TomTom HD Traffic service will be offering its services on BlackBerry smartphones. The live traffic is added to the existing maps and location services that RIM has already developed for its mobile operating system. Both companies have announced that developers have access to the features and capabilities of TomTom HD Traffic service. This makes it […]
The creators of the VLC media player, an open source and cross-platform media player, has stated that the software has passed 1 billion downloads. This is quite an amazing feat because downloads via Linux are not counted in this list. The statistics of VLC media player, developed by the VideoLAN organization were tracked since February […]
Facebook recently announced its own App portal called the App Center. With the new App Center, users can now access existing apps for Android, IOS and browsers plus paid HTML5 apps. Facebook hopes to boost its platform log plus increase their income with this new App Center. The Facebook App Center will be available in […]
Tariffs for the use of mobile Internet abroad this summer will receive a maximum rate or price cap. The European Parliament has decided to implement this after growing protests from mobile Internet users of their growing data costs. In addition to the maximum rates, starting from 2014 users from each country of the European Union […]
Samsung has recently acquired mSpot an entertainment start-up that streams movies on computers and mobile devices. Another feature of mSpot is the ability to upload and stream music to play on any Samsung supported device. According to rumors, the acquisition price is around $ 8.8 million, but both companies did not give any news or […]
Be careful as scientists who monitor the sun have spotted a sunspot so big that it’s 60,000 miles across and if it erupts into solar flares could totally disrupt the electromagnetic field of Earth. Actually it would mess up many electronic devices that we have come to rely on. This effect called AR 1476 is […]
Apple Corp. of Cupertino, California is infamous for being secretive. And then there is Amazon.com Corp. of Seattle, Washington. The once upon a time profit losing bookseller is now going toe to toe with the veritable Walmart. We all know that Amazon is a big company. Do we ever stop to think about how big? […]
The wireless spectrum space has more than a few comparisons to real estate. In a given area there’s only so much of it, some of it is already used and some spaces or more valuable than others. In most countries the radio spectrum airspace is publicly owned. That translates into the government controlling and administering […]
Forgive me if I am less-than-perfect with my crystal ball regarding Amazon. Jeff Bezos must’ve read a quote from Benjamin Franklin which states, “two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead.” After a few decades and more than a few microbrews sitting around everywhere from Lake Union to Capitol Hill and […]
Getting right to the point. The purpose of this article is to pick on Amazon. More specifically, dissect Jeff Bezos. More than a few readers own Amazon stock. A few of you make a living buying and selling said stock. Quite a number of you are his customers. It is not a question of where […]