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Archive for August, 2010

Big Bucks for Brain Mapping

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

NeuroVista has raised $21.5 million in new financing as the Seattle company continues to develop new medical devices for the treatment of epilepsy, reports the Seattle Times. The funding included a $5 million convertible debt round with Cyberonics, with core expertise in neuromodulation. An implantable device senses irregularities in the brain electrical waves that precede [...]

18 Best iPhone Apps

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

The Washington Post picks their 18 Best iPhone Apps. This selection is exclusive to Apple handsets, but here are PC World’s picks for the 22 best Android Apps and the 12 best for BlackBerry. Productivity Tools: CalenGoo syncs with your Google Calendar. Atomic Browser has tabs, ad blocking, multitouch gestures, a passcode lock, Facebook/Twitter integration. [...]

Droid 2, Epic4G & EVO Compared

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

JK OnTheRun reviews the three leading Android phones; the Motorola Droid 2, Samsung EPIC 4G and HTC EVO 4G. The Droid 2 and Epic4G have sliding QWERTY keyboards while the HTC EVO and Samsung Epic4G (due August 31), work on Sprint’s 4G (WiMAX) network. They all have 1 GHz processors. The Droid 2 has a [...]

Netflix on iPad & iPhone

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

Netflix has announced an app to stream video selections to both an iPod Touch and iPhone. The free application is available now. Netflix iPhone App Video from Netflix on Vimeo. You’ll need to be a Netflix customer on a $8.99 or higher to use it. The streaming application works over Wi-Fi and AT&T’s 3G network. [...]

Electric Cars: On the Move

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 25th, 2010

Ford Motor Company kicked off its national electric vehicle tour in Portland Oregon this week. The company is launching the all electric Transit Connect later this year and the Ford Focus electric in 2011. Ford is working with Microsoft and its Web-based Hohm product. Ford wants to tap that connection to help its cars interface [...]

TV Everywhere: Cable & Satellite; WiFi Enabled

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 25th, 2010

Dish Network recently launched its TV Everywhere portal called DISHOnline.com, designed to deliver TV anytime, anywhere. The customers of DISH Network need to make a one-time payment for the content and then can remain connected, via the Web, through WiFi or 4G networks, and viewed on laptops or mobile device. DIRECTV has a similar “TV [...]