Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at 82
It’s a sad day for anyone who follows the exploits of the Astronauts
and or mission to boldly go where no man has gone before. Neil
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at the age of
82 after complications from heart surgery three weeks earlier.
His greatest accomplishment makes anyone
World of Warcraft Remote service is now free
Fans of World of Warcraft have many options for playing the game.
Some enjoy just meeting new friends, joining a guild and socializing
while playing casually. Others go all out and have to raid every day.
Others spend their time in the auction house buying and selling. Even
though you can’t raid or participate in Arena on your mobile phone, you
can still chat and check your Auction House purchases and sales using
the World of Warcraft Remote app.
The remote service was originally attached with a subscription service,
but it is now free for all current subscribers. If you haven’t checked
it out yet, now is the time. The app lets you stay in touch with your
guild mates, create, bid and collect gold via the Auction House.
It’s a handy tool for keeping up to date while not in front of your PC.
Radio Shack cuts Apple iPhone 4S to $125 starting Sunday, August 26th
The 6th generation Apple iPhone is rumored to be introduced on
September 12th, the same day it might be available for pre-orders, so
some carriers and retailers are beginning to cut the price of the Apple
iPhone 4S so that they can clean out the inventory before the actual
launch of the Apple iPhone 5.
This is great news for the consumer. Radio Shack which is cutting the
price of the Apple iPhone 4S by $75 to $125 with a 2-year contract
starting on Sunday. That price is for the 16GB version. The 32GB model
is cut to $225 while the 64GB model will cost $325. The two latter
models will also require a signed 2-year contract.
The discount is good for new customers and existing ones. If you don’t want the newest model, this is a good time to get an iPhone.
Lexibook kids-tablet coming to the US
These days even young kids have their own tablets. It’s better that they play with their own than mess yours up. Now French educational tech maker Lexibook is bringing its eponymous kid tablet to the US starting next
Microsoft’s New Logo Unveiled (video)
Since its start Microsoft has had a number of logo changes, but the
last logo has been with the company for the last 25 years. That is until
this week, during which Microsoft has unveiled a new bold logo for
their company, to usher in a new operating system and a
Google Gmail Autocomplete Update Adds Support For 47 New Languages
Google has today rolled out a new update to their Gmail service which
has now added another 47 languages to the Gmail autocomplete
function. Since may the Gmail autocomplete service has only been
available in English but from today it can now be enjoyed in a
Dispatch Combines Several Internet Connections Together To Increase Browsing/Download Speeds (video)
When out an about its always convenient to jump on to a free Internet
connection to download and browse the web, maybe in a coffee shop or
similar. To do this we normally take a look at the available connections
and choose the one with the strongest or fastest connection.
But
wouldn’t it be great to combine a number of connections together from a
single device to
Kodak to sell film business
It’s the end of an era for Kodak. The company is selling off its film
arm in order to revive its fortunes. Kodak said on Thursday that it
would sell its traditional off-the-shelf print-film business and several
other businesses to raise additional cash as an
Samsung Galaxy S DUOS announced
Are you in the market for one of Samsung’s Galaxy devices? Check out the Samsung Galaxy S DUOS. The Samsung Galaxy S DUOS will be released sometime in September in Europe. After that it will roll out to other places around the
NVIDIA Announces Kai Platform For Quad Core $199 Android Tablets
NVIDIA has revealed they are working on a new platform for Android
tablets called NVIDIA Kai, which is designed to deliver quad core
Android tablets for $199 or below.
NVIDIA is looking to offer
Android tablets that are more powerful than Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet,
but for the same $199 price point, according to the companies CEO
Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 Update Coming In June Not May
We recently heard that Sony would be releasing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the new Sony Xperia S some time in May, the news came from a Sony representative on a Sony forum.
Unfortunately
it looks like the announcement was a mistake and Sony has now said that
the Xperia S will get the Android 4.0 update in June and not May,
according to the guys
HTC Releases New Android 4.0 Device Update List
HTC has updated their list of devices which will be getting updated
to the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich, and it looks like a few more devices should get Android 4.0
update over the next couple of month.
The
target timeline for announced devices is below. Because of partner
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