It Costs Just $1.36 a Year to Charge an iPad
NEW YORK (AP) — That coffee you’re drinking while gazing at your iPad? It cost more than all the electricity needed to run those games, emails, videos and news stories for a year.The annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a non-profit research and development group funded by electric utilities.By comparison, a 60-watt compact fluorescent bulb costs $1.61, a desktop PC...
Evernote for Android gets new offline notebooks, widgets and more
By Donald Melanson posted Oct 19th 2012 3:31PM Evernote has already revamped a few of its offerings this month, and it’s now brought some changes to its Android app as well. That includes new offline notebooks for premium subscribers that’ll let you download multiple notebooks in one shot, a pared down note editor toolbar, retooled Action Bars for Android tablets and a new resizable Grid Widget for your homescreen. Not...
The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5pm ET!
By Brad Molen posted Oct 19th 2012 3:55PM It’s been too long since our last podcast, and our breadbaskets doth overflow with mobile news. The fall season is always a crazy one as companies unleash a flood of new phones before the holidays, so naturally we’re keeping ourselves pretty busy. Join us live as we work to make sense of it all, won’t you? October 19, 2012 5:00 PM EDT Read the original here: The Engadget...
Windows’ share of Microsoft sales falls to four-year low
The Windows division’s share of Microsoft’s revenue last quarter dropped to a four-year low as Windows 7 sales stalled before the launch of Windows 8, financial data released by Microsoft yesterday showed. The Windows and Windows Live group posted sales of $3.2 billion during the three months ending Sept. 30, a drop of 33% from the same period the year before. Revenue was reduced by the $1.2 billion that Microsoft deferred...
Foster the People Pumps Up with Logic Pro
For several months in 2011, the radio hit “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People was the song we couldn’t get out of our heads. For Mark Foster, who wrote the song, getting it out of his head — and into a demo — was no problem at all. Using Logic Pro, and playing all the instruments himself, Foster was able to write and record the single in just a day and a half. After the demo went viral on the web, the song climbed the charts and...
