June 19, 2013

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Nokia launches New C2-01 and X2-01 featurephones

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Today Nokia unveiled a couple of new entry-level additions to its mobile phone portfolio. The Nokia C2-01 is meant to be Nokia’s cheapest 3G phone, while the Nokia X2-01 has a full QWERTY keyboard as its key selling point. “Both [phones] aim to offer maximum functionality for the lowest price possible, but with a different [...]

Apple “iOS 4.2″ to be released at 10 am-Pacific Time

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Apple has confirmed that iOS 4.2 will arrive today for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users. (the company says by 10 a.m. Pacific Time), a free software update that brings the features of iOS 4 . Bringing a slew of new features to the device. Included in that laundry list is proper iOS 4-style multitasking, [...]

Is Microsoft Kinect Really Spying On You?

Some of the Kinect users reports that the Sections 9 and 12 of the updated terms of service are making some doubts against Microsoft, the report said : If you accept the agreement, you “expressly authorize and consent to us accessing or disclosing information about you, including the content of your communications, in order to: [...]

Apple Peel 520 Heads to US for Turning iPod into iPhone

GoSolarUSA has revealed that the first demonstration-model of Yosion’s Apple Peel 520 devices is slated to invade America this week. The offering is fashioned by Chinese developer Yosion and is looked upon as a cutting-edge wireless skin. It is basically a protective case equipped with a dock connector, battery and SIM card that slips onto [...]

“Google Instant Search” Review

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The search giant Google launched the Google Instant on Wednesday. “It’s not quite psychic but it is very clever,” said Othar Hansson, one of the Google engineers that developed the new search mode, to a crowd of press, analysts and Googlers at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Wednesday morning. “It’s a fundamental shift [...]

Apple Peel 520 Could Convert Your iPod Touch Into A Phone

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A Shenzhen-based company called Yosion Technology has begun accepting online pre-orders for its new “Apple Peel 520,” a product that will convert Apple’s iPod Touch into an iPhone-like mobile phone. Apple Peel 520, which consists of battery, docking connector and SIM card. Users have to install a special software to enable text messaging feature. The [...]

AcuTouch 9500 Could do Personalized Massage Using iPhone App

acutouch massage machine

Not a few massage chairs available on the market, but the model AcuTouch 9500, which will arrive later this year, is highly personalized features. Particularly emphasizes that has been created keeping in mind three key technology devices: iPod, iPhone, and IPAD. The chair may be controlled by one of these devices to take advantage of [...]

Sling Media Still Working to Fix Streaming Access Issues and Server Problems

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Sling Media is scrambling to address service issues that have left many of the company’s users unable to access their Slingbox video streamers during the past several days. Sling said on Friday that it was working on fixing the array of issues plaguing its streaming service, and it now says that it’s made some changes [...]

Thanko USB Stapler Means USB Hub with Electric Stapler

Thanko USB Stapler

Thanko USB Stapled given product name, a punch tool that is used as a USB hub. Mini can connect to computers via USB ports. The USB Stapler Hub will receive its juice from a trio of AAA batteries while delivering the capability of a 4-port USB 2.0 hub. We would have liked to see it [...]

Buy BlueAnt Q2 Bluetooth Headset Now Available for $129 with Excellent Voice Control Interface

BlueAnt q2 Bluetooth Headset

BlueAnt has a bunch of Bluetooth headsets and hands free kits that it has been offering for a long time. I have played with a bunch of the firms gear over the years and the stuff is typically top notch. BlueAnt has announced the availability of its latest Bluetooth headset called the Q2. Like the [...]

Tinychat Communication Platform Rapidly Growing with 300,000 New Users Per Month

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You may have thought that web-based chat rooms was a thing of the past, but Tinychat – a simple audio, video, and text communication platform – has shown that users love to create web-based chat rooms. This nifty little website allows you to create your own impromptu chat-rooms quickly and easily. It’s a relatively painless [...]

Now You Could Charge your Vehicles on the Go with Evatran Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Station

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Evatran’s Plugless Power charging station, unveiled this week at the Plug-In 2010 Conference, consists of a a permanently mounted car adopter along with a fixed parking block and control tower. An adopter-equipped vehicle need only pull up to the parking space, and the parking block automatically begins charging. The Plugless Power unit works via the [...]