Kyt Dotson
Latest from Kyt Dotson
Android Apps Appear to Make Use of NFC
We just got the news that the Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 would support Near-Field Communication we’ve seen news that developers have already jumped on the bandwagon and produced the first NFC applications. According to the aptly named Near Field Communications World blog, they these first two apps are named Taglet and EnableTable—a Japanese ...
Google Voice Now With Google Translate
Google Voice brought us a sort of bridge between the Web and voicemail—I’ve been using it for quite some time now—but what we’ve really been itching for is something that’s been hinted at for a while: the ability to translate live speech into other languages. The Voice product already capably transcribed voicemails (although sometimes with ...
Microsoft May be Facing an Xbox 360, Kinect Shortage
In a trend where success can be its own defeat, rumors are spreading that Microsoft might be facing a shortage of their Xbox 360 consoles and Kinect peripherals. In an article on VentureBeat, they examine the total number of units shipped and produced in yet-another-logistics-beatdown for the software giant. Microsoft saw huge demand for the ...
RIM Expanding into Cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Plans Support for Other Devices
For many years now, RIM has enjoyed a privileged position in the elite financial and corporate communication spheres due to their superior security and other innovations. However, due to changing networks, financial concerns, and personal preferences, even their previous supporters have been looking into permitting other devices in the hands of their employees. In a ...
Solar Powered Apple Products Coming, Patent May Lead the Way
There’s some rumors circulating about Apple potentially preparing a solar powered device—or at least including technology to do so for some yet-unannounced product. This is all based on the uncovering of a Q1 2009 patent filing for a small, low-powered solar array for mobile devices. The patent is cited by an article on TechCrunch, but ...
Apple iOS 4.3 Released, Feature Updates Revealed
Looks like iOS 4.3 is going to bring us a lot of feature updates and Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb has rounded them up for us to read about. Among them, the toggle on the side of the iPad, which once had been an orientation lock (to prevent the iPad from flipping orientation when handled) turned ...
Demand Media IPO Brings SEC Scrutiny, Industry Curiosity
California based Demand Media just came out with their IPO showing 4,500,000 shares estimated between $14.00 and $16.00. With this valuation, their IPO should become a gigantic windfall for the corporation; if the average price per stock falls between those expected values they’ll make at least $58.1 million. All this is brilliant and good for ...
New Hello Bar Makes It Easier to Engage Your Website Users: INVITES
Capturing the attention and directing the actions of users is extremely important for website builders. Eyeballs make or break the functionality and navigation of a site and in a lot of cases, most visitors simply bounce off the page they visit, so a great deal of designers aim for getting eyeballs past that first page. ...
Kinect Interface for Controlling Humanoid Aldebaran NAO Robot
It’s still primitive, but the Kinect seems to be the best consumer-side telepresence and remote-operation device to hack right now. In fact, in a playful toy sort of way, we’ve just come across a video on YouTUBE that shows a user controlling an Aldebaran Nao humanoid robot with the Microsoft Kinect. I’ve mentioned before why ...
Verizon Finally Unveils iPhone and It Will not be 4G
The big news is in: Verizon is getting the iPhone and it’s arriving February 10th. For years now, AT&T has been the go-to network if you wanted to play with Apple’s flagship mobile device. Interestingly, due to their exclusivity, AT&T’s iPhone network suffered under the staggering demands of users and may even look forward to ...