A fresh new project developed by Microsoft and Samsung, officially called Samsung SUR 40 is rumored to offer touch screen capabilities to large screens such as 40-inch HD displays. The new project is based on “PixelSense” technology, which pairs every RGB pixel with a “camera” pixel that allows the device to sense where the user places his or her fingers or palms.
According to fresh interviews published in the media recently, Tumblr is making significant changes in the top of the editorial teams. Chris Mohney will hold the newly created position of editor in chief and Jessica Bennett will be the next executive editor. Previously, Chris Mohney was Senior Vice President of content at BlackBook Media for fifteen months, until 2010.
Windows 7 has rapidly caught on with the youngest segment of the population but mysteriously it hasn’t managed to become the #1 in the OS market. Its older brother is still calling the shoots. Apparently 47.19% of users are still hooked on Windows XP for some reason. Tradition seems to hold an important role in the hearts of Windows XP lovers, or else why on earth did Windows 7 only grab 36, 40% of the market.
AOL Inc has posted its fourth quarter earnings like all companies are expected to do. As it happens in the world of Internet business, here we bump against another paradox: AOL shows increase in profit but a decrease in revenue. AOL posted a net income of $22.8 million or 23 cents per share, in the three months which culminated with December 31. Compared to the same period of last year, there has been a decreased of 66% from 66.2 million or 61% per share.
Nintendo is a very old company. It has been founded 1889 and since then it slowly developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan’s third most valuable company. So now, it seems like Nintendo is looking to evolve into a different direction. Apparently the gaming giant is looking to test out the waters of …. education.
Last time people talked about the Apple TV, they were hyped about the possible launch of a Siri enabled TV that could abolish the remote control. Since then, nothing new regarding this topic surfaced. But now, we are hearing rumors that Apple is actually working on big-screen TV – an entity that could be called an iTV. Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray seems to be a proponent of this theory because he is claiming that a trusty TV component supplier told him Apple is out shopping for TV parts at the component super market.
According to information revealed by YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar a couple of days ago, You Tube plans to get more revenue aside from piles of money that advertisement brings to the company. You Tube official calculated that video industry has, regardless if its is online or offline, 40% of the revenue earned comes form advertising while 40% are brought in the company vaults from subscriptions, and only the remaining 20% come from sales and rentals.
Aspiring people who prefer sending camera, robot or something else instead of taking risk of their life can now afford a flying robot. This flying robot is being called Eye3 Hexacopter. Eye3 is a project to create a low cost aerial drone. Eye3 hexacopter is specially made for using in aerial photography. Kickstarter Kellie Sigler and her husband have designed this Eye3 flying hexacopter robot. Basically it is a drone and you can afford this flying robot.
Samsung has a knack of developing commercials which target Apple and ridicule the long row of people waiting for the release of Apple devices. Although some may say that these are in bad taste, you’ve got to give it to Samsung that these commercials are really witty. Here is yet another commercial which Samsung is apparently planning to release on the occasion of Super Bowl. As usual, it teases Apple customers by flaunting (we expect) it’s new release, Samsung Galaxy Note.
In order to expand the health care industry, giant Robotics company iRobot has made a new Robot named ‘Ava’. Ava is an app ready robot. Being said that, its autonomous mobility will provide a performance advantage. iRobot has already invested $6 million to make perform this robot in the health care industry as soon as possible.
IBM announced yesterday “a definitive agreement to acquire Worklight”, a provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets. The company has big plans for the Israeli-based firm that will allow IBM’s mobile offerings to expand and to deliver more solutions. “Worklight will become an important piece of IBM’s mobility strategy, offering clients an open platform that helps speed the delivery of existing and new mobile applications to multiple devices.
Apple didn’t have a senior Vice President for it’s retail division ever since Ron Johnson left Apple last year. We’ve been waiting that who will be the lucky person to get to that prized seat and now we have the answer. Apple has chosen John Browett for the position. Browett is formerly working with Dixons, which is a consumer electronics retail chain in Europe. He will quit his former job to join Apple.
Samsung has been fighting a legal battle with Apple over a number of alleged patent violations. However, there’s a new charge that Samsung may have to deal with. The European Commission is investigating that whether or not Samsung is involved in using it’s wireless patents in a way which are against healthy market competition and which violates the regulations defined by European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
Twitter is looking to secure itself in every way possible and therefore it has recently acquired Internet security company Dasient. The company specializes in fighting malware and is especially constructed to fit the needs of large companies in every sector ranging from financial services, media and online sectors.
Being the only flight company based in Silicon Valley, it does seem appropriate that Virgin America would do something to honor one of the greatest personalities who ever set foot in the area. So the company has decided to paint the words “Stay hungry, stay foolish” – one of Jobs most popular quotes, on the side of one of their Airbuses A320. The commented was made by Jobs in a 2005 commencement address at Stanford.
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