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10 Geeky Accessories Celebrating the Iconic Hand Cursor [PICS]

The ubiquitous hand-shaped pointer has been a part of the consumer computing experience since the early days, and is familiar to both PC and Mac users… Continue reading

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9 Things You Need to Know About the New Gmail

Google began rolling out its new look for Gmail Tuesday. According to an update on Gmail’s blog, it’s now available for everyone. For now,… Continue reading

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Terminator Vision App Sweeps Hackathon [VIDEO]

Augmenting vision with details about whomever you’re looking at is no longer just a trick for artificially intelligent machines in a post-apocalyptic 2029. Continue reading

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9/11 Exhibit App Builds Future World Trade Center Out of a Photo [VIDEO]

The majority of the 9/11 remembrance exhibit in the New York Times’ lobby appropriately focuses on the tragedy of 10 years ago, but one digit… Continue reading

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Internet of Yesterday & Today: 1996 vs. 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Where were you in 1996? If you were in cyberspace, surfing the World Wide Web, chances are you were waiting a long time for pages to load, laughing at… Continue reading

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Could Google Fast Flip Have Survived on Tablets?




Google will discontinue news-reading tool Fast Flip, to shift resources to its more widely used products. It will be removed from Google News an… Continue reading

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7 Factors to Consider When Redesigning Your Website




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BuildMobile: The Future of WebOS

Not very long ago when we were planning the launch of our humble magazine BuildMobile, which you are reading right now, the content strategy included coverage of the nebulous WebOS mobile operating system. Come launch time, there wasn’t enough traction to include it in our platform categories, but we were hopeful for the future. WebOS in 60 Seconds WebOS is a mobile operating system based on the Linux Kernal Initially developed by Palm and first released in January 2009 Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in April 2010 for US$1.2b WebOS uses a “card” UI with a left-to-right flick for app swithcing, flick up for “off” The WebOS broswer, called simply “Web” is based on the WebKit layout engine WebOS “Synergy” feature integrates information from many cloud services into a single list Devices include the Pre , the Pixi and the Veer phones, then the HP TouchPad HP announced in March 2011 that WebOS would run within Windows by the end of 2011 On 18th August 2011 HP announced it would discontinue operations for WebOS devices Potentially even more HP TouchPads will be made and sold at a loss Web Standards based Native Apps A feature that was full of promise, and partly responsible for the underdog adoration WebOS attracted from developers worldwide, is that web technologies like HTML, CSS and Javascript are first class tools for developing native apps for the platform, with full access to hardware APIs like the camera. Continue reading

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Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]

Patents are a source of constant lawsuits between large tech companies like Apple, Microsoft and Samsung. They’re one reason Google wants to payContinue reading

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Mozilla Previews Firefox for Tablets [PICS]




Mozilla has offered a first glimpse of its Firefox for Tablets web browser.
The company described the new product as “an evolution of its… Continue reading

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