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Archive for December, 2009

2009 Year in Review

It’s always fun to look back at the predictions that we made a year ago and see how the world really turned out. We are pleased to say that we are correct in 4 out of the 5 predictions that we made. 1. Mobile phones will see their first major form factor breakthrough since the [...]

Best Tech Gift Guides of 2009 Holiday

For all the procrastinators out there who are still not done with your Christmas shopping, we have rounded up the best gift guides online for you to reduce your shopping pains. Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide CNET’s Holiday Tech Guide BGR Holiday Mobile Phone Gift Guide Wired’s GeekDad Gift Guide Ok, go get your last-minute shopping [...]

ComScore: iPhone share surpasses Windows Mobile

ComScore reported that Apple iPhone ownership has surpassed Windows Mobile ownership for the first time in the US, despite Microsoft having many more years of being in the mobile space. But is anyone really surprised? Both sales and browser usage of iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices have long surpassed WinMo. As users ditch their old [...]

Google Shows the Future with Google Goggles

Without a lot of fanfare, Google launched Google Goggles earlier this week in Google Labs. Google Goggles allows users to take a picture of a physical object, and get relevant information about that object almost instantaneously. Right now, you can do this for landmarks, books, business cards, artwork, places, wine and logos. Google Goggles has [...]

Next-gen Power Outlet with USB Ports

So many mobile devices and music players these days use standard USB ports for charging now. Wouldn’t it make sense to start building USB ports into power outlets so we can all charge our devices? That’s exactly what FastMac thinks and they are shipping the “TruePower UCS Power Outlet with Built-in USB Ports”. You can [...]

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