Sunday, October 31, 2010
Fortune: Verizon iPhone Debuts Early 2011
The elusive Verizon iPhone is going to become a reality early next year, according to a chorus of mainstream publications.
Following The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Bloomberg, now Fortune claims that a Verizon iPhone is “fait accompli” (i.e., a done deal).
Repeating past rumors, Fortune says the new iPhone will be compatible with Verizon’s CDMA network. Fortune notes that globetrotters won’t be able to use the phone outside the United States: Most international networks rely on the GSM standard, so the Verizon iPhone can’t be used as a “world phone.”
Tech observers and analysts have squabbled about a Verizon iPhone for years, and the device appears to be forthcoming. Perhaps the most telling sign was when Verizon announced earlier this month that it would sell Apple’s iPads ? a move that reveals that Apple and Verizon are finally partners.
See Also:
- Verizon to Sell Apple’s iPad, But Is iPhone Next?
- Analyst Predicts Verizon iPhone Announcement Next Week
- WSJ: Verizon iPhone Debuts Early 2011
- Bloomberg: Verizon to Launch iPhone in 2011
- Verizon to Apple: We Want the iPhone
- AT&T Sees No Threat in a Verizon iPhone
- Big Chunk of Verizon Customers Would Switch to an iPhone
Photo of an AT&T-compatible iPhone 4: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/eUXsv-z43M4/
Gadget Lab Podcast: Google?s Neutered TV, Elusive White iPhone, Tablet Sequels
In this week’s Gadget Lab podcast, the crew fiddles around with a mildly useless iPad stylus (made by Hard Candy) before diving into more serious news about innovation-blocking cable networks, a phone you can’t have and some upcoming tablets.
We discuss the Logitech Revue, one of the first set-top boxes running the Google TV operating system. It’s a sweet device, but the problem is the TV networks have neutered it by blocking access to their internet TV channels. Jerks!
Also in the bad-news department, Apple has delayed the white iPhone 4 once again ? this time until spring 2011 ? and we’re fairly sure that phone is never going to ship.
Topping off the podcast with some tablet-y goodness, Wired.com’s Priya Ganapati touches on Barnes & Noble’s next Nook e-book reader, which is basically a tablet that can only be used for reading.
Speaking of do-overs, the makers of the failed JooJoo say they’ll be back next year with a family of tablets running the Android OS.
Like the show? You can also get the�Gadget Lab video podcast via iTunes, or if you don?t want to be distracted by our unholy on-camera talent, check out the�Gadget Lab audio podcast. Prefer RSS? You can subscribe to the Gadget Lab�video or�audio podcast feeds
Or listen to the audio here:
Gadget Lab audio podcast #93
http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0093.mp3
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/usKPWZVIE74/
Veolia deploys carbon reduction software
Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 17:37:00
Firm implements green technology amid speculation that IT will be outsourced
to TCS
Recycling and waste management company
Veolia
Environmental Services has implemented a carbon management solution as part
of its carbon reduction commitment (CRC) strategy.
The company is using a product from sustainability software provider
CloudApps called Carbon, and Veolia has said that the comprehensive analytics
contained in the solution will allow it to target cost savings and set carbon
budgets across its UK business.
The company plumped for CloudApps following a comprehensive review of how
Veolia could effectively measure its carbon footprint.
?Monitoring and managing our carbon footprint is an integral part of our
corporate responsibility strategy,? said Simone Looi, environmental manager at
Veolia Environmental Services.
?We believe CloudApps can help position us as the leader in carbon management
across the waste sector.?
Meanwhile, Veolia Water is currently reviewing its IT support services. This
is part of an ongoing transformation programme.
There has been some speculation within the industry that the company will
outsource its IT to Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). However,
Veolia Water insists that no decision has been made and that the review is
ongoing and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2272457/veolia-environmental-services
Shuttle launch again delayed, now to Wednesday
Full story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39926316/ns/technology_and_science-space/
How your brain handles terrorism scares
Full story at http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/29/5375278-how-your-brain-handles-terror-scares
An Afternoon In Paris As An Illegal Immigrant
Despite expelling hundreds of Roma this summer and passing an immigration bill that critics call "harsh and discriminatory," France remains a beacon to immigrants. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, an American living in Paris, recently had her own brush with French immigration authorities.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Fortune: Verizon iPhone Debuts Early 2011
The elusive Verizon iPhone is going to become a reality early next year, according to a chorus of mainstream publications.
Following The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Bloomberg, now Fortune claims that a Verizon iPhone is “fait accompli” (i.e., a done deal).
Repeating past rumors, Fortune says the new iPhone will be compatible with Verizon’s CDMA network. Fortune notes that globetrotters won’t be able to use the phone outside the United States: Most international networks rely on the GSM standard, so the Verizon iPhone can’t be used as a “world phone.”
Tech observers and analysts have squabbled about a Verizon iPhone for years, and the device appears to be forthcoming. Perhaps the most telling sign was when Verizon announced earlier this month that it would sell Apple’s iPads ? a move that reveals that Apple and Verizon are finally partners.
See Also:
- Verizon to Sell Apple’s iPad, But Is iPhone Next?
- Analyst Predicts Verizon iPhone Announcement Next Week
- WSJ: Verizon iPhone Debuts Early 2011
- Bloomberg: Verizon to Launch iPhone in 2011
- Verizon to Apple: We Want the iPhone
- AT&T Sees No Threat in a Verizon iPhone
- Big Chunk of Verizon Customers Would Switch to an iPhone
Photo of an AT&T-compatible iPhone 4: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/eUXsv-z43M4/
Gadget Lab Podcast: Google?s Neutered TV, Elusive White iPhone, Tablet Sequels
In this week’s Gadget Lab podcast, the crew fiddles around with a mildly useless iPad stylus (made by Hard Candy) before diving into more serious news about innovation-blocking cable networks, a phone you can’t have and some upcoming tablets.
We discuss the Logitech Revue, one of the first set-top boxes running the Google TV operating system. It’s a sweet device, but the problem is the TV networks have neutered it by blocking access to their internet TV channels. Jerks!
Also in the bad-news department, Apple has delayed the white iPhone 4 once again ? this time until spring 2011 ? and we’re fairly sure that phone is never going to ship.
Topping off the podcast with some tablet-y goodness, Wired.com’s Priya Ganapati touches on Barnes & Noble’s next Nook e-book reader, which is basically a tablet that can only be used for reading.
Speaking of do-overs, the makers of the failed JooJoo say they’ll be back next year with a family of tablets running the Android OS.
Like the show? You can also get the�Gadget Lab video podcast via iTunes, or if you don?t want to be distracted by our unholy on-camera talent, check out the�Gadget Lab audio podcast. Prefer RSS? You can subscribe to the Gadget Lab�video or�audio podcast feeds
Or listen to the audio here:
Gadget Lab audio podcast #93
http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0093.mp3
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/usKPWZVIE74/
Veolia deploys carbon reduction software
Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 17:37:00
Firm implements green technology amid speculation that IT will be outsourced
to TCS
Recycling and waste management company
Veolia
Environmental Services has implemented a carbon management solution as part
of its carbon reduction commitment (CRC) strategy.
The company is using a product from sustainability software provider
CloudApps called Carbon, and Veolia has said that the comprehensive analytics
contained in the solution will allow it to target cost savings and set carbon
budgets across its UK business.
The company plumped for CloudApps following a comprehensive review of how
Veolia could effectively measure its carbon footprint.
?Monitoring and managing our carbon footprint is an integral part of our
corporate responsibility strategy,? said Simone Looi, environmental manager at
Veolia Environmental Services.
?We believe CloudApps can help position us as the leader in carbon management
across the waste sector.?
Meanwhile, Veolia Water is currently reviewing its IT support services. This
is part of an ongoing transformation programme.
There has been some speculation within the industry that the company will
outsource its IT to Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). However,
Veolia Water insists that no decision has been made and that the review is
ongoing and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2272457/veolia-environmental-services
Adorable pup has 163,000 Facebook fans
Full story at http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373694-adorable-pup-has-163000-facebook-fans
How your brain handles terrorism scares
Full story at http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/29/5375278-how-your-brain-handles-terror-scares
A City's Revolutionary Past Shapes Brazil's Election
The favored candidate in Brazil's presidential runoff Sunday was born in the middle-class mountain city of Belo Horizonte, now the country's third-largest metropolis. Dilma Rousseff and her hometown helped shape Brazil's democratic movement.
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Full story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130915678&ft=1&f=1001
Friday, October 29, 2010
TSA: MacBook Air Can Stay in Bag at Security Check
Going to the airport will be slightly less miserable for MacBook Air owners: Apple’s new ultra-thin notebook need not be removed from a bag at security checkpoints.
The Transportation Security Administration told CNN that the 11-inch Air, like the iPad, can stay inside bags when passing through the checkpoint. However, the TSA hasn’t yet determined whether the 13-inch Air can stay inside a bag or must be removed.
The 11-incher gains special clearance because it’s “smaller than a standard-sized laptop,” says TSA. (Netbooks and e-book readers fall under this category as well, according to a TSA blog post on smaller gadgets.)
The 13-inch Air, however, is the same size as most notebooks, so it can’t fly through the checkpoint just yet.�Still, it’s puzzling why the 13-incher would get treated differently, considering it’s got the same insides: built-in flash memory, a battery and a fan ? no optical drive to cram anything shady inside.
See Also:
Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/hMVrffKUuE0/
Visualize the Game Console Generation Shift
“There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands,” John Cougar Mellencamp wrote in the liner notes to his classic album, Scarecrow.
And so it goes with the handover from the Gamecube and PS2 to the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360: Gaming systems that we once loved are thrown into the dustbin of history, while strange new devices take center stage.
Here’s one way to look at those market shifts: With an interactive infographic from Tableau Software.
In addition to the console trends, you can watch Nintendo gain market share at Sony’s expense (while Microsoft hangs in there at a steady level).
The data, from NPD Group, is not particularly new, but the visualization is. If you ever wondered what a generational shift in technologies looks like, here you go.
What other tech data would you like to see visualized? Let us know in the comments!
Thanks, Ellie!
See Also:
- Zillow Analysis Reveals Prime Trick-or-Treating Neighborhoods
- Wired.com's iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses
- Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'
- Microsoft, Sony Trade Volleys as Console Wars Heat Up
- Triumph of the Wii: How Fun Won Out in the Console Wars
Follow us for real-time tech news: Dylan Tweney and Gadget Lab on Twitter.
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/tZiQp6c4BUg/
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