1. The End Of The CrunchPad 10 hours ago permalinkIt was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad . The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves - the user interface was intuitive enough that people "got it" without any instructions. And the look of pure joy on the ...
2. Featured: Quick Spin: 2011 Chevrolet Volt charges toward production 50 minutes ago permalinkTags: 2011 chevrolet volt, 2011ChevroletVolt, chevrolet, chevrolet volt, ChevroletVolt, chevy, chevy volt, ChevyVolt, featured, quick spin, QuickSpin, volt
3. Inspired by Twitter, Blip.fm Tunes Into Customized Stations 2 hours ago permalinkMost music-tweeting services don’t do much for me, but Blip.fm has always stood out as the exception. For all the inspiration it draws from the original Twitter, Blip.fm works perfectly well as a standalone site for real-time sharing and social music discovery. Now, its edge on other Twitter/music mashups is about to grow, as Blip.fm is ...
4. Praktica unleashes a slew of 10 and 12-megapixel shooters 1 hour ago permalinkDresden's Praktica brand has a long, distinguished history -- but like many such brands with long, distinguished histories, stateside readers usually encounter this name attached to some pretty average consumer electronics. In this case, we have a smattering of nondescript digicams that feature the usual compliment of face detection, SD/SDHC ... 5. Reports: Apple retail down, Apple online up for Black Friday 3 hours ago permalinkBlack Friday has come and gone and, while it's still early, numbers and speculation regarding the consumer-fest have begun to trickle in from analysts. According to comScore, hat tip to Silicon Valley Insider , Apple enjoyed 39 percent growth in sales this year compared to last. As a whole, comScore says that e-commerece was up 11 percent from ...
6. Flexio solar powered FM radio doubles as bookmark 2 hours ago permalinkWe don't really have much use for radio over the airwaves -- hell, the closest we ever get to the halcyon days of rock'n'roll radio is the Flaming Groovies station on Pandora . But something as convenient (and as cute) as this next item just might get us back in the habit. A proof-of-concept by a small handful of designers (Wu Kun-chia, Wang Shih- 7. TV remotes may be the gateway to a pervasive wireless mesh 2 hours ago permalinkThe progress that wireless devices have made in the consumer space is nothing short of breathtaking. In the developed world, nearly everyone has a cellphone, and it's difficult to go anywhere in an urban center and not have a half-dozen WiFi networks within signal range. A lot of the focus in this space has been on providing more bandwidth to ... 8. Microsoft investigating BSODs after Windows patches 2 hours ago permalinkLast week, a number of Windows users started complaining their computers were locking up and displaying a Black Screen of Death (BSOD, not to be confused with Blue Screen of Death, which is usually due to hardware or driver failure) after the last Microsoft Patch Tuesday on November 10, 2009. We contacted Microsoft but the software giant isn't ... 9. Nook ship date slips to January 11th, supply chain managers weep 3 hours ago permalinkHardware construction is a funny thing. Sometimes, regardless of the money you throw at something, you just can't get products to come together any quicker. Evidently that's the case with Barnes & Noble's Nook , which has seen its estimated ship date slip from today to sometime after the holidays , and now to January 11th. There's still a ... 10. GigaOM Structure Event: The Future of Web Infrastructure for Startups 3 hours ago permalinkIt is impossible to imagine a business that can thrive without good infrastructure. This is particularly true for businesses of the Internet economy because they need to be built on a platform that can deliver the original vision. For a startup, the infrastructure choices made in the early days have a lasting impact. Do you go for a hosting ... 11. Best Tip Of The Week: I am not good with computer edition 3 hours ago permalinkWe get a lot of e-mail at the MobileCrunch tips line. Really, a whole friggin’ lot. About 2% of them are worthwhile tips. The remaining 98% is made up of other bloggers highlighting their stories for linkage (which we don’t mind a bit), Nigerian princes asking for our bank account details (which we do mind), [...] 12. Earth2Tech Map: Where the Next Green Cars Will Be Born 5 hours ago permalinkWith car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Given that many of these factories come with promises to create hundreds or thousands of jobs in the surrounding area, stakes have been high in the competition among ... 13. Review: TomTom Car Kit for iPhone and iPod Touch 5 hours ago permalinkShort Version $219.94. The price says it all. The TomTom Car Kit is great; it works perfectly, and I loved using it. In fact, I wish I could keep the review unit that TomTom sent me. That said, would I ever spend 2 bills and change on it? Mayyyybe, but it’s unlikely. A standalone TomTom [...] 14. Samsung Behold II review 5 hours ago permalinkIt was but a year ago that Samsung graced us with the original Behold. At the time it was more or less positioned to win the hearts of folks who wanted a luscious touchscreen but had no real truck with smartphones. So what do we have here? With the Behold II, the company has switched things up a bit: instead of a respectable feature phone, you ... 15. Canada finally gets the MiFi via Bell Mobility 6 hours ago permalinkDamn it, Canada. As an inhabitant of another country on the same continent, it is my duty to highlight all of the things we have that you don’t. I mean, who needs universal health care when you’ve got truck nuts? Every time someone would bring up the US’ lack of Poutine, I’d counter with the [...] 16. Cyber Monday CrunchDeal: “Free” Droid Eris 7 hours ago permalinkIt may not have seen as much hype as it’s big brother, the Moto Droid, but the Verizon Droid Eris is still one helluva handset. Generally coming in at around $99 bucks, it’s one of the cheapest ways to get in on all this Android-hullabaloo – and for one day, it’s even cheaper. And [...] 17. Spotify Heads Towards TVs, Consoles And China 7 hours ago permalinkA round-up from Shakil Khan, effectively Spotify's consigliari today in London opened the kimono a little on where it's at. Speaking at the new NOAH Conference in London, the headline points from his talk were that we can, as we expected, see a U.S. launch in Q1 2010 as well as a launch in Germany and China in Q1/2 (so no pressure then). Spotify ... 18. “We f**cked it up” – Europe’s Media Companies Don’t Get Startups 7 hours ago permalinkThere were some interesting panel discussion today at the NOAH conference - a new event in London aimed at presented tech companies to the private equity and banking sector - but the plethora of suited and booted attendees were shocked out of their chairs a little when Klaus Hommels, (one of the first angel investors in Skype, QXL and XING and ... 19. Social Networks – More ‘She Said’ Than ‘He Said’ 10 hours ago permalinkWe are all aware that social networks, social marketing, social media and just plan old being social are the new wave regarding the Internet and its magical powers to make the world a better place for all. As we move further along in the life cycle of this still relatively new phenomenon (OK, all of [...] 20. If it's not about golf, Tiger Woods owes us no explanation - This is not in the Bill of Rights, but I think all ... 10 hours ago permalinkIf it's not about golf, Tiger Woods owes us no explanation - This is not in the Bill of Rights, but I think all Americans have a right to screw up their own marriages. I don't know if Tiger Woods has exercised that right or not. We might never know. It is, frankly, not our business. (freep.com) |
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