Microsoft to reveal tablet pc ahead of Apple
There have been months of speculation about Apple’s highly anticipated tablet PC. After the long wait its unveiling may be as close as this month. For every new piece of technology that Apple is developing the enthusiasm of the public reaches boiling point in the weeks prior to the announcement. This time the its no [...]
Mobile devices to become biggest internet connector
Morgan Stanley has released a report about the rapidly changing mobile internet market;’ ” The mobile internet report” Morgan Stanley believes that within five years more users will connect to the internet with mobile devices than with desktop PC’s For those licensing media content this should be an important part of future plans. In many [...]
Another look at the future of magazines
After Sports Illustrated presented shared their ideas for a tablet-ready magazine, Swedish publisher Bonnier is now showing their take on the magazine of the future. The publisher has prepared this presentation in collaboration with UK design agency Berg . The experience is a bit more linear and traditional compared to the Sports Illustrated and Conde Nast [...]
Tablets come closer but publishers are getting cold feet
There’s more news on the highly anticipated Apple tablet. Sources are now saying that Apple is preparing to launch the tablet personal computer in late March or April, with manufacturer partners poised to roll out as many as 1 million units per month. This is according to an Oppenheimer research note. The highly anticipated tablet is [...]
Snaphaven uses bankvault and army bunker to protect images.
Swiss Data Group announced the launch of SnapHaven, an online photo storage site that guarantees the uploaded pictures for life. Snaphaven’s unique selling point is that it uses 4 levels of security to ensure pictures don’t get lost, this includes a Swiss bankvault and an army bunker. Users import photos through a desktop application and share them with [...]
The twitter for 2010?
Foursquare is a startup that aims to encourage people to explore their neighborhoods and then reward people for doing so. They do this by combining a friend-finder and social city guide elements with game mechanics . Users earn points, win mayorships and unlock badges for trying new places and revisiting old favorites. One of the [...]
Picscout grows 3277% over 5 years, makes Israel Fast50
Picscout has been ranked among the top 10 fastest growing technology companies of the 2009 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50. To determine that PicScout is among the fastest growing companies in Israel, Deloitte reviewed and calculated revenue growth percentages for fiscal year revenues over five years (2004-2008), comparing growth across all technology companies, and ranking [...]
Google has launched similar search
After testing it out in Google labs for 6 months Google is now launching similar search as a permanent feature in Google images. This is how it works: “Let’s say you want to find images of Ancient Egypt. Google Images will provide you with a rich variety of results, including pyramids, maps, relics, drawings and [...]
Faced with postal strike, Mediaweek goes online
This is how Mediaweek is dealing with a big postal strike in the UK. It has launched an online edition. It has used Ceros Media as the publishing platform. Like Issuu, as used by Fast Media Magazine, the platform allows uploading of a PDF file and turns this into an online magazine experience.
This company uses FBI technology to find your pictures
Until last week, Ted VanCleave and Joe Naylor had not seen each other for four years. Yet they have just launched their new business that has been two years in the making. ImageRights International is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the use of photographs and illustrations across the Internet, enabling the [...]
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