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Duracell Powermat Charger and Backup Battery

The Duracell Powermat has been around for a little while, but this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas they revealed their latest innovations to the product.  The Powermat, combined with a special case for your smartphone makes for very easy charging - simply lay your handset down on the mat and walk away. They also showed off

Feedair Adds a Ticker to Your iPhone or Android

Andy McCaskey discovered a cool little piece of hardware as he was roaming the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.  The device is called Feedair (pronounced "Feeder") and it adds your own personal ticker to your mobile device.  Once the app is installed on your handset, and the device is connected, you can set it

Not Just StuffIt! At Smith Micro

Smith Micro is best known for its Mac software and StuffIt! in particular but the company's portfolio is much wider than that. Andy and Don chat to Carla of Smith Micro Software to find out what else the company does. Smith Micro has a portfolio of products in the mobile wireless space, delivering solutions for telcos and cable operators. As Carla

GNC-2012-01-27 #737 Shame on Hawaii Legislature!

Going to be implementing some Studio upgrades in the next couple of weeks should be fun. I go after a couple of my state legislatures pretty hard tonight on two idiotic bills that they introduced. Also hope I was not to punchy on the last show notes. I am feeling much better by the way and although the voice is

Three Reports Jump In Data

Squeezing among all the CES news, UK mobile telco Three reports a huge jump in smartphone data over the past year. On New Year's Eve, smartphone traffic was up nearly 600% in the UK compared with the same evening a year before. On 31st December 2010, 14 TB of data was transmitted.  For the same date in 2011, it was

Atari’s Greatest Hits for Android

If you grew up in the era of Atari then you probably still get nostalgic for it once in a while.  Thankfully, there are still ways to get your Atari fix.  I occasionally fire up an emulator on my computer from time to time and play a game of Centipede or Asteroids.  But, if you don't want to sit in

EA Releases Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for Android

EA, one of the most popular game makers, has been in the mobile market for some time now.  Thanks to a deal with some handset makers, like Motorola, preview editions of their games come pre-installed.  That's great but, of course, to get the whole game you have to pay up.  Also, in some cases the games are not even an