In a puzzling move, Comcast announced today that they are going to be rebranding their broadband services under a new moniker: Xfinity. Seriously. Starting next week, Xfinity TV, Xfinity Internet, and Xfinity Voice will be rolled out to current Comcast customers in 11 markets, those being: Boston, Philly, Baltimore, DC, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Hartford, Augusta, and Chatanooga, along with parts of the Bay area
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New online project aims to create an audio map of the country. It’s a great way to relive the drama of a tropical Florida thunderstorm, amble through San Francisco’s Chinatown, or visit that Connecticut Radio Shack you’ve always wanted to see. Originally posted at News – Digital Media
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East to west, ‘Street Sounds’ maps U.S. in audio
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your workflow, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them. And, in the spirit of the times, we pay close attention to tools that you can get on the cheap, make yourself, or refurbish
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Slated for release on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network is SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. Unlike its predecessors, this installment “is rendered in 3D but takes place on a 2D plane, so our guesses at crisp new 2D sprites were clearly off.” Video after the break. …the “Episode 1″ title indicates long-term plans with at least a few downloadable releases already planned. [via 1UP ]
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Will Hit XBL and PSN This Summer
Finally, the Nexus One gets an OS update that gives it multitouch. The update also brings 3G connectivity improvements and access to Google Goggles. We also discuss the latest Android news, such as the Motorola Devour from Verizon Wireless, a possible new direct-from-Google phone from Motorola, an AT&T 3G … Originally posted at Dialed In
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Dialed In 113: Nexus One gets multitouch
The LG GD350 is a new and unknown cellphone from LG and at this time we don’t have any official details about the device, only a picture. Anyway, the LG GD350 will surely come with a 2-megapixel camera on the internal display screen, there might be another external screen but so far we don’t know. In the upcoming days we will probably have more details about the fresh GD350, until then you can admire the cellphone by looking at the photos. via Related Posts Today on MobileWhack.com Fujitsu Lifebook T900 available for purchase Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 released in the US LG KV230 ce… Cellphone Signal Extender If you’re tired of having a bad cellphone reception in some parts of your house, there is a simple..
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Found under: Orange , T-Mobile , UK , , This is the question folks Will Orange and T-Mobile UK merge in order to create the largest mobile conglomerate in the UK The move has been announced last year but it looks like it hasnt yet been approved. Both France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom are waiting for the move that will offer them a better position in UK. The merger might not go as initially thought as the Office of Fair Trading in the UK is worried that such a move might affect competition in mobile telecommunications i Read More Read more in mobile format
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Orange and T-Mobile UK to Merge or Not to Merge?
Even though the iPad was just announced, there are already plenty of concepts emerging that could take advantage of the device. This one is somewhat interesting, but dubious. It’s basically a huge display made from a bunch of refurbished/recycled iPads. (Once there are refurbished/recycled iPads to be had.) This concept is by Clarke Hopkins Clarke from Melbourne Australia
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the great wall of ipads
Found under: Windows Mobile 7 , Windows Mobile 6.5.3, , On our way to Windows Mobile 7 we will most likely pass through Windows Mobile 6.5.3. While Microsoft will surely unveil Windows Mobile 7 at MWC the first phones capable to run will only arrive later this year
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Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Details Now Available
This is potentially very exciting: Amazon has purchased a startup company specializing in touchscreen technology . It plans to merge it with the Kindle hardware division, which leads one to believe that maybe the next generation Kindle will have a touchscreen. The company claims its technology can distinguish between a finger and a stylus, as well as support simultaneous touch points (oooh . .
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Touchscreen Technology May Come to the Kindle
We just checked out Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies’ personal MiniPak fuel cell charger at CES last month, but the company’s already back with another product that promises to take fuel cells where you might not expect them: hobbyist R/C cars. That comes courtesy of the company’s new H-Cell 2.0 hydrogen fuel cell system, which is an add-on kit that’s designed to replicate the full-scale hydrogen systems now being used on actual cars. In fact, it can even be refueled using a model-scale hydrogen refueling station, which itself can be outfitted with solar panels or wind turbines for a completely carbon-free experience. No word on pricing just yet, but the kit will apparently be available on March 15th — head on past the break for a quick video demonstration. Continue reading Horizon debuts H-Cell 2.0 hydrogen fuel cell system for R/C cars Horizon debuts H-Cell 2.0 hydrogen fuel cell system for R/C cars originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:42:00 EST
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Horizon debuts H-Cell 2.0 hydrogen fuel cell system for R/C cars
Finally, there’s a little bit of good news for internet users – iiNet has successfully defended itself against the AFACT lawsuit, with the court ruling in the ISPs favour. UPDATED : With official statement from iiNet. (more…)
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ISPs Not Responsible For Bittorrent Piracy – iiNet Wins Court Case
I just received in this cheeky little gadget from Maximobileshop.com – it’s a mini external microphone for the Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) iPhone (and some iPod) devices. It’s quite a simple concept – much like a wired headset with an inline mic, this does away with all the cabling and just gives you a module you can plug in.
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Mini External Mic for iPhone from Maximobileshop.com is cool
We’ve been seeing a lot of an in-the-works device from RIM sporting both a full physical QWERTY keyboard and a clicking touchscreen, code-named the BlackBerry Magnum or Dakota . TD analyst Chris Umiatowski has it on good word that there will be a BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) that has those features as well as an optical trackpad. At first, I thought having the two input mechanisms would be redundant, but a lot of Android handsets are pulling it off these days. The absence of any kind of directional navigation was the key characteristic of the previously leaked device (above), although it was said that it was a prototype that would never see production
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Upcoming BlackBerry Packing Both Trackpad and SurePress Screen?
Apple launched the iPad exactly 1 week ago today , and although they said it wasn’t going to be shipping for another 60 days, they were nice enough to post a new version of the iPhone SDK (3.2) so that developers can start working on their new higher definition versions of iFart. Inside that SDK there just so happens to be some information about the next iPhone. Codenamed N89, the next iPhone has support for 720p video recording and version 3.1 of the AVC codec according to the MediaValidator.plist file that stores what types of media a device can handle. Does this mean the iPhone can record 720p video or simply be able to play it back?
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Next iPhone found in new SDK, codenamed N89, has support for 720p video recording
O2 has announced that Azzurri Communications, a leading independent managed service provider has become a strategic partner. Azzurri will help to deliver services to customers as part of 02’s Centre of Excellence programme. The new relationship means that Azzurri’s customers will benefit from additional resources, support and access to the latest propositions such as the iPhone, Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) Pre and Blackberry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) smartphones. The O2 ( NYSE: TEF ) Centre of Excellence programme is open to partners who pass qualifying criteria including customer service and proficiency in business mobile solutions
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O2UK and Azzurri create strategic relationship
Mobile apps, and especially branded apps, are all the rage now-a-days, but a resurgence in the lost art of sponsorship is making a comeback, and brands are shifting their thinking because of it. Steve Smith of MediaPost published a great article recently that talks about sponsorships in terms of mobile marketing, and what benefits the concept provides over branded apps. Marketers are increasingly realizing that not every brand translates easily into the kind of utility consumers really want on their phone, and thus sponsorships are becoming a more attractive option
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Forget Branded Mobile Apps, Sponsorships Are Making A Comeback In Mobile Marketing
The silly little sensor in the latest-gen iPod nano might have you thinking that high-quality video recording isn’t anywhere on Apple’s radar, but if you look in the smartphone space, HD video is shaping up to be the next gotta-have-it feature among the world’s most buzzworthy handsets — and sure enough, we’re getting some hints here that it’ll be on board the next iPhone. Remember that mysterious “N89″ device in the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK? We’ve been tipped off that a gander at the MediaValidator.plist file reveals a few telling stats: the maximum video width is up from 768 pixels to 1280, and the maximum number of pixels per frame is up to 921,600, which just happens to work out to 1280 x 720. The device’s AVC profile has been bumped from 3.0 to 3.1, too, which adds in support for 720p — so yeah, all the signs are there, and industry trends pretty much require that we expect it at this point. On a related note, DigiTimes notes that ASUS spin-off Pegatron has allegedly been picked up as an OEM for the N89 (or whatever the new iPhone’s internal code happens to be) — but it won’t be alone
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Pegatron on board to make next iPhone, might do 720p video recording?
….. making it the fastest growing independent mobile application store, apparently! Mobango has announced that in the past 12 months it saw a 500% increase in mobile applications downloads from the same period a year earlier.
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Mobango sees a 500% increase in downloads in the last 12 months
It’s “Failures!” month here at Make: Online. Throughout February, we’re going to be celebrating the flip side of making, doing, and risking: Sometimes things don’t work out as we plan. On the other hand, sometimes things work out exactly as we plan, but when the passion of inspiration is gone and we look back in the cold, sober light of morning we come to a painful realization: I just made a giant piece of crap. Thus it is that I hereby inaugurate a limited weekly series of posts called “What Was I Thinking?” in which I will be publicly cringing to recall celebrating some of my own more humbling morning-after moments. And possibly those of others.
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What Was I Thinking? Part 1: Light fishture
Not only does Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team (or SAHDMT for short) does have one of the greatest names I’ve heard a video game developer ever have, but they also have combined the fun of kicking a soccer ball around with the fun of brutally murdering zombies. With that in mind, and my years of killing virtual zombies, I decided to take their flagship title, Pro Zombie Soccer , for a spin. Pro Zombie Soccer has you playing as a highly-skilled soccer player named Jax. While looking for something to munch on, Jax is attacked by a super zombie who happened to be an even better soccer player than he was named Julinho. With that bite, Jax is infected with Julinho’s soccer skills, so he decides to use his newly acquired skills to take out some attacking zombies
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Hands-On Preview: Pro Zombie Soccer for iPhone (with Video)