Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs
As companies strive to regain the ground lost to the recession, CEOs are talking a lot about innovation. Some have decreed that a certain percentage of revenue must come from brand-new products and services each year. If CEOs want innovation, then CIOs ought to want patents. Not for internal IT operations inventions, but for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology. The innovation mandate, and the...
Switched On: iOS 6 gets back from the app
By Ross Rubin posted Sep 30th 2012 5:30PM Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Apple’s App Store has more smartphone apps than those of its competitors. But the sheer size of the library is not the only source of consternation for Google or Microsoft, which would both readily concede that it’s also important to obtain the kind of key apps, optimized apps and platform-first apps...
iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million
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Distro Issue 59: Boston’s DBC City Bike is putting a new spin on an old design
By Billy Steele posted Sep 28th 2012 9:30AM As the summer comes to a close (as least north of the equator), temperatures are dropping and the leaves are beginning to change their hues. Leisurely strolls and bike rides that had become quite uncomfortable are options for relaxation once again. Speaking of bicycles, that’s precisely where the cover story of this week’s edition of our tablet mag focuses. Terrence O’Brien...
Google offers up more high-res places in Maps / Earth, intros additional 45-degree imagery
By Brian Heater posted Sep 28th 2012 9:54AM Google’s mapping offerings are getting a little bit better this week. The software giant’s announced the addition of a slew of high-res aerial and satellite images for 17 cities and 112 countries / regions — it’s a long list, so your best bet is accessing the source link below to check out all of the offerings. Google’s also adding 45-degree imagery in Maps for...
