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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Lately, it seems as if many people have been getting bright ideas when it comes to mixing modern technology with the relatively outdated light bulb. Some companies, such as Phillips, have already entered this market, offering Wi-Fi enabled LED bulbs. These bulbs are able to change colors as well as be controlled by computers, smartphones and tablets via your home’s Internet connection. When Canadian engineering student...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It’s the kind of news story Apple (or any company) had been hoping to avoid. iOS 6, Apple’s mobile operating system, shipped with a new Maps application which used Apple’s own blend of cartographic data. Within hours of its public release, users all over the world began to criticize these maps as faulty and inaccurate. Apple has since been making very transparent moves to improve the maps, including firing the executive and...
CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Terranova Inc., a Chicago-based technology company, today announced that it has secured seed funding and technology support from undisclosed sources totaling $1.05 million. The company will use the contributions to launch an intelligent personal assistant app for iPhone and Android devices, the web, and Google Glass. Terranova allows users to speak or type what they want to do - e.g., "join a yoga class" - and connects them with the nearest,...
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a study looking at mobile behavior over the last two years, The Patient's Guide®, a leader in medical publishing online, reports that consumers using their iPhone to gather medical information has increased 94% from 2011 to 2012. The iPhone also topped the list of mobile devices used to seek medical information online with an overwhelming 41% of total mobile traffic for 2012. Based on these trends, Jasson Gilmore, CEO and Co-founder...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Poshmark, the fastest-growing mobile marketplace for fashion, today announced the closing of $12M in Series B financing led by investment firm Menlo Ventures, bringing the company's funding to $15.5M to date. Existing investors Mayfield Fund, Inventus Capital, and SoftTech VC also participated in the round. Poshmark intends to use the capital to support its rapidly growing community, expand into new platforms, and add world-class...
A new report finds salient differences among dozens of new candidates to offer human-like responses to spoken queries and instructions from mobile phones, traditional phones and Web sites. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 02, 2012 Speech-enabled Personal Virtual Assistants (PVAs), like Apple’s Siri, are revolutionizing how people use their mobile phones. Dozens of companies – including Search giants like Google as well as speech services specialists like Nuance, Angel and SRI - have...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online General Motors announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week that they will be bringing Apple’s Siri to two of their automobiles early next year. The company had already said they’d be integrating Apple’s technology into their cars, but only now mentioned which cars will be receiving the Apple treatment. The Chevy Spark — GM’s little 84 horsepower urban commuter — will have Siri functionality baked right in, as well...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennystocksinsiders.com (PSI) has issued insider trading reports and equity research for the following companies: Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI), Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), Metlife (NYSE:MET), Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR), and Micron (NASDAQ:MU). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121105/HK06856LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full...
LONDON, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Even though iPhone 5 has just been announced, iPhone 4S is still a force to be reckoned with. Portable, powerful and stylish, T3 even found it still fits the business need better than any other smartphone, the S III included. How did it manage to grab a crown like Work Gadget of the Year? T3, no strangers to tech, found that the dual core A5 chip that powers iPhone 4S was mighty, delivery plenty of power that enabled it to carry...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeProof, the award-winning maker of all-protective, everyday cases for smartphones and tablets, today announced the LifeProof Fr?, a water proof, dirt proof, snow proof and shock proof case for the Apple iPhone 5. The most recent in a line of industry-defining cases, the LifeProof Fr? provides protection from Mother Nature as well as from drops, scratches, sweat, dirt and other hazards of daily living. (Logo:...
