Shortly after a rumor started circulating that Apple is building a 12-inch tablet, there is another rumor circulating that Samsung is reportedly building a 12.2-inch tablet according to Korean website ET News. Apple’s 12-inch tablet is now expected to arrive until 2014, thus giving Samsung an advantage if they can get it out by this year.
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Sprint has launched a new Android-based phone called the Vital that retails for $100 with a two-year agreement. The Sprint Vital has a 5-inch display at 720p and it has a 13-megapixel rear camera. The Vital also has a 1.5GHz dual core processor, 4G LTE connectivity, 1 megapixel front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, and a 2,500 mAh battery.
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Comcast Corporation has announced today that they are planning to create millions of WiFi access points for customers through a neighborhood hotspot initiative. Comcast is going to offer their Xfinity Internet customers with an additional “Xfinitywifi” signal (SSID) in their home that is completely separate from their private and secure home WiFi signal. The Xfinitywifi signal will be available at no additional cost to Xfinity Internet residential customers.
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Samsung Electronics has announced a new smartphone called the Galaxy Ace 3. The Ace 3 has a 4-inch screen, a 1GHz dual-core processor, and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Ace 3 can be purchased in a 3G version or a 4G LTE version. The 3G version has 4GB of internal storage and the 4G LTE version has 8GB of internal storage. Both versions support microSD cards of up to 64GB in additional storage.
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The BBC has been providing us with weather reports ever since the 1920s. Now the BBC has released their own weather apps for iOS and Android called BBC Weather. These apps join other BBC apps in their portfolio like their News, iPlayer, and Sports app.
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Kenandy is a cloud-based supply chain software company, based in Redwood City, California, that has raised $33 million. Kenandy was founded by Sandy Kurtzig. Kurtzig is known for being one of the executives behind the Manman, which is one of the largest software packages in the 1970s and 1980s. Lightspeed Venture Partners led this round of funding. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Salesforce.com, and law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati participated in this round. Lightspeed partner Chris Schaepe is joining Kenandy’s board of directors. Kenandy previously raised $10.5 million in funding two years ago.
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Data centers are known for making it possible for companies to set up a cloud computing experience. But what happens when an actual cloud is created a data center? This is what happened to Facebook’s first data center in Prineville, Oregon.
Snapchat is a picture-chatting app for iOS and Android that is up to 10x faster than MMS. In April 2013, Snapchat was hitting around 150 million photos taken per day. Users can take photos, record videos, add text, and create drawings using the app. You can set a time limit for how long recipients can view their photos, up to 10 seconds, and then they will be hidden from the device and deleted from the company’s servers.
