PHOTOS: Beatbox iPod dock from Beats By Dr Dre
Monster and music maker’s modern day take on the ghetto blaster
While the world was expecting more headphones from the Monster Cables and Dr Dre collaboration that is Beats By Dr Dre, what might have come as an eye-brow raiser was the launch of an iPod dock.
The almost self-naming Beatbox is a ?399.95 piece of kit [...]
Horace Dediu on ‘Non-Google’ Android Phones
Horace Dediu, on the fact that all iPhones ship with apps that use Google services, but some (many?) Android phones don’t:
In other words, is Google’s income from the iPhone offsetting
its losses from Android?
That’s a cheeky way to put it. Another way to look at it is that Google is in a great position: [...]
Researchers Claim Some Android Apps Covertly Send GPS Data to Advertisers
Ryan Paul:
They used TaintDroid to test 30 popular free Android applications
selected at random from the Android market and found that half
were sending private information to advertising servers, including
the user’s location and phone number. In some cases, they found
that applications were relaying GPS coordinates to remote
advertising [...]
WSJ on Dell’s Tablet Plans
Ross Kelly, reporting for the WSJ:
Dell Inc. will launch its seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks
and a 10-inch tablet within 6-12 months, Dell Greater China
President Amit Midha said Wednesday.
Translation: “We’ll just keep throwing shit up against the wall and hope that something sticks.”
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Kapow: Batmobile – yours for ?95k
They’ll even chuck in a free Robin sidekick (no, not really)
Fancy nabbing yourself a replica Batmobile from the 1960s TV show, which starred Mayor West from Family Guy (as he will now forever be known) as the Caped Crusador? Got a spare ?95,000 lying around?
Well then, you’re in luck because that’s exactly what American company [...]
VIDEO: Kinect set up – You’re gonna need a big, bright, tidy and quiet room
No clutter please, and keep it schtum at the back there
Microsoft has released a video that shows the optimum settings for getting the best out of your Kinect system.
The short version is that you’re going to need a fairly big, and clutter free space that is evenly lit, and you’ll be best off putting your [...]
How to go 3D at home
Everything you need to know about entering the third dimension
Get your glasses on and prep the popcorn because Sky’s new 3D service is finally here, including films, sport and a range of original programming. If you’re thinking of taking the plunge into the the third dimension, but you’re not quite sure where to start then [...]
Peachtree Audio sets its sights on UK market
US digital music specialist demos audio kit
Peachtree Audio, the US audio manufacturer who states that its products “link the divide between audiophiles and digital music” were in London this week to mark the UK launch of three of its products.
First up is the iDecco which, according to its maker, is the “world’s first valve hybrid [...]
PHOTOS: Dr Dre and Monster roll out the Beats
Four sets of headphones to make your music sound as the producer intended
Cable specialist Monster and Dr Dre have teamed up once more to launch four different sets of headphones “fo yo ass”. Ranging from the ?399.95 at the top end to ?89.95 at the bottom, the Beats By Dr Dre 2010 collection is designed [...]
Xbox LIVE update brings MSN integration
Kinect video will also work with Windows Live Messenger
The Xbox 360 LIVE dashboard is getting a bit of a spruce up ahead of the Kinect launch on 10 November.?
First up, Microsoft has announced that MSN content will now find its way onto the console, via the Inside Xbox channel “providing users direct access via the [...]
