News from the Big Six, Apple Antitrust Settlements
Today, the final piece of the Big Six puzzle fell into place. Months after the initial co-defendants in an antitrust lawsuit settled out of court, the remaining publisher, Penguin, settled with the attorneys general from 33 states for $75 million. This settlement comes less than a year after Penguin settled a similar claim with the [...]
Amazon gives its Kindle Fire HD tablets a June 13 release date in 170 more …
Amazon has announced it’s about to launch the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablets in more than 170 countries worldwide, with pre-orders beginning today. The company hasn’t been forthcoming with the names of all 170 countries about to be given the option to buy a Kindle tablet, but has confirmed the following [...]
Run Google Glass apps on a Nexus 7 tablet
Tweet Google Glass is an Android-based wearable computer that you control by talking to it. But only a few thousand Glass devices are in the wild right now, and at $1500 per unit, they’re pretty expensive. That doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of Glass. Redditer zhuowei has modified a few of the apps [...]
Students Showcase Kenya’s First Tablet
The Jubilee Manifesto to have every class one child have access to a laptop may soon be realised, thanks to a locally made tablet established by a youth group. The tablet dubbed Student with A Goal (Swag) has been made locally except for the screens which are not locally available, according to Innovator Society of [...]
Toshiba’s AT10LE-A tablet lets the FCC peek at its Tegra 4 internals–Short
The FCC’s underground bunker, situated beneath Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, has recently been visited by a rising star of the tablet world. Toshiba’s AT10LE-a, the company’s Tegra 4-powered slate that’s reportedly running Android 4.2.1 has been dissected by those fine folks at the FCC. The unit is carrying WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 [...]
Join XRS at XUE 2013 and Get a Samsung Tablet
MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwired – May 22, 2013) – XRS Corporation (formerly Xata Corporation) (XRSC), the leader in mobile fleet optimization software, announced today that as a benefit of registering early for XUE 2013, XRS will be distributing Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 (7.0) tablets to the first 300 paid XUE attendees. For just $895, attendees get two days’ [...]
Ematic Genesis Prime: Full Review
The Ematic Genesis Prime is the very definition of a “budget tablet.” This $79 slate, which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has full access to the Google Play store, may seem compelling next to the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 or the Google Nexus 7, but unfortunately you get what you pay for [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad 2: A genuine business-class Windows 8 tablet
Lenovo’s decision to ditch Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) for Windows 8 Pro makes the ThinkPad 2 a completely different beast to the original ThinkPad tablet. Microsoft’s OS gives the tablet a number of great enterprise features from Trusted Platform Module and the Computrace Mobile software for managing devices and data to multi-user log-ins. The specs are pretty [...]
eBooks Account for 15% of All Books Sold in Canada
Electronic books are catching on like wildfire in the US and UK, but in Canada, their traction leaves something to be desired. A recent study conducted by Book Net has its research saying that paperback books (including mass markets) comprised 58% of all purchases in 2012, hardcovers accounted for 24%, and ebooks 15%. Book sales [...]
Acer’s 8-inch Windows 8 Tablet Shows Its Face Again – Tom’s Hardware
Remember that 8-inch Windows 8 tablet from Acer that briefly appeared on Amazon a few weeks ago? It’s back, but this time on Acer’s own Finnish website here. Called the Iconia W3, it’s the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, the company claims, a true multi-user tablet with easy access to personal apps and settings. So [...]
Sony's Xperia Tablet Z goes up for preorder on O2–Short
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The NFL Says Goodbye to the Polaroid, Hello to Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Soon, NFL players will have a better way to see what happened on the last play than tilting their heads back to check out the scoreboard. The National Football League today announced a partnership with Microsoft (MSFT), through which coaches and officials will use Microsoft’s Surface tablets on the sidelines, potentially replacing coaches’ laminated playbooks [...]
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