Add and Set Ringtones on your Android Smartphone
If you have recently purchased an Android smartphone, you may be wondering how you can add additional ringtones, alarms and notification sounds to the phone. To clarify the three types of tones that can be added: ringtones are used for incoming phone calls, alarms are used by the alarm clock application, and notification sounds are [...]
Choosing a Good Computer Configuration for your Business
No matter what kind of business you’re in, you will most probably need to buy a computer to run it. Choosing a computer for your business is a bit different than choosing a home PC. Although computer prices are continuing to fall, ¡t is still important to strike the proper balance between low cost and [...]
Picking an eBook Reader
Dedicated ebook readers are hot sellers these days; prices are dropping and ebook files are readily available, so more consumers are taking advantage of dedicated readers. People like ebooks because they don’t require storage space, are instantly available when people make the purchase, and are easy to take out in public with an ebook reader [...]
Behringer Unveils iNuke Boom and New Consumer Electronics Line
Behringer, one of the largest and most successful pro-audio companies, has major plans for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) in January. The company will be unveiling the loudest iPad, iPod, and iPhone dock in the industry, the limited-edition iNuke Boom. This monstrous iPad dock is 8 feet wide by 4 feet tall and [...]
Add and Set Ringtones on your Android Smartphone
If you have recently purchased an Android smartphone, you may be wondering how you can add additional ringtones, alarms and notification sounds to the phone. To clarify the three types of tones that can be added: ringtones are used for incoming phone calls, alarms are used by the alarm clock application, and notification sounds are [...]
Choosing a Good Computer Configuration for your Business
No matter what kind of business you’re in, you will most probably need to buy a computer to run it. Choosing a computer for your business is a bit different than choosing a home PC. Although computer prices are continuing to fall, ¡t is still important to strike the proper balance between low cost and [...]
Picking an eBook Reader
Dedicated ebook readers are hot sellers these days; prices are dropping and ebook files are readily available, so more consumers are taking advantage of dedicated readers. People like ebooks because they don’t require storage space, are instantly available when people make the purchase, and are easy to take out in public with an ebook reader [...]
Getting the most out of your Laptop
Laptop computers rarely perform up to the levels of their desktop counterparts. A complete desktop replacement laptop will typically cost 2-3 times more than a desktop with similar specifications. Fortunately, there are some ways of improving the performance of a laptop which cost little or no money. Upgrading a laptop is far more complicated than [...]
South Korea’s Live Park uses RFID and Kinect to bring your Holodeck fantasies one step nearer
All those long, long drives to Florida in the family station wagon seemed worth it at the time, but now that we’ve found out that those lucky South Koreans have another crazy theme-park, we might just change our minds . Located near Seoul , Live Park uses 3D video, holograms and augmented reality, interacting with RFID wrist bands and Kinect sensors to stitch together a continuous immersive... [Read more]
February 14th is Valen… Angry Birds day
Forget poking: from February 14th, show you love someone by flinging a mis-tempered avian toward them. It’s Valentines Day that Angry Birds will finally arrive on the ubiquitous social network — just in time to ensure half the coupled population of the world misses its dinner reservation, in order to get past one more level. The basic game will be free, but upgrades like the Mighty Eagle... [Read more]
Lytro open to partnering with smartphone makers, executive suggests
Now that its famed light field camera has finally become official , Lytro is looking to the future, with an eye, apparently, toward the cellphone market. During a recent interview with PC World , Lytro executive chairman Charles Chi described his company’s new sensor in greater detail, and talked at length about its purportedly superior battery life. He also divulged a few hints about Lytro’s... [Read more]
Stat Alert: More connected phones than computers in key markets, says Google
There are obvious stats , bizarre ones , and then the good old informative ones. New data from Google revealed by Ad Age , falls into the latter category. According to Goog’s numbers, more people have a mobile internet-capable device than a PC or laptop in the five key markets it tested (US, UK, Germany, France and Japan). In the US, this figure is nearly 10% more, some 76% against 68%. The... [Read more]
Nook Simple Touch gets USB host mode support via hack, plays nice with low-power devices (video)
Codemonkeys exhibiting the kindness of strangers? Why, yes, this is such a tale. When XDA Developers member verygreen came across the pleas of one user obsessed with attaching an external USB keyboard to an eReader , he did what any decent hacker would and created a workable solution. Using a loaned Nook Simple Touch , this self-styled Make-A- Wish Hack was able to patch Barnes & Noble’s... [Read more]
