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- Australian state government promises iPads for doctors [TNW Australia]
- Samsung Surpasses 3 Million US Galaxy S Shipments [TNW Mobile]
- HootSuite Adds Facebook Analytics to Its Social Media Dashboard [TNW Canada]
- Maroon 5 Kicks Off Windows Phone 7 Launch [The Next Web Gadgets]
- Optus partners with The Australian newspaper for Galaxy Tab launch [TNW Australia]
- China’s Alibaba e-commerce group looking to buy back Yahoo! share [TNW Asia]
- Microsoft could be surprise winner of Chinese instant messaging battle [TNW Asia]
- Rumor: Apple Scooped Up Bluetooth Headphone Maker Wi-Gear [TNW Apple]
- Video: Verizon’s Brand New iPad Commercial [TNW Mobile]
- Nitobi Expands App Building into the Cloud with PhoneGap Build [TNW Canada]
- Meet Twezr. Possible the only Social Networking iPhone App you’ll need. [TNW Apple]
- Facebook Reportedly Creating a “Find Your Friends” Browser [TNW Social Media]
- iOS Allows Skype Calls Without Asking Permission [TNW Apple]
- 2 million Spots created on Gowalla to date [TNW Location]
- Facebook Mobile Elevates Checkins to Same Status as Photos [TNW Location]
- Zuckerberg may be planning trip to China [TNW Social Media]
- New Custom iPhone4 Slider Cases from CafePress [TNW Apple]
- Scan2List – Did Australia just get the world’s best shopping list app? [TNW Australia]
- 10 Gadgets You Should Look Out For In 2011 [The Next Web Gadgets]
- Watch Steve Martin Sing About Atheism [TNW Shareables]
| Australian state government promises iPads for doctors [TNW Australia] Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:31 AM PST
Although this is a minor point in the Labor party's plan for improving the health care system, it shows a concerted effort to embrace new technologies and put them to good use. Premier Brumby said the Labor party is committed to giving doctors the tools they need to provide the best health care.
The opposition did not make such a specific promise of new technologies, but did include plans in Sunday's media release to adopt "appropriate mobile technology". The Coalition also promised to spend $4 million on a hospital performance website where the public can access performance data for metropolitan hospitals. The introduction of assigned numbers for patients to ensure the correct records are being used for administering health care was also supported by the Coalition in the media release.
Premier Brumby has previously shown enthusiasm for Apple iPad, ordering 500 for Victorian hospitals to be sent out in January 2011, and buying over 500 for Victorian schools earlier this year. The Victorian government has also created a Government 2.0 action plan and set up an interactive eGovernment website to allow participation and interaction with Victorian residents. Could this be a step in the right direction for the Victorian state government, as both parties jump at new technologies, or is it just a ploy to get younger generations on board?Delimiter [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]     |
| Samsung Surpasses 3 Million US Galaxy S Shipments [TNW Mobile] Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:11 AM PST
Apple managed to sell 3 million of its iPhone smartphones in the first three weeks of its launch but Samsung has been plagued by component shortages, making it difficult for the company to satisfy demand. Speaking to Reuters, Samsung CMO Paul Golden admitted the company was “in a situation where we wish we had more supply,” with its AMOLED screens providing the main bottleneck, a display technology that Samsung manufactures not only for its own smartphones but also for its competitors. The Galaxy S is available on four US mobile operators, compared to the one (AT&T) that sells the iPhone. Samsung will offer a new Galaxy S device over the holiday period, the Continuum, heading to Verizon and Vodafone.Image Credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| HootSuite Adds Facebook Analytics to Its Social Media Dashboard [TNW Canada] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:38 PM PST
One thing I figured out tonight while playing with Facebook Insights is that the Page admin has to add you as a user/team member within HootSuite to see a Pages data. For example I can post and manage on TNW Canada’s page, but I can’t see the data as yet. Regardless…great for HootSuite to have this add on. As for some other interesting bits in the post about HootSuite Pro, and HootSuite Enterprise. I think I need to see what little birdies tell me about those before I post here.HootSuite [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Maroon 5 Kicks Off Windows Phone 7 Launch [The Next Web Gadgets] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:04 PM PST
Seriously, it was fantastic and the fact that it was free made it even better. However, while the music was the big draw, Microsoft also had some demo booths set up showcasing their 3 launch devices which include the Samsung Focus, the HTC HD7 and the HTC Surround. The HTC Surround and the Samsung Focus are both available on AT&T for $199.99 after two year contracts and the HTC HD 7 is now avaliable for the same price on T-Mobile. Of the three, the Samsung Focus really felt like the most polished of the three and the fact that the HTC HD7 doesn’t run on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network makes it a tough sell even if the software is pretty enticing. So, cheers to Microsoft and let’s hope Windows Phone 7′s run is as stellar as the music was tonight. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Optus partners with The Australian newspaper for Galaxy Tab launch [TNW Australia] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:02 PM PST
Including The Australian app, which would otherwise cost $8.99 per month is a clever way to put digital news content into readers' hands. If the app comes installed on the device, readers are unlikely to go to the effort of finding another news app and subscribing, at least for the first two years while The Australian is free. The tablet, which is available for $999 outright from Samsung will be included for free with 24-month contracts starting at $59.95 per month. The 24-month contract options offer an affordable option for those wanting to own the Galaxy Tab specifically, but Optus also announced it will release its own tablet, called My Tab. At $279 outright, the My Tab will be cheaper than competitor Telstra's recently released T-Touch, which costs $299. The Optus My Tab will also offer the option of post-paid plans unlike Telstra's pre-paid only plans for the T-Touch. According to Smart Company, Optus is introducing the My Tab device to offer the "Android experience at an affordable price". For those who want high data limits, the Optus post-paid plans will be the popular option, offering up to 32GB (off-peak) on a $79.95 plan over two years. Optus head of digital products Mark Mulder told The Australian tablets were showing "huge growth potential".
Stuart Kennedy's review in The Australian lists a variety of features the Galaxy Tab holds over the iPad, including the in-built phone, ability to run Adobe Flash Player, SD card slot, and two cameras. The 7" screen and 385g weight make it smaller and lighter than the iPad, which weighs in at 730g and sports a 9.7" screen. Comfortable one-handed use due to the small size could be a plus, but the iPad's larger screen will likely be a favourite for those wanting to consume videos and e-books on their device. Telstra's strong-hold of exclusive content for sports such as Australian rules football, rugby league, motor racing and horse racing will be an important factor in luring customers to try the T-Touch. Optus customers who choose the Galaxy Tab will be provided with a turn-by-turn navigation app, Navigon, which retails for $79 as well as The Australian newspaper application pre-loaded onto the device. Social networking sites such as Facebook, and webmail access will be unlimited, adding further benefits to the deal. Thought there are many benefits included in the Optus Galaxy Tab package, the lower price of the T-Touch or My Tab options may be winners for customers trying tablet computers for the first time. Which one takes your fancy?The Australian [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| China’s Alibaba e-commerce group looking to buy back Yahoo! share [TNW Asia] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:46 PM PST
Alibaba is one of the worlds largest e-commerce groups. Founded in Hangzhou, China by Jack Ma in 1999, it completed its US$1.7 billion initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in November 2007, the biggest Internet IPO at the time since Google’s 2004 offering on the NASDAQ. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group has reportedly been in discussions with private equity groups in an attempt to build a special-purpose acquisition fund to buy back Yahoo!’s share in the company.
Yahoo! Inc. purchased their stake in Alibaba in 2005 for an estimated $1billion. Recent assessments suggest that that stake is now worth about $4billion. Read more coverage of Alibaba Group on The Next Web here and here.image credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Microsoft could be surprise winner of Chinese instant messaging battle [TNW Asia] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:01 PM PST
The Wall Street Journal’s China Realtime Report writes that since the dispute began, MSN Messenger’s daily signups from the region have grown from “tens of thousands” to “millions”. As The Next Web reported here, the dispute between the Qihoo and Tencent began when Qihoo’s 360 anti-virus software began blocking QQ because QQ’s internal security software was scanning users’ hard disks. QQ recently escalated the dispute by preventing it’s client from running on machines that are also running Qihoo’s software. Regardless of who’s right and who’s wrong, it’s now clear that this very public and widely reported spat is damaging the reputations and the market share of both companies. In the long term, however, analysts still believe that QQ is big enough to survive this crisis without a significant loss in market share.image credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Rumor: Apple Scooped Up Bluetooth Headphone Maker Wi-Gear [TNW Apple] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:49 PM PST
And 9to5Mac surmises:
The pieces make sense. Apple hasn’t done much with Bluetooth audio. Mice, keyboards, trackpads? Yeah, beyond that, not so much. So if a Wi-Gear co-founder and engineer is working at Apple now, I can see how it would make sense that Apple could be coming out with their own Bluetooth headphones. The thing I wonder, though, is while lots of people use Bluetooth mono-headsets for driving (most places it’s the law now), I don’t see many folks—iOS device or no—using Bluetooth headsets. Is that what Apple could be after? I’m wondering if it might be something bigger and cooler like a Bluetooth home audio system or something for AppleTV. My gut tells me it isn’t headsets, but something else audio in the works. Let’s see what Apple PR has to say.9to5Mac [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Video: Verizon’s Brand New iPad Commercial [TNW Mobile] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:49 PM PST Was just watching some prime time television (yes, we actually do that from time to time) and we saw the pretty impressive iPad commercial from Verizon below. It certainly does two things we haven’t really seen in an iPad commercial before: it shows it working with a mobile hotspot and emphasizes the ability to use it outside. The commercial was uploaded to YouTube by Verizon earlier today, so it’s brand spanking new, and actually, when all said and done, we kind of like better than the Apple commercials (obviously, unlike Mark Zuckerberg, Verizon thinks of the iPad as a mobile device). What do you think, pretty slick right? Of course, we might be seeing a whole lot more Apple-focused ads from Verizon early next year… [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Nitobi Expands App Building into the Cloud with PhoneGap Build [TNW Canada] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:49 PM PST
PhoneGap Build allows develops to go from code to app without needing to compile and work on their machines. Launching with Andriod, Palm, BlackBerry OS and Symbian with iOS and Windows Phone 7 coming soon PhoneGap Build looks like a great companion to the existing PhoneGap SDK. PhoneGap Build is accepting beta testers now, just sign up to apply and try it from the PhoneGap Build homepage. True to Nitobi form the guys (Andre, Alex, and crew) are trotting all over the place right now. Nitobi Founder Andre Charland gave attendees of Deploy 2010 a sneak peak at PhoneGap Build today, but the real launch is tomorrow. Implications: Mobile apps are probably some of the hottest things in software right now. While nothing replaces skill, training, and practice, having a service that could allow you to build you apps faster deploy onto several platforms at once—that can only help you make an app a success. Even if it’s just for rapid prototyping, I can see real potential in having the cloud compile your app for you. Almost makes me want to learn how to make apps. Almost.Phone Gap Build [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Meet Twezr. Possible the only Social Networking iPhone App you’ll need. [TNW Apple] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:41 PM PST
Twezr integrates virtually every prominent email and social networking tool out there into one simple to navigate messaging and social networking application. It provides an elegant – albeit not perfect – way to keep up to date with the people you communicate with most and makes it easy as pie to contact them via your standard means (phone, email) or via the social networks you’re connected to them with. When you launch the app you’re asked to sign up or login, both take a matter of seconds. Once you’re in, connect Twezr to the services you use; in my case gmail, Twitter and Facebook but you’re able to connect Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL and even IMAP email addresses. Social networks are limited to just Twitter and Facebook at the moment but you are able to add multiple twitter accounts. There are some very neat touches to Twezr. For example, if you have multiple accounts and visit a particular contact, it will show you messages (twitter and Facebook) and @replies on twitter from across all the accounts you may have used to contact that person. What’s more, Twezr keeps the people you contact most close at hand assuming the people you care about are the people your messaging regularly. Unfortunately the people I’ve messaged recently aren’t those people but thankfully Twezr makes it possible to edit them.
Sending and receiving email with Twezr works like clock work and I’d even go as far as to say it would be possible to use it as your one and only email client. What’s missing is that there are no alerts or push notifications so you’ll be left checking regularly or you’ll have to use a third party email notification service like Boxcar. As wonderful a job Twezr has done integrating the various web mail services and social networks, what the app offers now is what I hope Apple builds directly into iOS one day. With social networks playing such a mainstream role in our lives, it shouldn’t take a third party app to bring this sort of functionality to our mobile phones – heck even Nokia are doing it. Assuming Apple does have it in their plans to do so (lets face it they’d be silly not to) a peek into Twezr’s UI and organisation should lead them in the right direction. Until then, I can safely say Twezr has found its way onto my iPhone homescreen. What’s more, it’s currently free – download here. H/T to Robert Scoble for bringing this to our attention. Update: And now updated with a video interview from the man himself and Twezer’s CEO Delip Andra: [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Facebook Reportedly Creating a “Find Your Friends” Browser [TNW Social Media] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:57 PM PST From Inside Facebook word comes tonight that Facebook is reportedly creating a “Find Your Friends” browser that would let people find people they already know on Facebook…especially since Google won’t let Facebook tap into Google-hosted addressbooks anymore. If you’re in the test group of users going to http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/browser/ would bring you to a special page to help you look for friends you went to school with, worked with, came from the same hometown, etc. From Inside Facebook we have screenshots of what some of the filters and results look like: From what we know you’ll be able to filter on your schools, employer, hometown, and the, probably more important “friends of friends”. Will this help users like me find a ton of new friends? Probably not. New users? Probably so. What we have is now the chance for a brand new Facebook user to suddenly be able to find a lot of their friends more quickly than the address book model or a search, hunt, scroll, search plan. From all the “People You May Know ” data that you see on the sidebar I think it’s a safe bet that Facebook is really trying to help people to connect with all the people they know on Facebook. The open question is: why? What’s the larger play for Facebook? Is it to have lots and lots of content? Lots and lots of eyeballs for ads? To be the next Google so we start looking for things online on Facebook first? We have emailed Facebook PR to try to get more information on a Find Your Friends browser. Hey if it’s true it might be cool … or it might mean a flood of Facebook friend requests from people that we don’t want in our lives.Inside Facebook [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| iOS Allows Skype Calls Without Asking Permission [TNW Apple] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:45 PM PST If you’ve had an iPhone (or any iOS device I guess) long enough you’ve probably been prompted if you’d like to place a call. Something like this: This is because iOS has special URL handlers so when it encounters this: <iframe src="tel://1-604-555-1212?call"></iframe> in the code of a page, Mobile Safari hands that off to the phone application, but for very good reasons you have to confirm that you actually what to make a call. Except if it’s Skype. The same code, except using the Skype URL handler doesn’t ask permission, it just does it. So if this were in a page: <iframe src="skype://1-604-555-1212?call"></iframe> Your iOS device would launch Skype (assuming you have it installed of course) and just call. No, that can’t work you say! I wish that were the case, but it isn’t. From a post on SANS we learned about this vulnerability and we tested it. I made a simple (like took me 2 mins to create) web page that embedded the Google Voice number into the page with the skype: URL handler. I went to that page and … Skype came to the front, dialed and I was talking with Chad. Simple as that. Now, this might not seem like a terribly bad thing, but first off, Skype should have asked if I wanted to make the call in the first place. Second, Skype isn’t the only app that could have this problem. It seems that Apple feels the responsibility of what to do when something comes from Safari to an app is the app’s business not Apple’s. In fact, according to the SANS post, the app can’t do anything about the request until after the user leaves Safari. In other words, the Skype app would have to realize that the request was coming from Safari and interject with “Are you sure you want to call this number…” I’m on the fence as to whether this is something that Apple should handle at the iOS level or be a mandate to app developers. All I know is that right now, the problem is there, and it isn’t hard to exploit and it isn’t easy to find out all the various URL handlers that are out there (here is the doc from Apple and “skype” isn’t in there).SANS [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| 2 million Spots created on Gowalla to date [TNW Location] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:27 PM PST One of the advantages that early entrants into the check-in space have over newer services – including even Facebook Places – is the amount of user created venue data that they’ve accumulated since early 2009. Also, the creation of places points to an active and engaged user base, so the following tweet by Gowalla would point to that in the service: It’s an advantage for sure to have all of this data, but there is also quite a push among location services – or so they say – to provide a universal places database. We say “so they say” because this idea has been around for most of this year without any real reported progress, and frankly, we’d be surprised if this happens anytime soon – unless it happens through acquisition. That’s because this location data is valuable, and takes time to build and collect. Is it the most valuable asset services such as Gowalla have? No, but it still an advantage that later comers (again, we point you to Facebook Places) need to play catch up on. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Facebook Mobile Elevates Checkins to Same Status as Photos [TNW Location] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:16 PM PST
Web companies tend to give their most important real estate to the features and content which they see as most strategic. For Google, it's the search box. For Twitter, it's an empty status box. For Foursquare, it's the check-in. For Facebook? Well, it just changed. (Mostly) lost in all the Facebook Places news of last week was a major UI change to the Facebook Mobile app. Until recently, Facebook Mobile prioritized the status update (photo and content) over everything else in the crucial real estate above its newsfeed view. No longer. There are now three prominent buttons above the Facebook mobile newsfeed: Photo, Status, Check In. What will this tweak do to Facebook Places checkin volume? My guess is quite a bit. Now, everyone who looks at the newsfeed from a mobile device (which should be close to 100% of Facebook Mobile users) will have a two click option to check in. UI tweaks for a service at scale such as Facebook, can have massive impact. Even as reports surface that Foursquare is holding its own against Facebook, it would appear that Facebook is doubling down on location. Last week saw Facebook announce write access to its Places API, which will surely usher in a new class of geosocial competitors. They also turned on self serve local deals, which should provide some incentives for people to work Facebook Places checkins into their regular behavior. Foursquare may have weathered the initial storm, but Facebook is still raging on the location front. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Zuckerberg may be planning trip to China [TNW Social Media] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:11 PM PST
A trip has not been confirmed as yet, but Zuckerberg has previously announced that he is learning to speak Mandarin, China's official language, as well as working towards understanding China's culture. China is one of a few countries where Facebook is not yet top dog. Others include Japan, South Korea and Russia. A business trip to China is likely to be on the cards at some point for Zuckerberg, as Facebook continues to expand its user-base around the world. Understanding the language and cultural differences before visiting is obviously important to Zuckerberg, as he noted earlier this year:
Oliver Chiang, News.com.au, Image Credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| New Custom iPhone4 Slider Cases from CafePress [TNW Apple] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:35 PM PST
You start at the custom case page, then upload an image and before you know it you have a mockup up of what your case might look like. It took me longer for my giant picture to upload than the process would have been to have this case made with my lovely wife on it: Unfortunately, CafePress didn’t really like my choice of picture (copyright reasons which is odd), but the process was pretty simple and I was just one click away from ordering a truly custom case. Between the standard cases CafePress is offering and the ability to make your own. I think this is a pretty cool thing for the iPhone4 owner. Can you say holiday gift?Press Release [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Scan2List – Did Australia just get the world’s best shopping list app? [TNW Australia] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:16 PM PST
Scan2List is a free iPhone App that allows you to quickly and easily create shopping lists either by scanning the barcodes of items in your pantry directly onto your phone or manually adding them to your list. Shopping lists can be saved for future use as well as synchronised with other Scan2List App users in the household. That means being able to quickly add that thing you forgot to the “shopper’s” list while they’re out shopping. Lists are also easily organised into aisles matching the store floorplan and items are checked off as they are added to the trolley. I've already had a play with Scan2List and while it's a little more daunting than your typical general purpose list app at first, it only takes a few minutes to understand why this is so much better for shopping than anything else out there. According to Kate Cass, Founder and CEO of Scan2List, the idea to create a shopping app for Aussie conditions was essentially born out of frustration with the usual random household shopping process. "For the umpteenth time my husband had arrived home from a mega grocery shop with all sorts of weird and wonderful products, sadly none of which we regularly use or that the kids would eat. As I re-did the shopping the following day I thought there has to be an easier way." Seems my wife isn't the only one who's had that problem then… Scan2List has already received industry recognition winning the top prize at the 2009 MEGA (Mobile Enterprise Growth Alliance) Digital Entrepreneurship Masterclass. The app uses Australian units of measure, Australian Naming, and recognises Australian Barcodes from an ever-growing list of items stored on the Scan2List database. It works with multiple stores and can be used for groceries, Christmas shopping lists, weekend DIY lists, holiday checklists and even a wedding gift registry. “Like most working mums I can't always get to the shops at a regular time, so being able to make a shopping list on the go with the brands I want – and share that list with my partner – it's like a dream come true!" Scan2List really is a comprehensive shopping list app, rather than just a list app you use for shopping. It should become even more useful when they roll out their “coming soon” features like ‘Daily Deals’. You can download Scan2List for free from the iTunes App Store or from their website. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| 10 Gadgets You Should Look Out For In 2011 [The Next Web Gadgets] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PST 2011 was full of memorable gadgets. You might remember the iPhone 4? How about the HTC EVO 4G? You also might recall a little something called the iPad? And coming up here, we’ll also see the release of the Android 2.2-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab on all four major U.S. carriers. But about next year? Will 2011 be as fruitful as 2010? In a word, yes. And here are 5 gadgets, listed in no particular order, that should definitely be on your radar when 2010 ends.
2011 Nissan LEAF, an ambitious 5 door hatchback car that runs on electricity and purportedly can go 100 miles on a single charge. It will cost around $32,000 and will come with a bunch of tax advantages. It’ll also less than $3 to recharge the battery making it an absurdly cost-efficient vehicle. Tempting, isn’t it?
Nintendo’s 3DS, a portable gaming system that will be able to produce 3D without the need for glasses. It’s going to be out in North America in March and will give students another reason not to pay attention in class.
The Verizon iPhone, a device that you should have known would make the list. The Verizon iPhone was probably the most anticipated device of 2010 and now that most reports peg it for an early 2011 release, it immediately becomes the most anticipated device of 2011. Of course, those are the big ones that have pinged loudly on the radar. 2011 could also be the year of the solid state drive, the OLED television, the 3D television without the need for 3D glasses and much, much more. Get excited. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
| Watch Steve Martin Sing About Atheism [TNW Shareables] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST Steve Martin is a genius. Basically, whatever he does he does amazingly, whether it’s stand up comedy, writing, directing, acting or playing music. Here’s a bit of at least three of those things, performed at this year’s Austin City Limits: [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.]    |
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