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Blackberry 10 March 2013 confirmed by RIM’s president of government relations
10/10/2012, So yesterday we reported that according to analyst Peter Misek, Blackberry 10 will not be seeing a January 2013 release, but a March 2013 one instead. Granted March still falls under Q1, but pushing it back by two months could [...]
Xbox Music goes live on October 26
10/03/2012, There’s a new heavyweight gorilla in the ad-supported music-streaming game, and it’s Microsoft. Microsoft’s third (or fourth?) attempt at building a music store is the first one with the Xbox brand in the title, and will be heavily integrated into [...]
Asukanet Aerial Imaging (AI) Plate
10/03/2012, At CEATEC 2012, we’ve had the opportunity to see the Asukanet AI Plate for ourselves as the company had built a live demo in their booth. The overall idea of the AI (Aerial Imaging) Plate is to project an image [...]
Rumor: Samsung is releasing a Galaxy S3 “Mini”
10/02/2012, Here’s a fun rumor coming out of Samsung in Germany: a smaller Galaxy S3 could be announced as soon as October 11th. While the Galaxy S3 is the current Android superphone of choice and certainly the specific Android model at [...]
iPhones only need $.41 of power per year
10/02/2012, The Outlier blog by OPower measured the electricity used by current generation smartphones, and what they found is encouraging for efficient power consumption: the new iPhone 5 only uses 3.5kWh (Kilowatt Hours) and the Samsung Galaxy S3 checks in a little [...]
Motorola (read: Google) drops patent claim against Apple
10/02/2012, This morning Bloomberg tweeted that Motorola’s claim against Apple in front of the US Federal Trade Commission has been dropped. Although Motorola reserves the right to refile a claim, Apple is still pursing a separate settlement based on smartphone-related patents. That trial is scheduled [...]
The Worx SD Power Screwdriver combines a cordless drill and a revolver
09/28/2012, For people who want their power tools to feel like weapons, the cordless drill must be unsatisfying. Sure, it is the power tool that most resembles a modern firearm, but using it feels more like a musket than a minigun. The reason? Pesky [...]
Tim Cook apologizes for Apple Maps fiasco, suggests you use Bing
09/28/2012, This is a bit of a surprise! Apple typically takes a stone faced approach towards consumer anger at new products (you’re holding it wrong). But since no rubber bumper will magically improve Apple Maps, an open letter apology is the [...]
InsideAR Augmented Reality Conference: Munich, Oct 1-2
09/28/2012, Special offer: Ubergizmo readers will receive 20% discount with UG4insideAR code on the registration page. Augmented reality is the user interface of the future. Metaio’s technology enables real-world interaction with digital content, and is leading the way in outstanding implementations [...]
The Pentagon investigated a Pokémon-inspired weapon
09/27/2012, A recently declassified document from the Army’s National Ground Intelligence center details a series of proposals for non-lethal weapons ranging from a close-range laser to a device that would flood cellular networks. In particular, it contains descriptions of a weapon that would cause [...]
AT&T’s new MiFi has a superfluous 2.8″ touchscreen
09/27/2012, Having a touchscreen is a legitimate selling point for many gadgets, so it’s a little understandable why Novatel and AT&T decided to put one on a MiFi hotspot. They crammed a 2.8″ touchscreen–a feature nobody requested–into a hotspot that resembles a Apple keyboard. The [...]
Facebook now allows you to give real gifts to your virtual friends
09/27/2012, Facebook may be singlehandedly responsible for the most “happy birthday” wishes in history, and it previously had a program where real money was spent for virtual gifts, so it’s not a huge leap to their new program, Facebook Gifts. The program consists [...]
Topical virus cream spread on the face could fight acne
09/27/2012, A study by scientists at UCLA and the University of Pittsburg published today shows that a harmless virus that naturally lives on our skin infects and kills Propionibacterium acnes, the bacteria that causes acne. Of course, the next step is to weaponize [...]
