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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 24

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 24

Posted by | Nov 24, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Sling Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., has announced the SlingPlayer Mobile player for the iPad. The US$29.99 app lets Slingbox owners extend their living room TV experience to their iPad and takes advantage of the iPad’s high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit display. The revamped program guide uses the iPad’s intuitive native interface, and a recent channels feature puts a viewer’s recent channels at his fingertips.

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ITC investigating Apple’s patent claims against Motorola

ITC investigating Apple’s patent claims against Motorola

Posted by | Nov 24, 2010 | , |

Apple’s patent claims against Motorola will be reviewed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which could issue an order banning Motorola phones from the U.S., reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-24/apple-patent-case-against-motorola-to-get-trade-agency-review.html).

The ITC will determine if Motorola is infringing Apple patents and whether it should rule to block U.S. imports of Motorola phones made overseas that run on Google’s Android operating system. Notice of the investigation has been posted on the agency’s website, notes “Bloomberg.”

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Woz: Apple has bought Nuance

Woz: Apple has bought Nuance

Posted by | Nov 23, 2010 | , |

Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak says in an video interview that Apple has bought Nuance, a voice recognition company, reports “mocoNews” (http://moconews.net/article/419-is-apple-buying-nuance-a-mystery-wrapped-in-a-wozniak-Video/).

“I think voice recognition is going to become, more and more, a part of these machines,” he says in the interview with Romil Patel, founder of TVDeck.com. “Apple’s probably thinking the same way. They recently bought the company Nuance.”

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Greg’s bite: the paradox of the Internet

Greg’s bite: the paradox of the Internet

Posted by | Nov 23, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

I can barely remember when the Internet began to burst on the scene. My first recollection was when my brother, an art professor, mentioned in a phone call about connecting his computer to the Internet.

In those days you had to buy a separate modem costing a few hundred dollars which hooked up to your computer with a clunky serial port cable connector. The modem was the size of a cigar box and ran so slowly it was absurd over a phone line. The very early Internet was text with limited domains and not much in the way of browser software.

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