Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the Best E-Ink Screen You Can Buy [REVIEW]

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• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the Best E-Ink Screen You Can Buy [REVIEW]
• Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app
• Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery
• Jetpack Joyride tops Android Games of the Week
• Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery
• The Kindle Paperwhite Is Evidently Amazing
• Nokia, Oracle to announce mapping deal: WSJ
• 'Dexter' Season 7 Premiere Available in Full on YouTube [VIDEO]
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the Best E-Ink Screen You Can Buy [REVIEW]
• Watch This Epic iPhone 5 Vs. Android Song
• Viral Video Recap: Hottest Memes of the Week
• Candidates Mum on Climate Change
• Smartphone Camera Shootout: iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy SIII vs. iPhone 4S
• Google’s new Field Trip app puts an Android-powered tour guide in every pocket [video]
• Simon Cowell and Will.i.am Planning Show to Find the Next Steve Jobs
• Time Warner flips switch on new Lakers channels
• Xi3 Packs a Fully Functional Desktop PC Into a Tiny Cube [VIDEO]
• Here's Why Tumblr Will Be Down Next Weekend
• Gmail app gets updated for iPhone 5′s wide display
• Which is Sorriest, Apple Maps or Siri? [SUNDAY COMICS]
• Book About Kickstarter Fails to Raise Enough Money on Kickstarter
• New Xbox Live Rewards program encourages gamers to play more Xbox
• Top 10 GIFs of the Week
• 5 Mobile Photographers Capturing the World With Android
• Does This Video Show the iPad Mini?
• Facebook to FTC: Let Us Advertise to Children
• 4 Tips to Avoid Work-From-Home Email Scams
• Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the Best E-Ink Screen You Can Buy [REVIEW] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT image-size

Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service and pledged to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones. In an unusual mea culpa, he invited frustrated consumers to turn to the competition.

Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies.

Jetpack Joyride tops Android Games of the Week Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT I know I say things like this pretty often, but holy cow, is this week impressive. Not only do we get the latest Rovio game based on the Angry Birds universe, but we also get a great runner based on the recent Rayman: Origins, and we finally get a port of Jetpack Joyride, which tops our list. Those three releases may be the best three-hit combo Android has seen, and that's not even counting the awesomeness that is Subway Surfers. What a treat this is for everyone. Anyway, here are this week's top Android games.

Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies.

The Kindle Paperwhite Is Evidently Amazing Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:07 PM PDT When the press embargo for the Kindle Paperwhite lifted on Sunday night, seemingly everyone in the tech blogosphere seemed to sing its praises in unison. The new e-reader, now at the bottom end of Amazon's lineup of devices, with a new front-lit screen, a thinner profile and faster performance. Based on the tone of the reviews, though, this thing might as well be made out of chocolate-covered diamonds, it's so stunning.

Nokia, Oracle to announce mapping deal: WSJ Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:18 PM PDT (Reuters) - Phone maker Nokia Oyj is expected to announce a deal that will give customers of technology company Oracle Corp access to Nokia's mapping services, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deal may be announced on Monday in San Francisco at the OracleWorld conference. It was confirmed by a Nokia spokesperson, the newspaper said. Finland's Nokia, which has been looking for ways to boost its location services business, also recently signed mapping deals with Groupon Inc and Amazon.com Inc. ...

'Dexter' Season 7 Premiere Available in Full on YouTube [VIDEO] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:50 PM PDT Showtime has posted Sunday's season-seven premiere of serial-killer drama Dexter on its YouTube channel, with the brief description, "Debra attempts to reconcile with Dexter."

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the Best E-Ink Screen You Can Buy [REVIEW] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT image-size

Watch This Epic iPhone 5 Vs. Android Song Posted: 30 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT YouTube vocal heavyweights J Rice and Peter Hollens pit the iPhone 5 against Android devices in these two funny music videos, featuring "Gangnam Style" elevator dance moves and plenty of smack talk.

Viral Video Recap: Hottest Memes of the Week Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT Look, folks -- we here at Mashable know you're too busy with work, school, friends and family to scour YouTube for the week's best videos. That's why we do it for you!

Candidates Mum on Climate Change Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT How can we break the ice and get a political conversation started about climate change, David Biello asks.

Smartphone Camera Shootout: iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy SIII vs. iPhone 4S Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:57 AM PDT Smartphone cameras are getting better all the time. Optical zoom lenses aside, it's not uncommon for a high-end smartphone camera to match or even beat the quality from a small pocket digital camera.

Google’s new Field Trip app puts an Android-powered tour guide in every pocket [video] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT Say hello to Google's (GOOG) latest exploration app, Field Trip. Field Trip works by running in the background on Android smartphones (iOS version is coming soon), and just like a local tour guide, it can provide detailed information about a specific location without user intervention. The app will pop up useful nuggets on things like landmarks, restaurants and shopping deals when users are at certain locations. Google says Field Trip even knows when a person is driving and will read out bits of trivia on interesting places when they pass them. But, trivia is only as good as its sources. Here are the "brains" behind the Field Trip app: Arcadia for local places; Thrillist, Food Network, Zagat, and Eater for foods

Simon Cowell and Will.i.am Planning Show to Find the Next Steve Jobs Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:12 AM PDT Would you watch an American Idol or X-Factor show for finding America's next great entrepreneurial talent?

Time Warner flips switch on new Lakers channels Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:10 AM PDT A few months ago, Time Warner Cable Inc. was crying foul at the high price it had to pay to air Knicks and Rangers games in New York. Now, the shoe is on the other foot.

Xi3 Packs a Fully Functional Desktop PC Into a Tiny Cube [VIDEO] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:04 AM PDT The demise of the desktop computer industry can be attributed to several factors including the ubiquity of laptops, mobile technology and rise of cloud computing. Traditional desktops can be heavy, expensive and largely immutable, especially when compared to the highly modifiable models of the Xi3 Corporation. Xi3 says it aims to design universal, energy-efficient and cost-effective modular computers.

Here's Why Tumblr Will Be Down Next Weekend Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT Prediction: Your Tumblr will be down for a while next weekend.

Gmail app gets updated for iPhone 5′s wide display Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:45 AM PDT Following on the heels of Netflix (NFLX), Google (GOOG) has updated yet another key iOS app to fit onto the iPhone 5′s larger four-inch screen. As MacRumors writes, the latest version of Gmail released onto the App Store on Friday has been "optimized for the iPhone 5," although Google doesn't say whether this optimization involves anything other than adjusting for new screen size. Although smaller app developers have griped about not having enough time to adjust their apps to the iPhone 5′s larger screen, the big players so far have had no problem updating their apps in a timely fashion. Read

Which is Sorriest, Apple Maps or Siri? [SUNDAY COMICS] Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:48 AM PDT Hey Apple Maps and Siri, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy of The Joy of Tech think you both owe us an apology.

Book About Kickstarter Fails to Raise Enough Money on Kickstarter Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:34 AM PDT Look up the definition of irony in next year's edition of the dictionary, and you're bound to read about Crowdfunding: A Guide to What Works and Why.

New Xbox Live Rewards program encourages gamers to play more Xbox Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT At last, the Xbox 360 Gamerscore is no longer just for show. Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox Live Rewards program is now giving gamers special perks for having higher Gamerscores. Rewards are split into three tiers: Contender, Champion and Legend. Contender rewards gamers with a Gamerscore of 3,000 to 9,999 with a "special gift" during their birthday month (the prize is only worth $0.25 and is likely an Avatar item). Champion-level Gamerscores between 10,000 and 24,999 will be rewarded the special gift and 1% rebate on Xbox Live Marketplace purchases every month. And lastly, gamers with Gamerscores of 25,000 and higher qualify for Legend status, which includes everything Champion players get, but instead of a 1% rebate, they'll get a 2% rebate every

Top 10 GIFs of the Week Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:53 AM PDT 1. GIF Museum

5 Mobile Photographers Capturing the World With Android Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:58 AM PDT With advances in smartphone technology and camera resolution, it's now easier than ever to capture quality images with the mobile device you carry everywhere. The rise of photo editing apps has added to this movement toward mobile photography, which is becoming a burgeoning and reputable art form.

Does This Video Show the iPad Mini? Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT A new video purports to show a mockup of the long-rumored but still-unannounced Apple iPad Mini.

Facebook to FTC: Let Us Advertise to Children Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:52 AM PDT The Federal Trade Commission is considering an update to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a 1998 bill designed to protect children's online privacy. Most of COPPA's regulations are geared toward websites specifically designed for children under 13, such as Club Penguin.

4 Tips to Avoid Work-From-Home Email Scams Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT Chelsea P. Gladden is the Director of Marketing & PR for FlexJobs, an award-winning service that helps job-seekers find professional opportunities that also offer work flexibility, such as telecommuting, freelance, part-time or alternative schedules.

Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:14 AM PDT Chris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games. Download a free issue of CTR here.

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