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Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Video: Sprint 4G EVO phone up close
Sprint and HTC launched the 4G EVO phone yesterday at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. The Android 2.1 OS phone includes a 4.3-inch touchscreen, 8 megapixel digital camera and can access data on Sprint's 4G WiMAX network. Here's an upclose look at the phone and some of its features. Read More


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Video: Boost Your Cell Phone Signal
There's a bunch of new cell phones and smart phones at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas this week, but they all don't mean diddly if the carrier network has a weak signal or if they drop calls. So it's cool to see gadgets like the Sleek from Wilson Electronics, which offers an easy way to boost your signal strength and potentially not have dropped calls in dead zones. Read More

Iron Geek Triathlon: The Video
Yes, we went through with it. As part of the fun at South by Southwest Interactive 2010 in Austin, Texas, a bunch of us created the first annual "Iron Geek Triathlon", a series of three competitive events aimed at crowning the true geek champion. Watch on. Read More

Video: SanDisk squeezes 32GB onto microSD card
I continue to be amazed at the amount of storage capacity they can squeeze into smaller and smaller cards. SanDisk continues to do this, announcing a 32GB microSD card for smart phones and cell phones at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. Read More

Video: Gwabbit moves contacts to the cloud
Gwabbit was at DEMO last year, offering a great software app that takes contacts from e-mails and self-populates them into Outlook. The company is now heading to the cloud, taking the same technology and putting it in the "gwab-o-sphere", and synchronizing them with Facebook, Salesforce.com and other apps. Read More


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Video: Nyoombl's Greypfroot integrates TV and PC videoconferencing
The guys at Nyoombal had some glitches during their on-stage demo at DEMO 2010 today, but the technology is a very cool thing. The emerging technology shows how users can conduct PC to TV, or TV to TV videoconferencing without users needing the same hardware and software at both endpoints. With the TV integration, a call coming in requires just one button to answer (via a remote control). Read More

Video: MiniMash offers multimedia mashups through browser
At DEMO 2010, MiniMash was showing its platform for taking photos, videos and music and turning them into quick and cool mashups for sharing. Mashup creation has been tackled before, but this seems like an easier way to create them. With the rise in photo sharing through social networks, I can see more mashups getting installed and shared via Facebook than just static photo albums. Read More

Video: Vivox adds VoIP to social applications
At DEMO 2010, Vivox had a very good demo of its Voice over IP software that it can add to social applications, including Facebook. The company has already worked with gaming applications, and is bringing that knowledge to social networks. For anyone who wants to have a voice chat via Facebook, this is pretty cool. Read More

Video: GlideTV shows easier integration of TV, Internet
Internet TV got a lot of play at DEMO spring 2010 on Tuesday, and one of those demonstrators was GlideTV, which highlighted its new remote control and software to make viewing Internet content and Internet video on a normal or high-def TV. For people who want to merge those two worlds, this is a step in the right direction. Read More


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Video: Tooncasts aims to simplify animation creation
NetToons had an interesting software/Web service called Tooncasts that allow users to create professional-looking cartoons through an easy-to-understand and operate interface. The demo in the video utilized a character named Emily the Strange, which apparently appeals to teen-age girls (not my demographic), but the company plans on offering other content and characters. Read More

Video: VenueGen offers Webconferencing with virtual avatars
There might not be many people left in Second Life, but at DEMO spring 2010 one company wants to take that virtual world template and bring it into the board room. VenueGen had an impressive demonstration of its service, which lets users upload their photos and create a virtual avatar representation of themselves for serious Webconferences. Read More

Video: DEMO starts with a Bang
A la Office Space, the CEO from ABJK Co., Josh Kerr, destroys a fax machine as part of his on-stage DEMO at DEMO Spring 10 in Palm Desert, Calif. Here's the video. Read More

Khu.sh's LaDiDa iPhone app turns your voice into a pop star
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Kensington Nightstand Charging Dock refreshes your iPhone while you sleep
The scoop: Nightstand Charging Dock for iPhone, by Kensington, about $35. Read More



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