Nexus 7 Detailed Video Shows Interesting Jelly Bean Features Like Blink to Unlock (Video)
There’s more to Android Jelly Bean than meets the eye and that includes a bunch of very interesting features, like the Blink to Unlock, that’s demoed in the video below. That’s done together with a Google Now demo and the notifications available in Android 4.1 on this device. Google has been uploading Nexus 7 tutorials [...]
Here’s why tablets (yes, tablets!) will replace the smartphone
I’m sure to get the “you’re off your rocker” commentary on this one, but I make a living by looking ahead in the world of mobile technology. And what I see now is a trend that I’ve watched build for nearly a half-dozen years. Thanks to pace of mobile network expansion, new audio and video [...]
It’s not a race to the bottom for tablets, it’s strictly an iPad market
Apple started an avalanche of activity with the introduction of the iPad. Companies shifted gears to go after this undiscovered new tablet market. In spite of the number of players in tablets, no company has discovered the magic bullet to knock the iPad off the top of the tablet heap. Colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has a [...]
Self-Pubbed Authors Make a Showing on NYT Bestseller List
Does anyone still remember the arguments from only a year or so ago, the ones where critics said that digital publishing was going to destroy the book industry or where fans of ebooks promised it would be the death of paper books? Or the literary agents and publishers who firmly held the doors shut in [...]
iPad Dominates Tablets, But Nexus 7 Helps Boost Android
Apple is still far ahead of its rivals in the global tablet race, but Google’s Android is slowly gaining speed, thanks in large part to the release of the Google Nexus 7. Royal Pingdom has crunched the numbers, and announced Tuesday that the number of Android-based tablets is growing, albeit gradually. Looking at StatCounter Web [...]
Wikipad Gaming Tablet Specs Finalized
Final specs for the upcoming Wikipad are revealed. We first got wind of the Wikipad tablet way back in January of this year. Still in a prototype stage, it was touted as the first glasses-free 3D Android 4.0-based tablet with an attachable video game controller. Though we had quite a bit of information on the [...]
Huawei Preparing 10.1 Inch Tablet for Launch in Russia, China
Huawei Technologies just announced that it plans to introduce the MediaPad 10 FHD 10.1 inch tablet in Russia and China among other countries. The MediaPad 10 FHD 10.1 is a 10.1 inch IPS screen tablet with a resolution of 1900 x 1200. The device features Android 4.0.4 and it will premiere in Russia and China. [...]
Smashwords Contributes Four Authors to the New York Times Bestseller List
Self-Publishing juggernaut Smashwords is one of the largest companies of its kind to sell and distribute eBooks to all of the major online stores. They have one of the farthest reaches out of all the companies who specialize in publishing indie authors. Smashwords announced that four of their authors have reached the New York Times [...]
Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Is Shipping Again
Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Review Rundown Karsten Strauss Contributor Amazon Influences Consumers More Than Google (And Possibly Facebook And Apple) TJ McCue Contributor Apple Will Sell A Smaller iPad Or Be Disrupted From The Bottom Up By Google’s Nexus 7 Anthony Wing Kosner Contributor Gamestop Exec Explores The Impact Tablets Are Having On The Video [...]
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