Saturday, October 1, 2011

SpaceX Plans 100% Reusable Spacecraft With Retrorocket Re-entry [VIDEO] (Mashable)

SpaceX Plans 100% Reusable Spacecraft With Retrorocket Re-entry [VIDEO] (Mashable)

SpaceX Plans 100% Reusable Spacecraft With Retrorocket Re-entry [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Mashable - [More from Mashable: NASA: 6.5-Ton Satellite Falling to Earth Friday or Saturday]

Samsung delivers top Android devices this week (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Appolicious - Samsung's been killing it in the Android market these past few months, launching smartphone after smartphone, tablet after tablet. Not shying away from competition, Samsung's upped the ante with another new line of devices, this time to compete with the iPod Touch. The Samsung Player series offers Internet access and apps galore, but doesn't make phone calls. The Korean manufacturer also released its famed Galaxy S II on AT&T.

Small market Brewers chase big dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Reuters - For years, the only September race that held any interest for Milwaukee Brewers fans was a sprint between the team's famous sausage mascots before the bottom of the sixth inning of every home game.

Guest Post: 7 great Android apps for road trippers (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - What happens when an iPhone/Android app startup wants to get out of its Silicon Valley offices and into local communities to meet users, support local businesses, and see the country? A killer road trip transpires, of course. My Bizzy colleagues and I packed our bags and hit the road in a rented minivan this past July to drive cross-country from San Francisco to Boston. We hosted dinners and meet-ups in 16 cities along the way. In fact, we had such a great response that some of the team hit the road again in mid-September to travel from Portland, OR, to Seattle, WA.

Study: Average person spends nearly eight hours a month on Facebook (Digital Trends)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:28 PM PDT

Digital Trends - According to an updated study released earlier today by Nielson, Facebook is still eats up the most amount of time for a typical Web user. Clocking in at 7 hours and 45 minutes, the average person spends that much time each month wandering though endless status updates, leaving comments on new media from friends and playing social games like Zynga’s CityVille. However, Facebook is still number two when it comes to the total Internet audience. Google takes the top spot again and the average user spends about 1 hour and 45 minutes on Google products each month. AOL and its variety of Web properties take second place in regards to the amount of time spent on an AOL site, nearly three hours per user per month.

Over a third of Android phones in the U.S. are 4G-enabled (Digital Trends)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Digital Trends - In a study conducted earlier this week by research firm Localytics, nearly 37 percent of all Android smartphones are now 4G-enabled. While the term 4G is still a loose description of faster data speeds beyond 3G capable phones, the research firm defined LTE, WiMAX, or HSPA+ capable phones as being 4G-enabled. The top three smartphones driving this growth of 4G adoption include the HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon, the HTC Evo 4G on Sprint and the Samsung Droid Charge on Verizon. Other contributing smartphones include the Sprint Epic 4G, HTC myTouch 4G on t-Mobile, Motorola Atrix on AT&T, EVO Shift 4G on Sprint, Samsung Galaxy S 4G on T-Mobile, HTC EVO 3D on Sprint and LG Revolution on Verizon.

Not into Skype ads? Lots of video chat options remain (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Appolicious - If you've used your Skype app lately, you'll notice something TechCrunch wrote up the other day – if you're a freeloading Skyper, you better like ads.

NFC update expands on mobile sharing technology (Digital Trends)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Announced by the NFC Forum this week, near field communication technology got an upgrade in the form of device to device communication. Before this upgrade, the existing form of NFC utilizes an active device and a passive device, ideal for transactions like checking out in line at the grocery store. For instance, credit card information is stored on a smartphone and offered up to a store’s checkout terminal when asked. The upgrade to the technology (Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol) allows devices to communicate back and forth actively. This would allow a wider range of actions to be built into applications beyond simply utilizing the technology when purchasing items.

YouTube video of deaf woman hearing for first time goes viral (Digital Trends)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Deaf since birth, 29-year-old Sloan Churman had been wearing hearing aids since the age of two. Eight weeks ago, she had a Esteem hearing implant surgically placed behind her ear. After allowing the implanted area to heal, Ms. Churman went into the doctor’s office to have the device turned on. After a bit of calibration, she was able to hear her voice for the very first time and her husband captured the moment of the first moments on video as well as uploaded the video to YouTube. The video of her first moment of hearing can be seen below.

Yes, The Kindle Fire Is A Loss Leader (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:39 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Among the earliest whispers about Amazon's planned rival to the iPad, a theme emerged: it would be cheaper, much cheaper, than its Apple competition. The rumors proved true when Amazon unveiled a $199 tablet computer that lacks some of the iPad's features but significantly undercuts its $499 base price. This led naturally to another question: Can Amazon be making money on such a cheaply priced gadget?
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