‘Ask Ziggy’, the Windows Phone rival to Apple’s Siri
Well, Windows Developer Shai Leib has jumped into the fray, and has introduced a Windows Phone app, dubbed ‘Ask Ziggy’, that, for all intents and purposes, attempts to rival Apple’s Siri personal assistant app for the iPhone 4S. Similar to Siri, Ask Ziggy uses voice recognition technology
Samsung’s Smart TV SDK reaches 3.0 with support for USB controllers, payment and ads
Even though all signs indicate Samsung will be joining the Google TV party shortly, it’s not going to give up on its own existing Smart TV platform just yet. We don’t know if it will run the two side by side as it has operated with Yahoo! Widgets, but the Korean manufacturer has announced it plans to
Tranquil PC ships MMC-12: a 1.5-inch thick, fanless HTPC
We haven’t heard from Britain’s own Tranquil PC in a hot minute, but the company’s storming into the new year with a machine that’s easy to overlook. In a good way. The MMC-12 Media Center measures just 1.5-inches thick, enabling it to be slid into (or under) just about any A/V rack. £649 (right around
HP teases glimpse of Spectre ultrabook, may be slotted in Envy lineup
HP has just dropped a teaser look at what may possibly be the company’s new ultrabook in their Envy laptop lineup, dubbed the Spectre. From the likes of the video, it looks to be an extremely thin notebook with a completely flat-shaped lid, but unfortunately, not much else is shown, than the ultrathin,
What SoundCloud’s Massive New Funding Means
What becomes possible when technology cuts out the middlemen in music publishing and distribution? A lot of very strange and sometimes wonderful things.
Berlin based music and audio sharing network SoundCloud has raised a reported $50m more venture capital from the super prestigious Kleiner Perkins
Snoop Dogg on The Price is Right and Celebritarianism in Tech Reporting
When its time for a celebrity appearance on any manner of show or ad spot that can be construed as cool, you can expect that Snoop Dogg wont be far behind. Last time we spoke about Snoop Dogg specifically, it was about a set of viral videos made for MetroPCS in which he re-named himself
La informática en 2011
La tendencia hacia la polarización se ha acentuado polarizado aún más este año, en el que numerosos esfuerzos en los campos tanto del hardware como del software se han centrado bien en pequeños aparatos móviles, bien en inmensos centros de datos.
El peligroso propósito de año nuevo de Internet
La legislación contra la piratería que se votará en el Senado de EE.UU. este mes de enero podría traer muchos inconvenientes.
Vizio flashes a sleek new HDTV design in Rose Bowl ad, we’ll see more at CES (video)
For the second year in a row, it looks like Vizio has taken advantage of its sponsorship of the Rose Bowl to tease a new product — last year it was an Android tablet, and the 2012 game brought this new display design. It flashes around :25 into the ad (embedded after the break), and while there’s no
Etymotic revamps its ETY-Kids3 in-ear headphones, kid-safe volume, now with iPhone controls
Got your kid an iDevice for the holidays? Now they’d like some headphones with inline controls, you say? Well, being the amazing that parent that you are, you’re okay with it, but you’d also like to ensure they can’t blow-out their eardrums before hitting high school. Fret not, as Etymotic has just unveiled