According to a new report from media research firm TDG (via Gigaom) 14% of households with broadband internet owned an Apple TV, Roku box, or similar streaming platform during a study in 2012. While that sounds like an impressive number, Smart TVs have been slowly taking over the connected TV market. 25% of households owned a smart TV that comes equipped with apps, such as those offered by...
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Google Glass will soon gain stronger interoperability with iPhones, allowing iPhone-owning Glass wearers to access text messages and navigation on the device. Currently, only Android phone users can access navigation and texts on Glass via a special companion app. Google Glass pulls data from the iPhone’s cellular connection via Bluetooth tethering, but until now a number of Glass...
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Recently we sent our Street View cars driving through the historic seaport town of Kaliningrad (the modern name for Koenigsberg) in Russia as part of our quest to keep Google Maps comprehensive, accurate and useful. While there, we were reminded of a classic mathematical problem: the Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg. The mathematical problem posed an interesting challenge: find a route through...
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AllThingsD shares details on a new report from J.P. Morgan analysts Gokul Hariharan and Mark Moskowitz, who unsurprisingly argue that Apple’s rumored lower-cost iPhone will still be a “mid-end” device rather than competing against the true low end of the smartphone market. The analysts point to Apple’s previous introductions of the iPod nano and iPad mini as cheaper...
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As part of its quarterly earnings release today, U.S. Cellular announced that it will begin carrying Apple products later this year, although the carrier offered no additional details on its plans. “We have a number of strategies in progress to increase loyalty and attract more customers, including our announcement today that we will begin offering Apple products later this year. By further...
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German auction house Breker (via ComputerWorld) is set to put a working Apple 1 on auction later this month and it may fetch between $240,000 and $400,000. There are an estimated six working Apple 1 computers in existence. The Apple 1 is signed by Steve Wozniak and was originally owned by Computer Data Systems’ Fred Hatfield. The computer is also bundled with the original manual...
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Copyright © 2013 James Rogers. Visit the original article at http://isource.com/2013/05/02/google-responds-google-now-battery-complaints/. Comments and complaints about the battery usage of the new Google Now for iOS have mounted over the last few days since its release. I wrote about this issue yesterday, and iOS developer Carlos Ribas was kind enough to …
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