Category: Media
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Necomimi: The New Brainwave Sensors
Japan has developed a new hi-tech fashion, called “Necomimi”, meaning “cat’s ears.” These white ears are worn on the head, and they reflect a person’s mood or emotions. Necomimi have two brain-wave sensors which can identify the emotional state of the wearer, and express them with four different positions. When a wearer is feeling focused,…
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‘Angry Birds’ Developers Plan IPO in Three or Four Years
‘Angry Birds’ is one of the most-downloaded mobile games today. Rovio, the developing company, has its sights on an initial public offering in the next three or four years. “It is very possible that we will be listed in bourse in three to four years, but we are not in a hurry,” Peter Vesterbacka, chief…
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RIM Reveals Newest Upgraded BlackBerry
Research In Motion, also known as RIM, has revealed its newest BlackBerry Bold smartphone. The upgraded software and layout is part of RIM’s effort to reestablish its presence in the smartphone market. According to the company, the new phone will be able to manage corporate and government communications from Apple devices, as well as Google…
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YouTube Introduces Live Streaming
Late last week, Google’s video site YouTube released a page that focuses on live programing, stating that users have been requesting additional live streams. “With over two billion views a day, it’s easy to think about YouTube as a place to watch videos recorded in the past,” the company said in a blog. “But you’ve…
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iPad 2 Popular in the Afterlife
In Malaysia, Chinese families are scrambling to purchase paper replicas of the iPad 2 to burn for their dead, honoring an ancient tradition. The Tomb Sweeping, or Qingming, Festival, is a time duting which Asian communities honor their ancestors by burning replicas of luxury items and money. The tradition comes from Confucian belief in the…
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RIM Acquires tinyHippos, Inc.
Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, has recently announced that it has bought tinyHippos Inc. The Ontario-based startup company invented Ripple, a mobile app development and testing program. Tyler Lessard, vice president of global alliances and developer relations for RIM said the company was acquired because of their “extensive experience in web and…
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Apple’s iPad 2 Completely Sold Out
Stores have completely run out of the new iPad 2 following its debut weekend. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray Co. publicized that Apple has sold as many as 500,000 devices. Target, Apple, and Best Buy Co. stores are completely sold out, and the Apple website is now stating that orders will take up to a…
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Apple Launches Event to Show Off the iPad 2
Apple is preparing for next week’s event, during which it will present the latest generation of iPads as it readies itself for increasing competition in the tablet market. The event will take place on March 2nd at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Reporters were invited via email this week. The…
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Motorola’s Xoom Priced at $799
Motorola’s Xoom tablet is priced at $799 at Verizon Wireless. The WiFi-only version is available for $600. Chief executive Sanjay Jha said “competing with Apple you have to deliver premium products.” He added that the Xoom software is upgradeable. Motorola is a entering an already bustling market for tablet computers, the first of which being…
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HP Announces the “TouchPad”
Hewlett-Packard Co. recently announced its “TouchPad” that will be released this summer. The company believes the tablet will keep them up and running in the market next to Apple’s iPad and similar Google devices. HP’s 9.7 inch, 1.5 lb tablet runs off the webOS operating system. It features a high-speed, dual core Qualcomm Inc chip…