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Amazon, B&N Both Break Street Dates for Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet Sales

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The tablet war between Amazon and Barnes & Noble commenced earlier than expected with the both companies breaking their own street dates for their respective products.

Amazon announced that it will be shipping its hotly anticipated Kindle Fire tablet a few days before the original release date. Barnes & Noble, smelling that this could potentially derail their own plans have also announced that it will be releasing their Nook Tablet a couple of days before the original release date of November 18. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 16, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

Samsung Sells “Revised” Galaxy Tab in Germany

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Samsung hit a huge snag in Europe when Apple successfully petitioned the court to block the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Germany. Samsung is not about to take it lying down so it has devised a way to still sell its product in Germany.

Samsung plans to take advantage of the Christmas shopping frenzy by modifying the design of its new Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The redesign decision was made to avoid being accuse of patent infringement, the case being filed by Apple against Samsung. The redesigned tablet is now called 10.1N but it only sports minor differences with the original/first 10.1 tablet model. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 18, 2011 @ 12:08 pm

Penguin Opts Out of Kindle Library Lending Service

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In what is considered a move that could be followed by other top book publishers, the Penguin Group  has announced that it has asked Amazon to remove all of its e-books from the Amazon Kindle library lending service. The publisher said that security fears are the main reason it is stopping the lending of its books.

According to OverDrive, the company that works with Amazon in managing digital content to different institutions like libraries, schools and retailers, the Penguin Group said that it has asked to “suspend availability of new Penguin e-book titles from our library catalog and disable ‘Get for Kindle’  functionality for all Penguin e-books.” [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 23, 2011 @ 9:16 am

Google Voice App Finally Back To iTunes Fixing iOS5 Crash Bug

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Google Voice is one of the most wonderful innovations of Google. It is an incredible telecommunication service provided by Google and was launched on March 11, 2009. This incredible service is being used by over 1.4 million users all over the world and the number is rising continuously. The users increased dramatically since Google made it available for all Gmail subscribers by altering the Voice Service from invite only.

The user can configure and maintain this ultimate service of Google in a web based application easily. It can be configured through Gmail service, Android app or by the iOS app. Google voice provides free voice and video calling from PC to PC worldwide. All you need to avail this remarkable service is a Gmail account and a Google voice/video chat plugin. This plugin is available for Linux; Intel based Mac OS X and Windows. [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 23, 2011 @ 1:03 pm

T-Mobile sends “Presidential Alert” message to select customers

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After the terrorist attack that happened in September 11, 2001, The United sStates has become more conscious about what would happen in case a scenario similar that day occurs. It has led to a concerted effort to put in place measures to make sure that it never happens again or if it does, it is more prepared to handle the situation. One immediate result of this was the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. And now another step has been taken to further protect the American people – the Personal Localized Alert Network. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 7, 2011 @ 11:17 am