Facebook expected to introduce themed Android OS, HTC handset next week
HTC’s Status may not have been a tremendous hit, but it looks like Facebook hasn’t severed its ties with the smartphone maker just yet. According to TechCrunch and New York Times sources, April 4th’s “Come See Our New Home on Android” event is set to feature an HTC smartphone with a custom, Facebook-centric OS. It’s perhaps the next best thing to a phone designed and manufactured by Facebook, but...
Cisco lays off 500
The Network World story, “Cisco lays off 734 or 1% of workforce,” which was posted to the wire on Wednesday, incorrectly stated the number of layoffs. It was 500. Link: Cisco lays off 500http://www.profollica.com
PC Mag: iMac is Editor’s Choice
Viewing Apple’s iMac 27-inch (Late 2012) desktop (model MD096LL/A) from the front, it looks at first as if Apple is doing the same thing to the iMac that it did with the Mac mini (Late 2012): updating the internal hardware but leaving the exterior unchanged. The edge-to-edge glass over the display, the wide brushed aluminum “chin” below the display, the single piece aluminum standit’s clearly an iMac. If...
Taking the US-bound Smart Electric Drive for a spin (video)
The eponymous “Smart car” has been buzzing around city streets in the US for over five years now. It’s actually called the Fortwo, thanks to its limited seating capacity, and while it didn’t prove to be an immediate hit, sales have been steadily increasing. An electric version of the car has been available in limited numbers overseas for years now, but finally this year it’s coming to the US. And this is...
Apple iMac Review: A Reason to Get a Desktop Computer
You could say that out of all the products Apple has announced in the last few years, its line of desktops have been, well, the least sexy. New iPad? Ahhhh! New iPhone? Where do I line up? But a new desktop? Eh. In a world where everything is focused on the mobile and where ultrathin laptops suffice as one’s main computer, the large and in charge desktops tend to be ignored. But there’s no ignoring Apple’s new...
