Climbing Everest with iPad and iPhone
This spring en route to Mount Everest, Hilaree O’Neill, 39, a ski-mountaineer from Colorado who is part of our 2012 Everest expedition which will be covered live in the National Geographic iPad app, will trek the same valleys and work up to Base Camp just as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did 59 years ago when the duo claimed the first ascent. But on the mountain, fortunately, O’Neill will not be using the antiquated...
Adobe Revel 1.5 released with new UI, text captions and auto-syncing albums
By Jamie Rigg posted Aug 24th 2012 9:02AM Adobe’s cloud-based photo storage and editing app has been enjoying its new name since it hopped off the Carousel, and now it’s appreciating a feature bump too. Version 1.5 has just hit the virtual shelves of the Mac and iTunes stores, complete with a new UI and the option to log in using Facebook or Google accounts. Functionality wise, the update adds text captioning for your...
Samsung makes $56 more selling Galaxy Note 10.1 than Apple gets with iPad
Samsung makes $56 more selling each new $499.99 Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet than Apple gets by selling the iPad for the same price. That’s because Samsung’s cost for materials is just about $260, while Apple’s costs were $316 when its iPad with Wi-Fi and 16GB was first released, according to an IHS teardown report released Friday. Andrew Rassweiler, senior director of teardown services at IHS, said some recent...
Amazon and NBCUniversal expand Prime Instant Video deal, let you stream Parks and Rec in one place
By Brian Heater posted Aug 24th 2012 9:21AM Amazon and NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution today announced a deal that will expand the mega-retailer’s streaming selection by hundreds of episodes, including the likes of Parks and Recreation, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica. Prime users will be able to check out older seasons of those shows on their computers, iPads, Xbox 360s,...
Lowe’s Uses iPhone to Put Power In Hands of Employees and Customers
Since its early days as a small hardware store, Lowe’s has been in the business of helping homeowners achieve their dreams through do-it-yourself projects. Even though it currently operates in more than 1,725 locations throughout North America, the company has retained its neighborhood store feel, thanks to its hundreds of thousands of knowledgeable employees. Every day, those employees are approached by customers who want to know...
