Gentlemen, just for your eyes, Toni Darling is Miss Thor. [via]
The Ultimate Geek [Infographic] List
What kind of geek are you ? Here are the most common types of geeks in this World : Ubergeek, Apple fanboy, chic, cosplay, star wars, trekkie, pop culture, sports, films, encyclopedia, gamer, music, gadget, comics books, DIY and Internet. Sure, there are more than only 16 types of different geeks… so if you are not [...]
Big Apple : Infographic about a Tech Giant
How big is Apple company ? Just look at this amazing infographic about Steve Jobs’ baby : [via]
Microsoft Invests $300M into a New Subsidiary of Barnes & Noble
In a press release published over at their website, Barnes & Noble announced a new partnership with Microsoft on a new venture that aims to give the company a stronger foothold in the e-book market. Microsoft is investing $300 million into the partnership in exchange for a 17.6% equity stake. The partnership, which will retain [...]
Fujitsu Adapter Creates 3D Videos from any Smartphone
Shooting in 3D mode has just gotten easier as you can now use any smartphone for the job, even if that smartphone doesn’t come with a 3D camera. Fujitsu is planning to release an adapter that will allow one-camera phones to generate three-dimensional videos, using a unique attachment that makes use of reflective mirrors, which will, in [...]
Apple and Other Publishers Sued Over Expensive E-Books
The United States government deemed e-book price points by several publishers, including Apple, as beyond reasonable, and as a result have sued Apple, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillan. On Wednesday a case was filed by the United States Justice Department, along with several states, against these publishers which have allegedly been costing consumers [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet – No Release in the U.S. Anytime Soon
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, with its impressive screen size and a 4-inch stylus, has recently made headlines when it was first announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, at the start of this year. But fans in the U.S. will have to wait a little bit longer before the stylish tablet-with-a-stylus will [...]
AOL selling 1B+ Dollar Worth of Patents to Microsoft
In what could be viewed as a strategic move at realizing better value from its assets, AOL has agreed to sell 800 of its patents, including applications, to Microsoft in a 1.056 billion dollar deal. AOL, a leading web services behemoth, has had to deal with a lot of speculation in the past in terms [...]
YOUM, the new flexible unbreakable display from Samsung
We now know the name of the new brand of flexible displays from Samsung (flexible AMOLED technology) : YOUM. These screens will be thinner, lighter and supposedly unbreakable (they contain no glass). Just saying this is an open door for guys trying to break the device on Youtube…. Also think about “Will it Blend?” …. [...]
Big Brother : detecting a face among 36 million in 1 second
Hitachi Hokusai electric developed a video camera that can recognize a face among 36 million people in only one second. “The search results are displayed immediately, showing thumbnail images of potential candidates. When a thumbnail is selected, the associated recorded surveillance footage can be viewed, so users can quickly review the persons actions before and [...]
Tactile Display that moves under your fingers
Japanese Giant NEC and Tokyo Institute of Technology developed a prototype of tactile touchscreen that have a directional force Feedback. “This new touch panel concept imparts a directional tactile feedback force to the user, by moving the panel surface. [...] The system uses wires to pull the four corners of the panel. The tensile force [...]
T-Mobile Suffering – Shutting down 7 Call Centers
Bad news in the technology world today with T-Mobile shutting down seven call centers. Along with the closing, nearly 2000 people will be losing their jobs in the call centers. There is no doubt in the technology world that T-Mobile has been frantically struggling to keep up with their competitors – AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. With [...]
RUIN : animated video of a Post Apocalyptic World
Here is a nice animated short-film in a post-apocalyptic universe. There are some Terminator references inside : the good guy on a motorcycle with the evil robots on a lost road. The end result is a very cool video to watch, sort of a mix of scifi movie and a video game. It lasts more [...]
Does the New iPad Live up to its Hype?
Back in 2010 when the iPad was released, it was the first in its product category and was very well received. The second iPad – iPad 2 – significantly improved upon what were viewed as flaws within the first generation. The iPad2 was improved upon faster in terms of fixing bugs and flaws than most [...]
3 million iPads sold in the first 4 days
Yes you just read this : Apple sold 3 million iPads HD in just 4 days (since friday march 16). “Apple® today announced it has sold three million of its incredible new iPad®, since its launch on Friday, March 16. “The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said [...]
Bell Canada acquires Astral Media for $3.4 billion
BCE Inc (Bell Canada) is buying Astral Media for $ 3.38 billion Canadian dollars, including the $ 380 million debt. The final decision is still subject to approval by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). “Astral Media Inc. (TSX: ACM.A ACM.B) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with BCE Inc. (“Bell”) for the sale of the Company through the acquisition of all of its [...]
Google Asus 7-inch Tablet coming in May
As if Google was not already a dominant player in the technology industry, they are getting set to ramp things up according to recent rumors. The one thing that Google has been lacking in is the tablet world. With an increasing number of users gravitating to tablets on a daily basis, this will only prove [...]
Barnes & Noble Could Suffer at the Hands of Department of Justice
There has been talks of the Department of Justice and how it is considering a lawsuit – an Antitrust lawsuit – against Apple. This is not in terms of the iPad, although Apple seems to have the market cornered there, but instead it is aimed at e-books. What does Apple have to do with e-books, [...]
New Apple Logo is multicolored or gay ?
During March 7 Apple Event in San Francisco, we saw a new multicolored Apple logo at the end. Here are all the Apple logos since inception, by gizmodo : Another photo by twitter user @dsarno taken march 7 , 2012 : A very Gay / LGBT Logo some people would say. Did you know that the [...]
How to Follow Apple iPad Live Event ?
At 10:00 am Pacific Time, 1:00 pm Eastern Time (New York/Montreal), 7:00 pm in Paris will start the big Apple Event on iPad 3 / iPad HD. Come back on this blog to see all the details, specs, launch date and price about Apple’s tablet. If you want to follow the Live Event from San [...]
