Apple recently announced iMessage: a messaging app/protocol that communicated between iDevices — and that’s it. If this sounds familiar, think RIM’s Blackberry Messenger. I confess to not “getting” BBM . The idea of a closed portal for communicating on a device that can text, e-mail, and instant message already just seems redundant. And yet, what […]
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HP Touchpad Gets Release Date, Price – Too Little, Too Late?
After months of speculation about what, exactly, “Early Summer” means, HP has announced that their WebOS tablet will be out July 1st. With $499 for a 16 GB model and $599 for a 32 GB model, prices are right up there with Apple’s iPad2, the market leader/trend-setter. The question is – does anyone still care? […]
WWDC 2011 is Today
Today is WWDC and Apple is supposed to be announcing Big Things (like more 10.7 “Lion” details, iCloud, and possibly the iPhone 5). While Techcitement can’t be there in person, we’ll be following several liveblog and posting our reactions to our Twitter feed, @techcitement (which you, of course, already follow).
Yes Virginia, There Are MacOS Viruses
There’s been a lot of recent talk about the virus MacDefender, a bit of clever Malware for MacOS that depends on the user installing it. There was a lot of “See, we told you so” from the pundits who have warned for ages that the wider adoption of MacOS would make it a bigger target […]
What’s In YOUR Google Wallet?
Unless you’ve been chilling under a rock, you probably caught that Google announced the new Google Wallet. Using an NFC chip and MasterCard’s PayPass system (the one they’ve been slowly rolling out here in NY for ages), you can use your phone to pay for things. With constant rumors that the next iPhone will use […]
DC Comics = Digital Comics?
If you’re a comic geek, like me, then you probably caught yesterday’s big story- DC Comics is rebooting their entire line. While this is interesting to many, it may puzzle you as to why I’d mention it here. FTA: In an even more important move in the competitive comics industry, DC is making all of […]
It’s A Tablet! It’s a Phone! No, it’s a Padfone!
Our friends at engadget have some great video of Asus’s new “tablet”, the Padfone. Unlike the Xoom, which turns into a laptop/desktop, the Padfone is a phone that docs into a tablet. This is the exact sort of gizmo that this site is built around. Cool concept, unique approach, and something I’d love to get […]