Apple iPad 3, Better Than Ever?

Technology News - iPad 3, Will it be bigger and better?


Apple's iPad 3 is said to include a higher-resolution display, faster processor and bigger battery, that is of course according to the latest rumors.

Apple’s iPad franchise might dominate the tablet market at the moment even with many other contenders, but it nonetheless faces some significant threats in 2012. 

Among them is Windows 8 on tablets, which could arrive sometime late in the year. Microsoft and its hardware partners will surely devote considerable marketing muscle to the upcoming operating system, creating the sort of united front that has thus far eluded the various Android manufacturers who flooded the tablet ecosystem with tablets in 2011.

What will Apple do to counter those threats and maintain its considerable market lead? Release a new iPad, of course.

According to a much-circulated AllThingsD report, the company will unveil that next-generation tablet in early March, at a high-profile event in San Francisco. “No word yet on a street date for the iPad 3 (assuming that’s what it’s called),” noted the Feb. 9 report, which relied on the ever-popular unnamed sources.

Apple traditionally keeps details of its upcoming products a closely guarded secret. However, based on reports over the past few months, it’s safe to assume the iPad 3 will include at least a few of the following features:.....READ MORE HERE

Student Designs Bamboo Mobile Phone

Technology News - New Bamboo Smartphone




The new smartphone, called ‘ADzero’, is expected to launch later this year. Made from four-year-old organically grown bamboo that has been treated to improve its durability, the phone runs Google’s Android operating system.

 Kieron Scott-Woodhouse, from Shepherds Bush in London, said he designed the phone in his spare time because he was frustrated that so many existing models looked similar to each other. Middlesex University said that he was contacted by a technology entrepreneur after posting designs online...READ MORE HERE

Is Amazon Competing With Netflix For Video Streaming Serivce?

Amazon may be looking to cut into Netflix's action by launching a new video streaming service.

Citing information from industry sources, The New York Post said the new service would expand beyond Amazon's current Instant Video by launching as a standalone, subscription-based business.

Amazon's Instant Video is free with a $79 Amazon Prime subscription, though nonsubscribers can buy or rent individual movies and TV episodes on a per-title basis. In contrast, the new service would borrow a page from Netflix's business model. Amazon is just currently trying to figure out what to charge, one source told the Post.

Netflix is even anticipating the new video offering from Amazon.

In a letter (PDF) directed to shareholders yesterday, Netflix said that "we expect Amazon to continue to offer their video service as a free extra with Prime domestically but also to brand their video subscription offering as a standalone service at a price less than ours."....READ MORE HERE

iPhone 5 Launch This Summer

Technology News - Apple iPhone 5 Lauch This Summer?


The Apple iPhone 5 'will have a four inch screen' - and samples are already under test before a launch this summer....New gizmo will have four-inch or larger screen.....Will look significantly different from iPhone 4S.....Flat case, not 'teardrop' shape.....Sources inside Apple supplier Foxconn 'Amazing new products in pipeline' - CEO

Sources inside Apple's Chinese supplier Foxconn have said that a new iPhone will have a four inch - or larger - screen. Several samples of the device are already under test, says the 'reliable' source, speaking to Apple blog 9to5Mac.


The rumour would lend credibility to the idea that Apple is plotting a summer launch for its new handset. If the company is at the prototype stage already, launch could be very soon. The final model has not been selected, but all of them are significantly different from the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S....READ MORE HERE

Samsung Takes A Bite From The Apple

The Court of Appeal in The Hague has ruled that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is sufficiently different from Apple's European design patent that the tablet can remain on sale in the Netherlands.

Samsung welcomed Tuesday's ruling, which affirmed an August 2011 ruling that the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is distinctive and does not infringe Apple's intellectual property rights, a spokesman said via email. The ruling again demonstrates that Apple's products simply do not warrant the intellectual property protections that it believes they should have, he added.


One of Apple's core legal claims against Samsung is that its rival copied the design of Apple's products. Apple has argued that it's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging.

Getting courts to agree with that has been difficult for Apple. After early Apple victories in Germany and Australia, Samsung tablets have become available in both countries.....READ MORE HERE

Hacked Xbox Live Accounts? Microsoft Says Not

There has been an increase in the amount Xbox Live accounts reportedly being “hacked” although Microsoft is continuing to deny this.


Concern is rising over the Microsoft Windows ID system after gamers have reported that their account has been taken over and password changed with points being bought through their account. Some are now referring to this as the FIFA hack as this is the game that has commonly being used for thefts up and down the UK and the USA.

Apparently reports have been seen in regards to account online since December 2011 with gamers reporting that purchases have been showing up on their credit card statements which are attached to their account while with others the money have been taken through PayPal. The majority of accounts that have been hacked have been associated with FIFA Soccer 11 and 12 with many saying that the game has been played on their accounts.

Wear Your Smartphone Thanks To Sony

Sony has revealed their latest innovation in technology at the Consumer Electronic Show 2012 in the form of their Xperia Watch and now it seems that you can wear your smartphone.


This latest piece of technology is available in a choice of plastic coloured wristbands and has been designed with a minimalist look.