all time. Treyarch, the studio behind the original Black Ops title, is developing the sequel. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 propels players into a 21st Century Cold War, where technology has created a new generation of warfare. Activision [...]
LG Cloud Launched (video)
LG just launched the beta release of its iCloud competitor, the LG Cloud. The service allows you to manage and consume all types of content across Android smartphones, PCs and smart TVs.
“Most companies today only see the cloud as a storage device or in the case of YouTube or Flickr, only for one type of content,” LG’s Home Entertainment President and CEO Havis Kwon said. [...]
Verizon Pumping up for Summer
Verizon has recently given us a good glimpse of the smartphone landscape for late summer and early fall this year, staring the Samsung Galaxy S3. The lineup will include more than one Verizon flagship smartphone, and all of the details push Verizon way ahead of the pack in terms of offerings.
Beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S3, we know that it will definitely be offered by Big Red, [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, New Gadgets
HTC Facebook Phone Reborn
New reports are suggesting that a new “Facebook phone” is being developed by HTC, reminiscent of the Chacha and the Salsa. The first reports of this phone were leaked back in 2010, but were retracted when Facebook denied that it was working on its own smartphone with hardware and software partner HTC. The handsets that were thought to be Facebook phones ended up being unveiled [...]
Skype on PS Vita (videos)
Skype makes more inroads into mobile devices with the addition of Skype video calling capabilities integrated into Sony’s PS Vita. The Microsoft-owned Skype is available to download for free on the Sony-made PlayStation Vita, and it’s capable of video calls right out of the box. The app looks very capable, and while the Windows Phone version is unable to run in the [...]
Filed in: Gadget News, Gaming
iPhone Nano Entry-level Phone
Rumors surrounding Apple’s next-generation iPhone handsets are flooding in as we approach the infamous October month, the period when Apple is assumed to announce a new product or two. The launch of an entry-level “iPhone nano” is one Apple product that has been most dominant in the media, and sources are reporting that the new low-cost iPhone is in the works this year.
Apple [...]
Windows Phone 8 will have Kinect
Microsoft’s motion- and voice-based Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs is coming to Windows Phone 8, VR-Zone reported this week. The software giant is currently working on integrating the Kinect Natural User Interface with its upcoming mobile platform refresh. Microsoft is reportedly dedicating a number of resources to the project and hoping [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Facebook buying Instagram for a Cool Billion (video)
Facebook has agreed to buy mobile photo-sharing app Instagram for approximately $1 billion in stock and cash. It is Facebook’s largest acquisition to date, and comes just weeks before its highly-anticipated IPO.
According to its registration documents, Facebook had around $3.9 billion in cash on hand as of year-end 2011.
“This is an important milestone for Facebook because [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Wireless Broadband Counterbalances Loss of Landlines
You are probably aware of the increasing wireless trend. With all the advancements that have been made, it is not surprising that people want to be online more of the time. However, with all the people switching from wired landline connections to wireless internet, operators will have to do something to counterbalance the lost revenue. Listed below are the four most common ways of regaining [...]
Origin Overhauls EON17-S and EON15-S
You may have heard of Origin PC’s high octane EON17-S and EON15-S gaming laptops, but you’ve never seen them like this before. Sporting a complete redesign from the inside out, these are some of the first notebooks on the planet to feature Intel’s next generation HM77 chipset (mobile Ivy Bridge).
The redesigned EON17-S and EON15-S also boast mobile Kepler parts from NVIDIA, [...]
Xbox ‘lite’ coming in 2013
Microsoft had plans to announce their next-generation Xbox console at the E3 conference this year, but it now looks that it ain’t happenin’. Now, Microsoft is saying, “we can confirm that there will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon.” It’s rumored, though, that Microsoft is currently working on not one but two Xbox consoles that will [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A510 (video)
First announced at CES in January, the Acer Iconia Tab A510 is the successor to last year’s Acer A500 Tablet. The A510 can be pre-ordered today in the US and Canada, with a price of $450. Though you can get it in black or white, it’s available in one 32GB configuration for now.
Spec-wise, this is a quad-core slate with 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, 5-megapixel [...]
Android Jellybean Coming Q3
Following earlier reports that Google would be launching their next Android mobile OS iteration in the second quarter of this year, Google is now prepping Android 5.0 Jelly Bean for a third-quarter release. Sources say that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphones will finally begin to roll-out in the second quarter of this year.
After a slow start, Google’s latest OS [...]
Angry Birds Space HERE! (video)
Rovio just released Angry Birds Space for iOS and Android devices, as well as OS X and Windows PCs. In the fourth major Birds release, gamers get to fling birds on zero-gravity planets while utilizing new gameplay features such as slow-motion and lightspeed destruction.
“This is Rovio at its finest, and we are more than excited to bring Angry Birds Space to all our fans worldwide,” [...]
Filed in: Gadget News, Gaming
Samsung Galaxy S III Pictured?
Pictured is what is believed to be the Samsung Galaxy S III. The device hasn’t been announced yet, and we’ve seen other leaks before showing slightly different designs. However, this one looks to be more “official” and promising when compared to the rest.
We are not sure when Samsung will announce the new smartphone but speculation is later this month. Other [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
HP to combine PC and Printer Division
Hewlett-Packard just confirmed plans to merge its Personal Systems Group, responsible for PCs, with its Imaging and Printing Group. Current president of the company’s printer division, Vyomesh Joshi, will retire after 31 years at the company, and current PSG executive vice president Todd Bradley will lead the combined operations. ”This combination will bring together two businesses [...]
Filed in: Computers, Gadget News
Sony Tablet S and Tablet P ICS-Bound (video)
Sony confirmed that an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is soon headed to the Tablet S and Tablet P. The devices will receive an Android 4.0.3 update next month, however it is sketch whether this is only for the Japanese market. After all, the announcement was made by the Japanese division of the giant.
Along with Google’s latest operating system, the update will also expand [...]
Filed in: Computers, Gadget News
10″ Kindle Fire Quad Core
Almost a year ago, it was reported that Amazon was working on two new Kindles that would catapult them into the tablet market. The first was the Kindle Fire, a dual-core Tegra 2-powered slate, which launched this last summer. The second tablet was said to be a 10-inch version powered by NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 chipset, but that has yet to come to market.
Many reports have mentioned [...]
Upcoming Motorola DROID Fighter
An image of what could be the unannounced DROID Fighter has published on PhoneHK, a Chinese forum. The handset is said to be equipped with the same whopping 3,300 mAh battery that is found in the RAZR MAXX, and a 4.6-inch high-definition display. The image of the phone also shows that the Android navigation buttons that appear on the RAZR model is no longer present, leading speculation [...]
Android 4.0 coming to Galaxy Note (video)
Samsung just announced that its Galaxy Note will be getting a “Premium Suite” upgrade in the second quarter this year. The update will deliver a number of new S Pen-optimized applications along with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
“GALAXY Note continues to delight customers all over the world with its incredible versatility and unique user experience. With the Premium Suite upgrade, [...]
Filed in: Computers, Gadget News
HTC Vivid gets Ice Cream Sandwich (video)
AT&T just announced that their HTC Vivid will start receiving the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update now. This update also includes Sense 3.6, and it brings the company’s Beats Audio technology to the 4G LTE handset as well. The ICS update will deliver advanced voice and text input to the device, along with Face Unlock, UI improvements and improved email. The HTC [...]
Apple confirms 4G LTE for iPhone 5 (video)
iPhone 5 has been rumored to include 4G LTE for a long time. Now, according to code strings in iOS 5.1, the next iPhone will indeed feature 4G LTE connectivity.
“Enabling 4G will end your phone call. Are you sure you want to enable 4G,” the new iOS 5.1 code said. The references to a phone call make it clear that this the string referes to the iPhone, and not the iPad. The [...]
Filed in: Cell Phones, Gadget News
Samsung Galaxy S III will have Quad-Core Exynos Chipset
An executive at Samsung has confirmed that the company’s highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone will be equipped with a quad-core Samsung Exynos chip featuring on-board LTE and WCDMA radios. Other features would include 1.5GHz speed, a 4.8-inch full HD 1080p display, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a ceramic case, 4G LTE connectivity and Android [...]
Is the HTC One X Sprint’s new Flagship Phone?
While the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper will be the first 4G handsets to launch on Sprint’s upcoming LTE network in the second quarter, there’s a new report that suggests Sprint will follow these models up with a flagship launch early this summer. Blogger S4GRU on Sunday reports that a smartphone code-named the HTC Jet will hit store shelves on June 10th, nearly two [...]
Google Nexus Tablet Coming For Sure
Google chairman Eric Schmidt recently stated that his company is planning to market a tablet of the highest quality. Since this statement, rumors have been spreading like a fire-storm surrounding a Google-branded slate, the Google Nexus Tablet. DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim recently suggested that a Nexus-branded tablet will enter production in April for an initial run of between [...]
13 and 15-inch MacBook Air Pros in the Works
Recently, multiple reports have suggested that Apple is working with suppliers and manufacturing partners to develop a new 15-inch MacBook Air. Some confirmation of these reports have occured, and it now looks as though the rumored slim 15-inch laptop is part of a redesigned MacBook line that will also include a 13-inch model.
DigiTimes recently reported that new thinner MacBook Pro [...]
Sony Mobile Debuts Xperia Sola with Floating Touch Screen Technology
Sony Mobile just released a video showing their new floating touch screen technology on the SM Sola smartphone. The new technology allows you to hover over the screen to move a virtual mouse pointer around, and when links are highlighted, you can then tap the screen to click on it.
The new technology allows you to interact with your smartphone up to 20mm away from the screen.
Features [...]
iPad Hits Stores Today (video)
This post is for those who have been living under a rock for the last month. Otherwise, you can ignore. Apple’s latest generation, the iPad, or iPad 3, or iPad HD, whatever you want to call it…..Apple is just calling it the iPad…..IS AVAILABLE IN RETAIL STORES STARTING TODAY!!! Of course, those following the iPad launch news knew that you could pre-order it two [...]
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