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Wednesday, 28th September 2011

Amazon's New Kindles

In addition to the hotly anticipated Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon has announced a range of new e-ink Kindles. The first is a a full-screen, touch-controlled e-reader in the vein of its leading competitor, Barnes & Noble's latest Nook. It's called the Kindle Touch. The Wi-Fi only model is $99, and the 3G version is $149. A lighter full-screen…

Jon Mitchell comments

Tuesday, 27th September 2011

Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

Amazon just announced the Kindle Fire. It's a Wi-Fi only, 7-inch tablet with a full-color, backlit, 1024x600 IPS touchscreen (video). It has a dual-core processor, and it weighs 14.6 ounces. It looks like a BlackBerry PlayBook. The resemblance is not an accident; as Ryan Block at gdgt reported on Monday, the same original design manufacturer…

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MicroStrategy Announces Your Personal BI Cloud

If you aren't ready to totally give up your Excel spreadsheet to manage your business-critical metrics, then BI vendor MicroStrategy has an interesting solution for you called Cloud Personal. Announced today as a free public beta, you can upload data to their cloud repository analyze it, and share insights with your colleagues.

David Strom comments

Social Networks

Twitter's "Information Network" Under Pressure

"We're not a social network, we're an information network." That's what Twitter's vice president of engineering, Michael Abbott, told the crowd at Mobilize 2011 this week. That isn't new branding, Twitter has been denying it's a social network since at least a year ago. It all dates back to November 2009, when Twitter changed the question…

Social Richard MacManus comments

Latest Adobe AIR for Mobile Devices Supports NFC

Hackers will have fun building Adobe AIR apps for mobile devices that incorporate Near Field Communication (NFC) sensors, now that AIR version 3.0 enables software access to hardware data including vibration control, magnetometers, light sensors and NFC. The API is likely to lead to some really fun capabilities. Imagine all the accessibility and…

Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

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