Today marks the day Android users can officially download the Instagram app from Google Play, so they don’t have to be taunted by their iPhone-wielding and picture-snapping friends any longer. Nor will they have to go on periodic searches for good knockoffs of the popular app. How popular is the app? Well, it’s known that […]
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Accio! Long-Awaited Harry Potter Ebooks Appear On Pottermore
Harry Potter — the series Americans, Brits, and the world alike have been enamored with for the past 14 years — is finally available in ebook form on J.K Rowling’s own Pottermore website. At times, it seemed as if the Harry Potter books were as much in the past as the wizards and witches in […]
Out Of Stealth, Ready To Change The World: Cloudpaging By Numecent
A start-up company has recently come out of stealth-mode and its technology is going to change how companies think about cloud-computing. Numecent announced new technology they’re calling cloudpaging. It allows companies to turn software, any software, into a cloud app and rent the apps out for whatever length of time they want. The first step […]
Cries For Help: Voice Recognition Analysis In Trayvon Martin Case
This past week has seen tragedies throughout the nation and the world. In Florida, George Zimmerman’s defense may rest on the faint cries for help caught on a 911 recording from a nearby home. Zimmerman claims that he was crying for help after being attacked by 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Trayvon’s mother has heard the tapes […]
Adobe Brightens Your Day With New Artistic Tools
On Tuesday, Adobe released the fourth revision of their popular Lightroom product for photo editing and organizing. For $149 (only $79 if you’re a student or purchasing an upgrade from a previous version), Lightroom 4 adds basic video editing capabilities and an improved photo editing interface. Sliders default to the zero position in the middle, […]
Verizon Announcement Highlights The Android Upgrade Problem
Earlier this week, Verizon Wireless announced a list of handsets that would be upgrade to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Without providing specific dates, Verizon goes on to outline by manufacturer which smartphones will receive the update. HTC: HTC ThunderBolt DROID Incredible 2 by HTC HTC Rhyme HTC Rezound Motorola: Motorola XOOM DROID BIONIC DROID […]
Techcitement Review: NeatDesk Desktop Scanner + Digital Filing System = Cleaner Home
I am constantly in the process of getting more organized. Piles of laundry, boxes of toys, and stacks of paper are always getting moved around and resorted. So, imagine my delight when I was sent a NeatDesk desktop scanner and digital filing system – those stacks of paper would not only get sorted, but they […]
Apple Chomps Up Chomp
Apple confirms yesterday’s acquisition of startup company Chomp, for the purpose of improving their search tools in the App Store. Chomp currently exists as a web application and an iPhone app, offering users a search tool for new applications that includes personalized recommendations and highlighting of friends’ application picks. The San Francisco-based business announced seed […]
Listen Up, Google Listen, You’re Better Than This
Podcasts are great. Google is great. Google Listen, the company’s podcast player for Android, is not. Since its lackluster introduction in August 2009, Google has left Listen twisting in the wind with only extremely rare and inconsequential updates. Listen barely does the basic task it’s created for, and it’s far overdue for some TLC. The […]
The Pirate Bay Goes 3D (No Glasses Required)
The Pirate Bay announced yesterday they’re adding a new content category called “Physibles”, enabling the swapping of data used by 3D printers to create physical objects. Three-dimensional printing is quickly coming down in price, with such products as the MakerBot Replicator available for $1,749.00. The Pirate Bay operators view this trend as a fundamental leap […]