TechMama Trends Sept. 2010
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Sony, Warner and Disney mulling $30 at-home viewing option, we laugh and wait for the $100 option -- Engadget
No surprises here, but Apple's just released version 2.0 of the Remote app for iPhone and iPad, which adds in support for the new iOS-based Apple TV in addition to iTunes on OS X. The interface is mostly the same -- a trackpad-like screen for ATV remote control and an iPod-like interface for more direct media playback -- but it's now optimized for the Retina display on the iPhone 4 and the larger screen size of the iPad. Since the new Apple TV is streaming-only, Remote also now has better support for controlling shared music libraries, making remote control of iTunes on your HTPC slightly easier as well.
Apple Remote app 2.0 adds support for new Apple TV, iPad -- Engadget
BlackBerry PlayBook vs. iPad vs. Galaxy Tab vs. Streak: the tale of the tape -- Engadget
What a day -- yesterday, that is. Research in Motion finally announced its long-awaited BlackBerry tablet, the 7-inch PlayBook (thankfully not named the BlackPad ).By Chuong Nguyen on 09/13/2010 14:06 PDT While 4G Wi-Max isn’t officially rolled out yet in Los Angeles nor New York, residents of either metropolitan domains can still access Clear’s infrastructures through a soft launch.
Clear Lighting Up LA, NYC With 4G Pre-Launch
If you're a business owner and you've heard the recent news about Facebook's attention-grabbing new feature for location-sharing and checkins, you're probably itching to find out what Facebook Places can do for your business and how it can help you reach out to would-be customers and loyal regulars in your community.
How SMBs Can Start Using Facebook Places Now : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum
We're still a couple days away from the PlayStation Move's September 19 launch date, but hey -- who said Best Buy has to follow the rules? One of our readers picked up a Move at a Best Buy in Benton Harbor, Michigan today, and we'd expect the trickle to turn into a flood by the time the "official" launch finally arrives. So -- who's buying one?
PlayStation Move goes on sale at Best Buy a little early -- Engadget
Qualcomm's CEO confesses: tablets killed the smartbook star -- Engadget
We remember it like it was yesterday -- pressed against the edge of our seat, speakerphone on 11, listening to Qualcomm preach about how these so-called " smartbooks " were coming to take over the world.
VentureBeat is gearing up for our second annual DiscoveryBeat 2010 conference and are pleased to announce our first speakers.
Coming Oct. 18: DiscoveryBeat 2010 speakers to explain the secret recipe for getting content noticed | VentureBeat
Five of the Best Tablets Revealed So Far
We've seen numerous announcements of tablet computers in recent weeks, as the R&D labs of the world push out their hastily assembled attempts at competing with Apple's game-changing iPad. But are any of them up to the job?Winning Kid Desk 2.0 Upgrade Solution: Elfa! — Life Scoop
Beth Blecherman of TechMamas.com was trying to organize her 11 year-old son's room as he's starting middle school and she ran into a problem.Stanford student creates YouTube Instant, gets job offer from YouTube CEO | VentureBeat
Stanford student Feross Aboukhadijeh, in a nod to the recent unveiling of Google Instant , has created a real-time search engine for YouTube videos — and it’s caught the attention of YouTube CEO Chad Hurley.Yahoo! Search Blog » Blog Archive » Back to the Future: Innovation is Alive in Search
While many have suggested that innovation in the search experience is waning, we celebrate industry enhancements that build upon past innovation. As reminded by Search Engine Land , the notion of predicting a given user’s intended search was first introduced by Yahoo!’Craigslist Censored
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