Software giant Microsoft has finally announced the release of its Surface Pro tablet into new markets. The company announced on its blog overnight that it would launch its own-branded Windows 8 tablet in a range of markets including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, [...]
Surface Pro coming to Australia end of May
Apr 24 2013
India develops first smartphone for the blind
Apr 22 2013
The one user group most smartphones don’t cater well for is the visually impaired. But a team in India is claiming a world’s first design for a smartphone that works in Braille. Sumit Dagar, a post-graduate of India’s National Institute of Design, has teamed up with IIT Delhi to produce a prototype of the Braille [...]
The growth in budget big-screen tablets looks set to continue with reports another big-name brand will launch a 10-inch Android tablet at the end of the year. According to a report from Taiwanese news site digitimes, Acer has just given orders to Compal Electronics to deliver a low-cost 10-inch unit. Compal is said to be the [...]
Comment: the danger of relying on free online services
Apr 22 2013
Posted by Darren Yates in Enterprise, Internet | Comments off
Last month, it was news that Google is to cut its popular RSS Reader at the end of June. Today, Yahoo is telling users it intends killing off a number of services including the old version of Yahoo Mail, SMS Alerts and Upcoming amongst others. The word is Yahoo Mail Classic will deliver its last [...]
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