With an eye on the niche market of people with ready access to computers but not food, Dell Inc. is said to be cooking up designs for an edible laptop, according to an unnamed company source. The veteran computer maker has reportedly filed a number of patents relating to consumable hardware, including edible keyboard keys, camera lenses, track pads and auxiliary cables “that taste like licorice,” the source claimed. Earl Horshizer, [...]
Technologically-enabled egocentrism is no longer just for adults. The trend of self-importance has become increasingly prevalent in our nation’s adolescents and its all thanks to the iPhone. In a recent survey of 7,700 teens conducted by Piper Jaffray & Co. it was reported that forty percent of U.S. teenagers now own an iPhone. A continuation of that study conducted by Mildex Sloane, Inc. surveyed the forty percent, the 3,080 teens, who have iPhones. Of the [...]
Zhengzhou, China – First-grade student Weijian Ji was completely heartbroken on Monday after receiving an Apple iPad Mini–the cheaply made knockoff of the popular GooPad Mini tablet–from his parents for his 7th birthday. After unwrapping the gift, Weijian reportedly ran off to his room crying before even finishing his birthday cake. “I was really, really hoping for a GooPad,” said a sobbing Weijian. “They’re so cool; all my friends at school have them. [...]
While the web has been abuzz recently with anticipation for Samsung’s not-yet-official Galaxy S3 Mini smartphone, indications point to the electronics giant missing the mark on their new Mini HD TVs. Since going on sale this past July, only three HDTVMini units have been sold worldwide, one of which was supposedly purchased by Samsung’s Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing Kevin Packingham’s mother. Peckingham was on hand at this weekend’s Television Manufacturer’s Conference [...]
Cupertino, CA – Admitting they “don’t have a single new idea left” for improving or evolving smartphone devices, Apple announced today that the wildly popular iPhone 5 will be the final version of the product that the company will ever produce. The decision is sure to disappoint millions of iPhone users around the world, most of whom were probably already starting to wonder what the phone’s next generation was going to have in store for [...]
Tokyo, Japan – Soon-to-be and recently divorced men and women now have something more reliable than friends and family available to help them through the breakup, so long as they happen to be filthy rich. Migi (pronounced mee-gee) was officially introduced today by the Honda Robotics team during a birthday party for Honda president and CEO Takanobu Ito at the Peninsula Tokyo hotel. The humanoid robot, which goes on sale in the U.S. next month [...]
Cisco Sytems Inc., known for networking solutions and equipment has released its first network mobile smartphone and with the new phone came a slew of functions that have become highly controversial. The new model is the P-N15, a small grey smartphone with touchscreen and even an Mp3 player was at first embraced by employees for the sleek, attractive look. Not to mention companies who are using the new smartphone system no longer need to fuss [...]
Turtle Beach, one of the world’s most well known gaming headset manufacturers announced today that they are in the process of developing a new headset designed to keep gaming youngsters from hearing or engaging in bad behavior while gaming online. TB is calling this state of the art project “The Quell.” Parents of young gamers are between a rock and a hard place. They’re kids want to play mature rated games online but parents are [...]
Philadelphia, PA – Forced into making tough decisions as result of growing budget constraints, one Philadelphia school is thinking outside the box, and inside the pad, to cut costs while still attempting to preserve the quality of education. Roxborough High School principal Danny Tribani announced Monday that he’s currently pondering the idea of replacing all of his teachers with Apple iPads. The versatile computer tablet — already a wildly popular tool in classrooms across the country — can [...]
