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Google recently announced the Earth Engine, which is attempting to compile historical and real-time satellite imagery to paint a picture of deforestation and environmental damage around the world. As a part of the project, Google is training and equipping the Surui tribe in the Amazon rainforest so they can take pictures, video, and measurements of…
The vast majority of video we’ve seen of the BlackBerry PlayBook has been under fairly controlled circumstances, but we have seen a few less-than-official clips. Another one came out today at a joint RIM/Adobe developer event in New York, and we’ll probably have at least one more video coming from the shindig later today. The…
RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis showed off the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet yet again for a WSJ conference last night, where he ferociously (and sometimes confusingly) defended the present and future of RIM. From the edited video below and some of the liveblogs, it seems that he was trying to contort canned lines into responses that nobody…
A little over a year ago, Google announced its intention to transform its web browser into a full-blown operating system in and of itself. Today, they’ve kicked off a pilot program in the U.S. where they will lend out laptops with 3G connectivity over Verizon to a select group to try it all out and…
Nothing says “I’m freakin’ rich” like a £39,995 ($US 62,700) iPhone 4 that’s plastered with diamonds and has a 65-million year-old tyrannosaurus rex tooth set in meteoric stone on the back. The iPhone 4 History Edition is done by Stuart Hughes, and they’re selling the thing on Goldstriker, alongside some considerably gaudier luxury phones. These…
Back in November, we heard Rogers would be offering a new kind of data plan that you could share between multiple devices, specifically with tablets in mind. Rogers had implemented something like that when the iPad launch, but with stuff like the Samsung Galaxy Tab out and the BlackBerry PlayBook on the way, they’re expanding…
One conspicuously absent feature in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread announcement yesterday was the rumoured video chat capabilities. Andy Rubin hinted at the feature in Honeycomb yesterday when unveiling an unannounced Motorola Tablet, but more solid evidence was found right in the Gingerbread SDK. Those familiar with Google Talk will recognize those three camera status icons…
Hey mobile app developers, you want a free BlackBerry PlayBook? Yeah, of course you do. Well, if you’ve been taking the last couple of weeks to play around with the AIR SDK for RIM’s first tablet, you can now submit your final work to the BlackBerry App World and get a free PlayBook if it’s…
RIM had announced about a year ago that the BlackBerry App World would allow for in-app purchases, and it looks like they’re going to be implementing the changes necessary for the feature to go live soon. This letter went out to app developers informing them about server upgrades, though RIM notes that a client-side app…
So, the Samsung Nexus S went live today complete with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and along with it a flood of background information like instructional YouTube videos and the operating system’s user manual have been made available. We’ve got them all here for your perusal. Before diving in, let’s run through the Nexus S specs again…