June 19, 2013

Connect - News


What time is it? Connect the Dots

If you have fashionable watch it is possible you are going to stand out in the crowd. There lots of geek watch concepts but whose watch will stand out in the crowd? There are many watches that I wrote for a review but this one is different. This watch has an intriguing design and yet [...]

MyUNC – New UNC Portal Review

MyUNC - New UNC Portal Review

The new site launched in July is now called MyUNC (my.unc.edu). MyUNC portal is a gateway for students, staff and faculty to provide transactional services, Internet and business applications, such as ConnectCarolina and content and much more.  For members of the community of the UNC-Chapel Hill, MyUNC portal provides a user experience of high quality, [...]

LG to Introduce DLNA Enabled Wi-Fi Direct to its New SmartPhones – CES 2011

LG to Introduce DLNA Enabled Wi-Fi Direct to its New SmartPhones - CES 2011

Now you can send media to your friends, a PC or printer even when there is no access point Wi-Fi throughout. And it gets even better, you will be able to connect to any DLNA enabled TV or projector in your phone. The Black Optimus is one of the first smartphones that incorporate this technology, [...]

MSI WindTop AE2210 All-in-One Desktop PC powered with Intel Core i7

MSI WindTop AE2210 All-in-One Desktop PC powered with Core i7

MSI WindTop AE2210 Desktop Specs at a Look : 22 inches of multi touch display screen 1920 x 1080 pixels of screen resolution 16:9 aspect ratio Powered with Intel Core i7 processor (second-generation Core chips) Quick Sync Video technology DirectX 11 capable integrated graphics support ATI AVIVO and AMD Stream technologies HD video support Inbuilt [...]

Minor OTA Update for Motorola DROID to be released soon

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There is no denying that the original first-gen Motorola DROID has seen better days. With a processor speed about half of what is available with the Motorola DROID 2 Global model, and smaller storage to boot, the latest iterations of DROID phones can run circles around Time Magazine’s 2009 Gadget of the Year. If you [...]

Looxcie “LX1″ Life Casting Camera Now Supports iPhone

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Looxcie the makers of the behind the ear video cameras have just unveiled their new iPhone app that allows you to connect your camera and phone via Bluetooth. iPhone users might have been disappointed that the $199 ear-mounted Looxcie camera only supported Android when it was first released, with this app it has got the [...]

XBOX “Live Reward Program” Opened for UK and US Users

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The Xbox Live Rewards program which will let users earn Microsoft Points for activity on the online gaming portal has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all Members who are 18 and over in the UK and the US. The system works pretty much like [...]

Nokia to Gain Ground on RIM with Smartphone : Nokia Exe.Iluri Nurmi

Speaking with ComputerWeekly , Iluri Nurmi, the vice president of Nokia’s enterprise smartphones (also known as E series) said that Finnish mobile phone giant  is beginning to focus its efforts at mobile enterprise email to make a run at RIM. He also noted that company was working both sides of the street, making Eseries devices [...]

Acer announced Android Smartphone with 4.8-inch 1024×480 Display

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Acer announced at its global event a 4.8-inch huge touchscreen smartphone that actually looks more like a tablet. The screen is not only larger, it offers 1024×480 high resolution with a 21:9 aspect ratio. As Acer’s next flagship, the device sports a 8 Megapixel camera with LED flash, auto-focus and  720p HD video recording capability, [...]

Amazon Connected Home – Review

Amazon Connected Home

Officially launching this week, Amazon Connected Home pulls together a plethora of articles, videos, and FAQs about a wide range of technologies that can help you do more in your house without having your mind boggled. The sections include how-to materials on: Streaming music through your home Watching streaming Internet movies and TV shows on [...]

“Nokia Situations” announced: make your mobile behave according to situations

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Nokia has launched new app forNokia users called Nokia Situations, which you can use to define how you want your phone to behave in different situations, like “In a meeting”, “Sleeping”, or “Playing with the kids” The applications smartly will determine a certain condition based on a variety of parameters like time, GPS location, network [...]

Skyfire 3.0 adds Facebook Social Graph to web browsing

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There are many alternative browsers to choose from in the Android Market, but Skyfire has remained one of the most popular choices (over two million users) for its ability to view movies on phones that don’t support Flash Player. I expect a lot more people will download it today, thanks to the new social features [...]