StickNFind.com today announces it has raised $450k, more than six times the initial campaign goal for the Stick-N-Find on crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo.com. Stick-N-Find is a coin-sized Bluetooth sticker that can be easily attached to ...
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A US firm has unveiled a WiFi-enabled magnum that talks to smartphone apps and uploads shooting data to Facebook and Twitter. TrackingPoint, an applied technology company based in Austin, Texas, launched what is likely to be a ...
Tags: WiFi rifle, CES, smartphone apps, Facebook
Want to use Google Maps when you're in the middle of a road trip? Kia Motors America wants to help you do that. Google and Kia jointly announced Wednesday a deal to integrate Google Maps and Google Places into Kia automobiles. Kia's 2014 ...
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From the beginning of January, consumers will be able to compare and sort through all of the energy-saving light bulb options open to them by using a smartphone and tablet app. Traditional bulbs are set to be phased out in favour of LED ...
Tags: light bulb, smartphone, tablet app, LED ceiling spotlights
Analyst firm IHS published an important study last week. It predicts that, for the first time ever, PC shipments would drop year-over-year; for 2012, total shipments will drop 1.2 percent. IDC and Gartner agree, noting that third quarter PC ...
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Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: ...
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The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa have developed a new smartphone app, which enables customers to identify the salt levels in a food product, allowing them to make healthier food choices. The app, which is available for ...
Tags: food products, smartphone app, salt content, Agriculture Food
Fenrir, Inc., a global software company focused on well-designed Internet tools, today released a new version of its popular web browser Sleipnir. The latest version, Sleipnir 3, features a Smartphone App Linker that allows users to "bridge ...
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Cisco Systems has taken a step back from its Cisco Connect Cloud service, removing it as the default setting for management of its Linksys EA Series Wi-Fi routers after a firestorm of complaints from customers about automatic firmware ...
The iPhone’s share of global smartphone app downloads stood at 29 percent in the second quarter of 2012, significantly below the 47 percent attributed to Android smartphones. New market data from ABI Research suggests that the power ...
Tags: Android, Apple, apps, downloads, Google, iPhones, smartphone
Photo Grid is a free Android tablet and smartphone app that lets you create beautiful collages from your favourite photos.It's simple to use,and can even output in a size suitable for Instagram. To begin using Photo Grid,simply launch the ...
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The Co-operative is the latest bank to launch a mobile banking service after signing a three-year deal with mobile banking supplier Monitise. The smartphone app is available to all the bank’s registered internet customers and those ...
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TWITTER has added smartphone photo sharing features after Instagram blocked internet users from integrating its images into tweets. "Starting today, you'll be able to edit and refine photos, right from Twitter," the globally popular ...
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In the first U.S. implementation of smartphone ticketing for train passengers, Boston commuters can purchase and display tickets using the mTicket application for iOS and Android smartphones. London based Masabi developed the technology ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - Two hotels in Hong Kong are leveraging mobile apps to give guests a new experience during their stay. Both Hotel ICON in Tsim Sha Tsui East and L'hotel A(c)lan in Kwun Tong have integrated apps for guests' use ...