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Archive for December, 2010

iPad: Artists Platform

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2010

Artist Amos Latteier writes about an iPad project that he’s just launched: “The Strange & Wonderful World of Ants“. It’s a quirky educational iPad app for inquisitive children and adults. Latteier says he wants to share his fascination and create something beautiful that speaks to people on multiple levels. You can buy it at the [...]

Google Free Email Calling Extended

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2010

Google launched calling in Gmail back in August, for free calls to the U.S. and Canada and has now extended free calling for all of 2011. Dialing a phone number works just like a regular phone. Look for “Call phone” at the top of your Gmail chat list and dial a number or enter a [...]

Top 10 Real-Time Web Products

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2010

Read Write Web reviews the Top 10 Real-Time Web Products of 2010. Constantly updated streams of real-time content, have really taken off this year and ReadWriteWeb has been following this trend closely. Their Picks for Top Real-Time Web products are: Google Instant. The new search enhancement that shows results as you type. Google…Everything else. From [...]

Walled Garden for Verizon?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2010

A presentation from Allot Communications and Openet verifies that the wireless industry is plotting paid access to the internet, reports DailyTech.com. At its web seminar the pair revealed a stunning plot in which wireless customers would be forced to pay additional monthly fees per web page additional monthly fees per web page accessed and — in some [...]

Tablet Ownership 20% By 2014

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2010

More than 1 in 5 Americans will own a tablet by 2014, says a new survey by Harris Interactive, and 37 percent of them will own them for business use, according to the survey. About half of all tablet owners plan to use the devices for social networking. Apple’s iPad is the clear leader right [...]

Net Neutrality Before the FCC

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 20th, 2010

C/Net overviews the FCC’s new Net Neutrality rules that the Commission will likely pass this Tuesday. The rules would allow wireless companies more latitude in putting limits on access to services and applications, reports the NY Times. Michael Copps, the swing vote at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for a set of network neutrality rules, [...]