Griffin Technology and Threadless launched 2 new iPhone4 cases today, both available via Apple stores and online. There are two designs – “Swan Song” and “Snowfall” which were voted for from a range of user contributed designs via the Threadless crowd-sourcing system. The cases latch onto the iPhone protecting the rear and sides of the [...]
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Griffin and Threadless launch 2 new iPhone4 cases
Posted by Rob Gordon on June 30th, 2011
HTC Desire Gingerbread saga continues – update now one small step closer
Posted by Admin on June 30th, 2011
The saga of the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update for the HTC Desire continues ever onward, not one part of it making HTC look any better. First HTC said there wouldn’t be a Gingerbread update for the original Desire, stating lack of available memory as the issue. Then they back-tracked and said there would be an [...]
Seagate produces worlds first tablet hard drives
Posted by Admin on June 30th, 2011
Seagate is delivering hard disk drive storage for the world’s first handheld tablet computers with hard drives. The ARCHOS G9 8- and 10-inch tablets, announced last week in Paris, feature the Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive, a speedy notebook drive with a super-slim 7mm profile. The performance and capacity of the Momentus Thin drive are [...]
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Tags: archos, hard drive, momentus, seagate, storage, tablet 
Tube Map app shows men the quickest route, can’t make them follow it
Posted by Andrew on June 30th, 2011
One of the great stereotypes is that men refuse to ask for directions when lost, but data recently released from iPhone Tube Map App maker mxData may finally disprove this myth. Of the 631,000 people who downloaded the App in the past year, 408,000 were men compared with only 200,000 women (with the remaining 23,000 [...]
Facebook on Windows Phone updated to v2.0 – brings Push Notifications
Posted by Rob Gordon on June 30th, 2011
The official Windows Phone Facebook App just hit version 2.0 and finally brings Push Notification ability with it. A nice improvement is the ability to select what kind of push notifications you receive with granularity for messaging, wall posts, comments, photo tagging and more. The notification will also update the homescreen tile app but it [...]
Powermat makes wireless charging accessory for Blackberry Torch
Posted by Rob Gordon on June 30th, 2011
We’ve covered the Powermat range of products before, and recently reviewed their iPhone4 charging system which we loved. Now they have extended their range of products with the release of a wireless charging receiver for the Blackberry Torch. Unlike the iPhone system which requires an entire case due to the lack of a user accessible [...]
World’s Data Consumption More Than Doubling Every Two Years
Posted by Admin on June 30th, 2011
The results from a recent EMC Study show that the world’s information is more than doubling every two years. The study entitled “Extracting Value from Chaos” concluded that the worlds data consumption is growing at a rate faster than Moore’s Law (which states that the number of transistors on a chip will double about every [...]
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