Square system lets mobile devices take card payments
Posted by admin in Mobile technology on 03. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Square is a card reader and app system that allows mobile devices to receive credit or debit card payments There’s no debating that credit and debit cards are convenient, but typically the only places that you can use them are in businesses, or via the phone or internet. In 2009 the co-founder of Twitter, Jack [...]
Apple unveils new slimmed down, streaming-focused Apple TV
Posted by admin in Computers on 02. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Apple’s shrunk down Apple TV The “one more thing” at Apple’s September 1 event was an updated Apple TV. Apple has certainly cranked up the ol’ shrink ray for a form factor that is 80 percent smaller than the previous generation. The rumored addition of apps didn’t eventuate nor did the rebranding to “iTV” but, [...]
Nanoresonators Form Super-High-Resolution Display, With Pixels Eight Times Finer Than iPhone’s
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 28. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s Only Blurry Because It’s Magnified The world’s smallest University of Michigan logo, magnified thousands of times. Apple is justifiably proud of their so called "retina display", but a new display technology promises to make it look like about as sharp as a worn out 1977 Sylvania Superset. This picture might look fuzzy, but that’s [...]
iPod Shuffle2020 always remains in sync with the music in your PC
Posted by admin in Concept, Electronics on 02. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Projecting a music player for the year 2020, designer José Ignacio Martínez has developed a portable music player concept for Apple dubbed the “iPod Shuffle2020” that packs unlimited music and battery capacity. Sending the user’s music in his iTunes account through G3 Internet to the inner receptor of the Shuffle, the device is updated automatically [...]
Although It’s Been Said Many Times, Many Ways: The iPad is the Future
Posted by admin in Computers on 06. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ve been using the iPad since Saturday. Here are my thoughts and impressions so far After a weekend using the iPad, I’ve realized I’m not interested in hedging my reaction to it with careful considerations of its lack of a USB port or webcam. It’s not every day, or every year or maybe even every [...]
