Monthly Archives: August 2011
Samsung Announces Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y
Samsung Electronics has announced three new smartphones that uses its Bada 2.0 operating system. The three phones are the Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y. The Wave 3 has a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED screen, 1.4GHz processor, 5-megapixel camera, and auto-focus.
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Hewlett Packard Prefers To Spin Off PC Unit
Hewlett-Packard Company (Public, NYSE:HPQ) has indicated that they prefer to spin off their PC division and they are currently looking into what the implications will be by doing so. HP shocked their investors when they announced that they are considering alternatives for their Personal Systems Group, which includes their PC hardware division. They also plan to kill of their new tablet computer.
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Categories Hewlett Packard, HP
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Microsoft Shows Preview Of Explorer In Windows 8
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced a new user interface for Windows Explorer built in to Windows 8. Windows Explorer will use the Microsoft ribbon features. There will be over 200 commands in Explorer although Microsoft found that the top 10 commands represent 81.8% of all usage.
“We evaluated several different UI command affordances including expanded versions of the Vista/Windows 7 command bar,” stated Microsoft program manager Alex Simons. “The ribbon approach offered benefits in line with our goals.”
“These strengths fit well with our three goals – the ribbon would allow us to create an optimized file manager where commands would have reliable, logical locations in a streamlined experience,” says Simons. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 ribbon interface includes a home tab that hones in on the main file management tasks, these include Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Cut, and Properties. These commands make up 84% of what users in Windows Explorer do.”
The Share Tab allows people to quickly share files and folders by zipping, printing, e-mailing and faxing data. The View tab allows you to view files in the preview, details, and navigation pane. You can quickly group columns, add columns, show file extensions, hide files and show hidden files. The Explorer also has a search tab for filtering searches. All 200 commands in the ribbon now has keyboard shortcuts that can be customized.
Categories Alex Simons, Microsoft Corporation
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Apple iTunes Match Will Download and Stream Your Music
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has released a beta version of iTunes Match. iTunes Match allows you to store your entire music collection on iCloud so you can stream it on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac computers.
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Categories Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple iTunes Match
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H-P’s Awful Company Decisions In The Last Year
Hewlett-Packard Company (Public, NYSE:HPQ) has made a barrage of terrible decisions in the last year. The Wall Street Journal did a great job summarizing it in one article. I’ll summarize it by bullet points.
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Categories Hewlett Packard, HP, Jayson Noland, Léo Apotheker, Mark Hurd
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New iPhone Expected To Have A Panel Less Than 4 Inches
There has been an ongoing rumor that the new upcoming iPhone is expected to have a 4.2-inch panel screen. Now there is a new report by DigiTimes that reports the panel size will be less than 4 inches.
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Categories Apple Inc.
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Google Creates Hurricane Map
The Crisis Response team at Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has created a Google Map to allow people to track Hurricane Irene which is traveling up the east coast. Other resources that you should consider are the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Hurricane Center, and the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).
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Categories Google, Google Maps
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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff Gave Up App Store Trademark In Exchange For Advice From Steve Jobs
Bloomberg has released an interview with Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff. Benioff shared an anecdote of how Apple chairman Steve Jobs gave him advice about Enterprise Software.
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Categories Apple Inc., Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com, Steve Jobs
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Google Shuts Down Slide So Max Levchin Leaves
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquired Slide about a year ago for $182 million. Now Slide is being shut down so Slide founder Max Levchin is leaving Google.
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Categories Google, Jared Fliesler, Keith Rabois, Max Levchin, Slide
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RIM Launches A BBM Music App
Research In Motion has launched a BBM Music application. BBM Music will be available later this year for a monthly cost of $4.99 USD plus tax. You can sign up for the service at www.blackberry.com/bbmmusic. BBM Music is a social music service that is connected directly to the BBM messenger service. BlackBerry users will be able to share music with their BBM Music friends.
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Categories BBM Music, Research In Motion, RIM
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