Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

Episode #2 Lew’s acting lessons in eye and face conversations…

to join his acting class... Simply email lewrhonsmith@gmail.com and get the mp3 so you too can begin acting at the speed of light! Enjoy... ... "Episode #2" "lew's acting class" "palm pre" sprint beyonce ego "mariah carey" oprah chicken money hope obama spirit jonas "single ladies" "anjelina jolie" "brad pitt" ciara "whitney houston" "laddy ... Full story

Taipei company sues Apple over touch screen patents

San Francisco - Taipei-based company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple for the alleged infringement of two of its touch screen patents in the iconic US technology company's iPhone and other devices. The suit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court in San Francisco, close to Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters, court papers posted Wednesday showed. Elan, which makes touchpads, claims it owns the patents covering the touch ... Full story

Taipei company sues Apple over touch screen patents

San Francisco, April 9 (DPA) Taipei-based company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple for the alleged infringement of two of its touch screen patents in the iconic US technology company's iPhone and other devices. The suit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court in San Francisco, close to Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters, court papers posted Wednesday showed. Elan, which makes touchpads, claims it owns the patents covering ... Full story

Why Crowdsourcing Isn’t For Everyone

Brian Caulfield, Forbes.com SAN FRANCISCO--If you were to do a case study on the power of crowdsourcing, T-shirt brand Threadless could be the subject. The company's founders, however, had no idea they were pioneering a groundbreaking new business model when they got started. The biggest surprise? "That that many people want T-shirts," Jake Nickell, founder and chief strategy officer of SkinnyCorp, the company behind Threadless, told a ... Full story

Now, Braille-ready touch-screen phone for the blind

London, Apr 1 (ANI): If you thought that blind people cannot afford to use touch-screen devices like the iPhone, you are certainly mistaken, for scientists have now created a vibrating touch screen phone that can simulate Braille characters. In Braille, letters are encoded using a two-by-three matrix in which each character is represented by a different configuration of raised and absent dots at the six locations. ... Full story

Vdopia launches iVdopia

New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): Vdopia, the fastest-growing premium advertising network, has announced the launch of iVdopia (http://www.ivdopia.com), its iPhone 3G ad platform and network. With iVdopia, the hottest cellular device in the world becomes the most potent means to engage users, anytime and anywhere, with the widest range of engaging ad formats, including pre-application advertising videos, and, for the first time, sponsorship ... Full story

Palm Pre smartphone named the hottest gadget on Earth

London, Mar 7 (ANI): The Palm Pre, dubbed the "iPhone killer", has topped the list of the 100 hottest gadgets on the planet. First unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, the smartphone boasts a slide-out keyboard, 8GB of storage capacity, and a multi-touch 3.1 inch colour screen. The device runs on ... Full story

Bill Gates ‘bans’ Apple products from family home

Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates has banned his family from using Apple's iPhone and iPod gadgets. In an interview to Vogue magazine, Melinda Gates has revealed that Bill has barred in three kids, Jennifer, 13, Rory, 10 and Phoebe, 7 from using any of the Apple products. "There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household. But iPods and ... Full story

Social networking could change the world

London, Feb 28 (ANI): The tools of "Web 2.0" - the community-driven web - can change the world, a meeting heard this week. Delegates at the Terra future conference in London were told that social networks can really make a difference, and Barack Obama's election campaign believes the notion. Last year, tech guru Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly ... Full story

Nintendo Wii – the gadget that makes people ‘most happy’

London, Feb 27 (ANI): The Nintendo Wii has beaten off the iPod to become the gadget that "makes people most happy", says a new British poll. According to the survey of over 2,500 callers to The Gadget Helpline, a phone service that consumers having problems with broken electrical equipment can call for help, the results underline the increasing popularity of games consoles, once considered a hobby ... Full story

Former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan addicted to iPhone

Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): The Taliban, which follows an extremely strict and anti-modern ideology, are well known for banning music, movies and all sorts of conveniences are no more averse to latest iPhones. The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan until late 2001, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, surprised Al Jazeera reporter Hamish Macdonald during an interview earlier this month when whipped out his iPhone. "I'm addicted. The Internet is ... Full story

Now, a tool to keep a tab on buses via cell phone

Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Hate waiting for your bus? Take heart, for two University of Washington students have developed a new tool that can allow you to keep a track of the vehicle using a cell phone, iPhone or computer. OneBusAway, created by Brian Ferris, a UW doctoral student in computer science and Kari Watkins, a UW doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering since a ... Full story

Top 10 technologies that can improve morning commute

Washington, January 26 (ANI): A laser-based system called LightLane, which can help keep cyclists safe from fast moving vehicles, is being proposed as one of the newest technologies that can improve that morning commute. The system clearly mark, in bright red lights, where car lanes end and bike lanes begin, helping keep cyclists safe even at night when reflective devices don't quite cut it. Second ... Full story