Google TV ARMs itself to compete with Apple TV

We all know that Google TV didn’t do too well when it was launched last year- networks were blocking it from accessing their content, and OEMs taking their sweet time to embrace the platform. But this year, it has been reported that Google will be making some significant changes in order to step up their game plan. Google will be making the transition from Intel’s CE4100 (used in the Logitech Revue) to an ...
Get $10,000 for downloading the 10 billionth App Store download, will this increase downloads?

In case you haven’t heard, Apple’s App store is about to be at 10 billion App downloads.
Apple apparently wants to celebrate by giving the person who purchases the 10 billionth download a iTunes gift card of $10,000.
It took about 8 years for Apple to achieve this feat, and it is hard to believe that all these apps have been downloaded, and I can’t help but wonder how much money has been made.
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Alesis StudioDock Pro Might Just Be The Reason To Buy An iPad

This is the StudioDock Pro from Alesis . It’s a dock for your iPad giving you the I/O and connectivity your actually need to do music with a tablet. It has two XLR combo ins, MIDI in/out (also over USB), 2X stereo 1/4 outs. It’s getting serious. Having an iPad that it’s truly connectible with the rest of your audio gear would be awesome. The StudioDock Pro is also protecting the unit. There is a protective bezel over the iPad and it should be closed on all ...
New BillMinder a paid upgrade, but worth the money

Return7 released version 3 of its popular BillMinder app on Tuesday, now a completely revamped program. As such, Return 7 decided to switch its users over to a separate app -- BillMinder 3 -- which requires users to pay to "upgrade" to the latest version. While the out-of-pocket expense ($1.99) isn't much, it's a move that hasn't been that popular in the past -- think Tweetie in the ...
MacTech Boot Camp San Francisco 2011, five days left to save

We attended the MacTech Conference in 2010 and we can tell you: they put on a great conference. The MacTech Boot Camp is designed for a different audience. Instead of the hardcore IT pro, the Boot Camp experience is more for the folks who support smaill businesses and home users. The event is close to selling out, but you can still take advantage of pre-registration pricing ($100 off) until Monday, January 17. ...
iOS 4.3 update to bring personal hotspot creation to GSM iPhones?

One of the major features of Verizon’s iPhone 4 is support for creating your own personal hotspots that supports up to five Wi-Fi devices to share the iPhone’s data connection. While there isn’t any official confirmation just yet, word is going around that Apple is planning to bring the same personal hotspot feature to GSM versions of the iPhone in the upcoming iOS 4.3 update.
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TiVo says iPad app due by end of January

In what could only loosely be called a formal announcement, The Mac Observer is reporting that TiVo took to the Twitter airwaves today to let us know that the TiVo-branded iPad app should be out before the end of January 2011. Back in November 2010 was the first time we had heard about an upcoming TiVo app, and a video posted on its Facebook page finally gives us a glimpse into ...
Apple to Announce iPad 2 in ‘Next 3-4 Weeks’?

2011 is shaping up to be quite a big year for Apple as not only are they expected to announce a sequel to the iPhone 5 but the device is expected to make the jump from AT&T to Verizon as well. However, the iPhone is not Apple’s only highly sought after product as the iPad too has seen itself in headlines more than one can count. With Q1 of 2011 upon us, many have wondered ...