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I received this email this morning from CEA. "Thank you for your participation in CEA's Tech Enthusiast membership. You were truly early adopters in a program designed to reward fans of consumer technology. We are sorry to report that the Tech Enthusiast program has not driven the membership numbers we would have liked to see. CEA's Board of Directors has
All good intentions have a serious consequence when executed incorrectly. You will get a nice chuckle out of my goof up this weekend.. This show has some interesting topics that should make us all sit back and say hmmm.. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow
In a change to the mobile phone contract status quo, UK mobile telco O2 has announced a 12 month smartphone leasing service. For £55 per month, you get a 16 GB smartphone, 750 minutes, unlimited text, a paltry 500 MB of data and insurance. Allegedly unique in the UK market, both consumers and business will be able to take advantage of
Quick intro for all the vendors/viewers coming to Geek News Central looking for info on whats ahead for CES 2012!
For a while now we have been hearing about the coming hard drive shortage due to issues in the far east (mainly the flooding in Thailand), but before those problems reach the world, Hitachi is going to go for gold. Maximum PC is reporting that Hitachi has released the first 4 TB internal hard drive for sale in Japan. For
I have been looking at Google Currents since it came out on the 8th and it’s ok, but that’s all it is just ok. In many ways it is similar to FlipBoard or Zite, but it is missing the social connections that FlipBoard has and the personalization of Zite. First the good news it is well designed and fairly intuitive to use. It is offered on all iOs and Android devices. You have two areas first is your Library and the second is trending topics. The first time you open the app up you are given some default content in your library including Forbes Magazine, Fast Company, Saveur Magazine, PBS and Bleacher Report just to name a few. If you want to add more you simply tap on Library and add the sources you want. You can also add your google reader sourc if you want. There is also a list of curators including Robert Scoble , tech enthusiast and photographer Thomas Hawk. The trending topic shows what is happening now in your area of interest. To dig down into a source you tap on it and then tap on the article, you swipe right to left to read through an article and tap on the arrow at the bottom to get to the next article in the source. If you want to get back to the table of content click on the book at the bottom of the screen. To go back to the main home you hit the home icon. To save or share the article tap on the circle with two arrows pointing up. You can +1 to Google Plus, share to Twitter, Tumblr or Facebook. You can save to Pinboard or Instapaper. You can also email a link.
It seems Apple thinks you may want to give the gift of the Beatles this holiday season as they have released a brand new iTunes Beatles ad. The new ad comes right on the heels of a free children's eBook hitting the iTunes store. The Yellow Submarine eBook carried with it the simple "For Steve" dedication and tells the tale
In a surprise move, HP has announced that it will give WebOS to the open source community while continuing to support and develop the platform. HP believes that the combination of the superb WebOS platform combined with open source innovation and corporate support from HP, will foster innovation, creating a compelling user experience. “WebOS is the only platform designed from
Great week here in Austin coming to a close. I have been beyond busy this week. Lots of great business developments and a whole host of other activities. Back in Hawaii until I leave for CES! Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter
For the fashionista geeks out there, Pantone has released its Colour of the Year for 2012. It's going to be Tangerine Tango, "a spirited reddish orange, [which] continues to provide the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward". In Pantone's Color System, it's 17-1463. “Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with
The Ainovo NOVO7 is a sub-$100 tablet using the MIPS JZ4770 XBurst processor.
The Android Market has officially exceeded 10 billion downloads. Yes, you read that correctly. That's a whole lot of Angry Birds. That's not bad for a store that opened October 22, 2008, and had only 1 billion downloads just over a year ago in August of 2010. To celebrate hitting the 10 billion download mark Google has announced a sale.
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