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The 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sedan isn’t due to roll off the production lines for another 8 months, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants the world to know that the Californian-based automaker is already putting plans in place to ensure that Model S owners won’t be running out of charge. Earlier this year at … Read more
Google+ is taking another major step needed toward becoming a full-fledged Facebook rival: it’s launching Google+ Pages, which allow brands, products, companies, businesses, places, groups, and everyone else to establish a presence on the service. The product is a lot like Facebook Pages, but there’s one major difference: Google is baking some elements of Google+ … Read more
Sporting a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera that doubles as full HD 1080p video recorder, and a HDMI port, Huawei claims the MediaPad is a “stylish, high-performing and ultra-portable package.” Curiously, it offers both 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, so it’s likely to be sold through carriers when it launches in Australia. Although Huawei seems … Read more
huffingtonpost.com got a hold of Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs and reports that according to Isaacson, Jobs was very angry at Google whom he labelled guilty of a “grand theft” when it launched its Android operating system, which competes directly with the iPhone and has surpassed it in popularity. Excerpt: “I’m willing to … Read more
Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space. Excerpt from TechCrunch: The device, which is 4.4? long and weighs only 8oz, there … Read more
Google and Samsung announced the Galaxy Nexus, the first LTE-enabled smartphone to feature Android 4.0 — better known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The Galaxy Nexus will offer a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1280 x 720 resolution — more properly described as 720p. (Yeah, that’s a big, bright screen and — even though your … Read more
Google has officially introduced Android 4.0 today along with Galaxy Nexus. It is also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, and is the much awaited overhaul for Android. Some of the prominent features of this Android release include redesigned user interface, improved multitasking, better notifications, facial recognition (Face Unlock), and ramped up NFC support. Ice Cream … Read more
Named “Wu” and “Kong”, these two human-sized robots are the products of China’s Zhenjiang University. They play ping-pong not only against each other, but will take on humans as well. In the video, it’s clear they’re as adept at forehand shots as they are at the backhand. Named for a character in the classical Chinese … Read more
Because Dalvik 2.0 is virtualization running through the cloud, it is perfect for the connected home market. Virtualization requires horsepower in the ways of CPU and GPU support, which TVs do not have. So, the heavy lifting is done in the cloud. Myriad did not work with Apple in any way, shape or form on … Read more
Mashable is reporting that Box.net, a popular cloud-based file storage and content management service, has raised $81 million in funding to take on Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and others in the enterprise space. Box.net also announced the launch of the Box Innovation Network (/bin), a program to create a new ecosystem for enterprise applications, specifically mobile … Read more