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Why the iPhone is worse than a BlackBerry
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I love my iPhone. In fact, I’ve loved every iPhone Apple has launched since the first model was unveiled in 2007. Slowly but surely, Apple has introduced new features and eliminated upon almost every major gripe people had with iOS to push the limits of what we expect from...
Daily Crunch: Myopic
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Here’s a selection of recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: Brinno Peephole Viewer Is A Viewer For Peepholes LL Cool G: Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too, Says Study Real Augmented Reality Google Goggles In Prototype Stage? Report: Samsung Planning A Full Line Of Galaxy S3 Phones, First Model To Hit This...
Report: Samsung Planning A Full Line Of Galaxy S3 Phones, First Model To Hit This May
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Samsung’s next flagship smartphone needs to be huge, iPhone 4 huge. It needs to be as competitive as the Galaxy S II as its set to go head-to-head with the iPhone 5. But success won’t be found as easily this time. Samsung had nearly a full year to design and...
Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux computer on track to launch later this month
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The first model of the Raspberry Pi Foundation's low-cost Linux computer will likely be available for purchase later this month. The organization announced today that manufacturing on the first batch is set to complete on February 20. The $35 computer, which is a bare board the size of a...
Strategy Analytics: Apple Has Shipped 250M iPhones, Made $150B In Revenues In The Past 5 Years
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We know that Apple has been making a killing from the iPhone, with the device reigning as the single-most popular smartphone in a number of markets — despite Android-based handsets collectively having a bigger lead. Now, with the fifth anniversary of the iPhone fast approaching — it’s June 29 —...
Wikipad specs get real: 10.1-inch 1,280 x 800 display, 1.4 GHz Tegra 3, Jelly Bean
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The Wikipad gaming tablet has been ticking off boxes on its way to becoming a real product, and after bedding down with Gaikai game streaming and settling in to a 10.1-inch form factor, the rest of the hardware is now set. The chunky handheld will brandish an IPS display...
3 key differences between Tesla and Fisker
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Tesla Roadsters lined up outside of the Model S Beta Customer event This week two Valley-backed and government-supported electric car companies — Tesla and Fisker — have been taking two very different paths: one up and one down. As you read this, I’ll shortly be heading down to Tesla’s design...
Asus Rebrands Its Tablet Line To “Transformer Pads”, Launches The TF Pad Infinity & TF Pad 300
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Once upon a time the Asus Eee brand held some weight. The Eee name debuted with Asus’ netbook line, which nearly instantly set the bar for low-cost, but still quality, computing devices. That’s why the Eee brand was used for Asus’ first tablets. But now, in 2012, with netbooks quickly...
Scientist designs and shares open-source plans for real-world Tricorders
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Star Trek fans have long wished for a world where they could use a single tool to take multi-faceted measurements of the environment around them, but Dr. Peter Jansen is making it a reality with The Tricorder Project. Started when he was a graduate student at McMaster University, the...
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera review
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera preview (video) Cameras, Olympus OM-D E-M5 five-axis sensor-shift image stabilization hands-on (video) Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera to ship on March 31st? (update: now April) Stepping across the great DSLR divide into the land of mirrorless cameras always requires some...
Tesla delivers first Model S a little early, EVs take a big step forward
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Tesla had originally pegged the Model S' first delivery for June 22nd. At least one owner, though, is getting an early treat: one of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson's namesake managing directors, Steve Jurvetson, just picked up his red-hued EV sedan in the San Francisco Bay Area. He...
Time For An African Valley? — Sub-Saharan Accelerators Start To Emerge
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The news that i/o Ventures had launched the Savannah Fund in Africa is clearly welcome news for an emerging continent. It’s $10m fund size will be a shot in the arm for the eco-system there. But I was surprised to see that it was being described in some quarters as...
Tesla gives Model S Signature drivers a year of free data, reveals their cars' true colors (video)
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Although Tesla has already delivered the first Model S to its eager owner, the fledgling automaker is still offering a steady stream of treats to those patiently waiting for the official June 22nd date. Drivers who spring for the Signature Series trim level of the EV sedan now get...
Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson drives off in the first Model S
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Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson — a partner with Draper Fisher Jurvetson — drove off in the very first Model S electric car recently and just published this video and photo to prove it on his Flickr feed. Jurvetson has had his eye on the first Model S since the...
What is the future of the iPhone 3GS?
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As of around 30 days ago, the iPhone 3GS has been on the market for three years straight. This is the longest any of Apple’s iPhones has been for sale and makes it, I believe, the longest selling smartphone model still offered from any major manufacturer. This makes the future...
The Fieldfolio is a beautiful case for your new iPad that doesn’t sacrifice toughness
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Finding the right folio case for an iPad has become a bit easier of a proposition since the first model came out two years ago. There are now several companies like Pad & Quill and DODOCase, that make very nice options for those who want that ‘book like’ feel for...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) makes a pass through the FCC
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It's March. Don't bother looking at your calendar, we fact-checked it for you. It would make sense, then, that the seven-inch sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Tab, slated for a March UK release, should work its way through the proper FCC certifications before its inevitable launch. The docs don't...
Tesla will ship first Model S electric cars a month early
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The Model S Betas got buffed between rides. Electric car company Tesla Motors is continuing to spend heavily to get its second electric car the Model S out the door, but now says the first Model S shipments will happen in June, a month earlier than expected. Tesla detailed its...
Tesla needs to gear up to meet Model S shipment goal
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The first Model S customer is driven off Tesla Motors needs to make a profit and is counting on the Model S to get it there. The electric car company began shipping the sedan in late June and the hoopla surrounding the rollout has boosted the Model S reservations to...
New Microsoft software can translate voices into foreign languages
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Researchers at Microsoft have created software that can translate a user’s voice into a foreign languages, a solution with the potential to revolutionize communications, MIT’s Technology Review reported on Monday. “We will be able to do quite a few scenario applications,” said Microsoft researcher Frank Soong. “For a monolingual speaker...
Motorola puts a GPS golf caddie on your wrist
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Motorola continues its push into wearable, connected gadgets, today introducing the MotoActv Golf Edition. Similar to its first model in the MotoActv smart watch line, the new Golf Edition fits on a wrist and tracks steps taken on the course as well as calories burned. But more important to duffers...
365 million iOS devices 'in play,' iPad taking off in education and government markets
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After the most recent quarter Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer was proud to let us all know that there are now 365 million iOS devices "in play," with over 50 million sold just in Q2. With the iPhone now available in 100 countries on 230 carriers and the new iPad...
Raspberry Pi retailers clarify shipping costs on $35 Linux computer
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The retailers that have partnered with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to sell the organization's low-cost Linux computer clarified their pricing structures today. Inconsistent regional prices and shipping costs have created some confusion about the total cost of procuring the computer, which has met with massive demand. The Raspberry Pi...
Weigh in on the upcoming launch of Tesla’s Model S
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Customer rides of the Model S BetaElectric car maker Tesla will start shipping its first Model S cars this Friday (June 22), which kicks off a new chapter for the Silicon Valley company. The Model S is Tesla’s first electric sedan (and it’s second car), and it’s got a starting...
Kindle Fire 2 will light a blaze in the next few weeks, report says
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Amazon plans to launch a better-equipped successor to its Kindle Fire tablet on July 31, according to a report by CNET. Although Amazon has frustratingly not said how many Kindle Fires it has sold, the company claims it’s the best-selling, most-gifted, and most-wished-for product it has sold since its...
Playing dress-up with Style Me Girl
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Style Me Girl is the debut iOS and Android game from Frenzoo, a Hong Kong-based company that recently raised $1 million in seed funding from investors including Efficient Corporate, Siemer Ventures, K5 Ventures and Metaverse Services. The game is a 3D fashion design game specifically aimed at women, and is available...
A Very Brief Visual History of the Typewriter
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This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters. Courtesy of the Prelinger Archive, Basic Typing is 30 minutes long and available in two parts (part I, part II), in case you happen to be extremely interested in a career as a typist, circa 1944. Higher...
Review: The Ten One Magnus is a wonderfully minimal magnetic stand for iPad 2
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I was convinced that it was a given that I could no longer be surprised by a desktop stand for the iPad. There are really only so many forms that a stand to hold a 10-inch tablet upright can take. Well, the Magnus from Ten One surprised me once when...
Tesla’s Model S electric car is finally here
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Customer rides of the Model S Beta Tesla Motors investor, and DBL Investor Partner, Nancy Pfund has been waiting about three years to get her Model S electric sedan. Her model is one of the elite Signature series, with a unique red paint job, and the largest battery range available...
Tesla scores electric Mercedes-Benz deal
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Model X with falcon wings open Tesla reported fourth quarter and full year earnings on Wednesday and in its shareholder’s letter revealed that it has started a development program with Daimler to build a new electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle with a Tesla powertrain. Daimler is already an investor in Tesla and...
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