Apple’s annual development conference kicked off with a hell of a keynote. One of the worst kept secrets was that Apple would be unveiling a new iOS 7. The latest version is the first helmed by Apple Design Guru Sir Jon Ives, and it shows. If you were a fan of skeuomorphism (the act of borrowing […]
We here at Techcitement are waiting for our Slate 7 review unit to show up, but then again, so is everyone else. The tablet is suspiciously absent from major review sites. So, we can’t comment on the first (official) Android tablet from HP just yet. What we can note is that HP’s lower end pricing […]
Interested in Microsoft’s SurfaceRT or Surface Pro tablets, but not willing to pay the premium prices of $599 and $899, respectively? On the off chance that you’re registered for the 2013 Microsoft TechEd conference in New Orleans, then you’re in luck. The Redmond-based computer giant has slashed prices for attendees with full conference passes. The […]
Today’s keynote address at the first day of Google I/O 2013 may lack a few surprises considering the amount of news leaking out early. One such example is the release of Android 4.3, which The Verge found by digging through the search listings on Google’s developer website. Not much is known about Android 4.3 (Jelly […]
Microsoft has found itself in an interesting situation by going from having a zero percent market share in tablets to having a 7.5 percent share, according to market research analyst company Strategy Analytics. That sounds wonderful, until you see that Apple maintained a previous percentage of 48 percent and Android’s numbers depend on if you count only […]
Coming soon is the new Disney-Marvel Iron Man 3 movie. Also coming soon is a tie-in game from Gameloft. Here are the first two trailers for the game. Become billionaire Tony Stark as Iron Man in this fast paced endless runner and fight the AIM around the world to prevent their dark schemes from succeeding. […]
Call me a Luddite, but despite the ubiquity of tablet computing over the last few years, I don’t always get the point of them. Tablets are often too big to replace a smartphone and don’t always have the processing power of a laptop or desktop. If I want to listen to music, a smaller device […]
South by Southwest lasts 10 days during the month of March. The festival takes place in Austin, TX. SXSW is broken up into three sections: Interactive, Film, and Music. Throughout the festival, many innovations come to light and old ideas are reinvented. Most days’ events begin with panels at 9:30 or 11 AM and end […]
ArsTechnica has brought back up the favorite topic of tech and gender roles due to the Eurostar ePad Femme, an Android tablet marketed to women. This tablet has been out since October, was promoted circa Valentine’s Day, and is for some reason, just now causing a media firestorm. The Femme is a fairly unremarkable […]
Dr. Mike North likes building stuff. A lot. At the start of his Sunday morning SXSW panel, North showed video of a trip to Lithuania, where he and a bunch of other engineers decided to build a snowbike by replacing the front wheel of a bicycle with a small pair of skis. North showed footage […]
