Archive for 'Gadgets'

Apple will put iTunes in cloud

According to a report by Reuters (click here to read it), Apple Inc. has developed a cloud based version of iTunes. For now it’s only a rumour since Apple has not confirmed it yet, but it seems to be credible. For those that are unsure of what cloud is, it’s basically a method of keeping [...]

RIM launches PlayBook tablet

RIM launched their iPad competitor, the PlayBook today and all the major reviewers said their piece about the tablet. Most of them think that it has potential but that there aren’t nearly enough apps for it right now and that it’s lacking some key features. The BlackBerry is famous for its e-mail capabilities. That is [...]

RIM trying to catch the iPad

RIM will likely be launching their own tablet, the PlayBook in about a month or so. It’s not official, but that seems to be the likely time frame. In advance of that important introduction for RIM, they have announced a partnership with Microsoft to handle the data that their users are generating and will be [...]

Apple iPad 2 stays ahead of competition

With Apple’s announcement of the iPad 2, Steve Jobs and co. are making sure that no competing company catches up to them in the tablet market. They didn’t go as far as they could in terms of technology though. They could have included the same Retina Display that the iPhone 4 has for a sharper [...]

iPhone Nano coming soon?

There are a lot of rumours that Apple will be announcing a new iPhone that will be smaller, cheaper and available later this year. Rumours like this about future Apple products are nothing new, but this time there are major news outlets that are reporting on it which give it some credibility. There have apparently [...]

A new type of eyeglasses

There is a new kind of eyeglasses that will be hitting the market in a few months that may change how people see. The new glasses use liquid crystals and a microchip to adapt to what the user wants to see. The most common type of glasses available now is either bifocals or no-line progressive [...]

Air traffic control due for change

  Although from the ground it appears that there aren’t many planes in the sky at any given time, the reality is quite the opposite. There are literally hundreds to thousands of planes in the sky over North American airspace, especially during busy hours. Air traffic controllers have an incredibly stressful job of managing the [...]

X-47B unmanned jet flies for first time

  Late last week marked the first flight for the future of the U.S. Navy. As reported by the LA Times (click here to read it), the X-47B successfully flew for about 29 minutes from Edwards Air Force Base and gave the world a glimpse of what future military combat will look like. We have not even [...]

3D with no glasses

Nintendo announced this week that it has developed a new personal gaming device that will show games, pictures and videos in 3D with no glasses required. The Nintendo 3DS is a major step in 3D technology and it catapults Nintendo ahead of every other gaming device and even every other consumer electronics company. The 3DS [...]

The future of Apple

Apple has made a lot of news this week and it’s only Wednesday. First CEO, Steve Jobs said on Monday that he once again has to take a leave of absence to deal with his health. Then yesterday, the consumer electronics company released its quarterly results and they were very impressive. Their sales and profit [...]