In a sign that Amazon wants to upgrade its Kindle e-reader to compete head-on with the Apple iPad, Amazon has acquired Touchco, a start-up based in New York that specializes in touch-screen technology, a person briefed on the deal said Wednesday.
via Amazon Is Said to Buy Touchco, a Touch-Screen Company – NYTimes.com.
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Posted by Teb Locke
Pictures of what a tablet would look like running on Google’s operating system have hit the Web.
[Source: NPR]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
LAS VEGAS—What if you could connect your laptop to an HDTV or business display, without the hassle of fumbling around with HDMI cables or having your range be limited by the length of one. AT CES 2010, Intel allowed exactly that with its Wireless Display technology (or WiDi), and this could very well be the hottest sleeper technology of the year.
via Intel Wireless Display (WiDi): The Hottest Sleeper Technology – Reviews by PC Magazine.
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A team of researchers from the University of Arizona is working on a project to develop an “International Internet Classroom” as a way to centralize information and resources that could be of value to teachers.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
I’ve got one reason the Nexus One will succeed. Take a guess, go on, I’ll wait…No, it’s not the slick design of the hardware although it so smooth and charming. It’s not the speedy clean Android software either. Nor is it the fantastic voice commands feature, or the free navigation software with internal GPS, or the 16,000 applications you can easily download from the Android App store.Instead, the Nexus One has the best ‘in-store’ product placement of any phone, in the history of mobile phones. It’s front and center on Google.com. Right below the words ‘Google Search’ and ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’.
via One Reason The Nexus One Will Succeed – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.
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Skype has announced its voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology will be embedded into Internet-enabled LG and Panasonic television sets and shipped worldwide by the first half of this year.
[Source: ZDNet Asia]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
The Wall Street Journal reports on eTextbook publisher CourseSmart, which is looking ahead to the release of Apples much-rumored tablet and is using this weeks CES conference in Las Vegas to show off its thoughts on how its content could be offered on the new device. In order to promote its vision, CourseSmart has developed a preview video demonstrating eTextbook usage on a concept Apple tablet. While the company has no inside knowledge of the device, it has clearly paired its ideas of how the tablet might function with Apples existing software design aesthetics.
via Mac Rumors
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Apple plans to unveil a multimedia tablet later this month, but doesn’t plan on shipping the product until March. The device is expected to have a 10-inch to 11-inch touch screen.
Apple’s Tablet, as imagined by Book Publishers [watch video]
[Source: Wall Street Journal]
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If you’re wondering what use Google’s new Wave tool might have for teaching, one online-learning leader has an answer: combining classes from different colleges.
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