Archive for: August, 2010

App Helps Customers Monitor Their Energy Use

Constellation Energy recently announced that it has released an app for its VirtuWatt energy management tool. The app, available for the iPhone, provides Constellation Energy’s VirtuWatt customers with a mobile platform for monitoring power usage and managing their participation in load response programs that compensate customers for reducing energy use during periods of peak demand […]

New Charge & Sync Device for iPad

Emerge Technologies has introduced the ReTrak 4-in-1 Charge & Sync for iPad and other mobile devices. The combo unit can charge in a car, a wall outlet or computer. Its two USB power ports allow users to simultaneously charge multiple devices, and the retractable USB 2.0 cable can be used separately to sync with a […]

Company Sells Facebook Fans and Friends

With US companies estimated to spend over $1.3 billion in social media in 2010, one 25-year-old social media entrepreneur is taking advantage of the fact that online businesses are willing to invest large sums of cash to buy “friends” and fans on Facebook.   Leon Hill, founder of social media marketing company uSocial.net   has […]

New Top Gun 2 Game Free for iPhone

Paramount Digital Entertainment and Freeverse have announced Top Gun 2 is now available on the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. In Top Gun 2, players jump into the cockpit to engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground arcade combat, utilizing all-new high-speed defensive maneuvers and offensive attacks. Using the accelerometer, players will dodge enemies […]

Kimberly Clark Debuts Pullups iPhone App

Parents who use iPhones now have a new tool to help tackle potty training -“ the iGo Potty app. Developed by the Kimberly-Clark Pull-Ups brand, iGo Potty is the world’s first branded potty training app designed to help parents keep kids engaged and on track toward success. The new app is now available for free […]

Sanyo Releases 1080p Pocket Camcorder

Sanyo has introduced the VPC-PD2BK, a pocket cam capable of shooting 1080p video at 30fps. The camera also captures 10 megapixel stills. Face detection, 3x optical zoom and digital image stabilization are available in either mode. Video is recorded in MPEG4/H.264 format, while two microphones capture stereo audio recorded in 48KHz, 16-bit AAC. Users can […]

Vimeo Goes HTML 5 with New Universal Player

Vimeo launched an HTML5-based video playback site at the beginning of the year, but it is now enabling users to embed its videos with a new  Universal Player that can detect the viewer’s client and provide optimized video that is compatible with it. Embedded Vimeo videos previously required Adobe Flash for playback. Using the new […]

Video Peek at Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft has posted a new video clip highlighting some of the features of its Office for Mac 2011 suite due for release in late October. In the video Microsoft’s Senior Evangelist for the Macintosh Business Unit Kurt Schmucker hightlights the following: Compatibility: Microsoft has focused on making Office for Mac 2011 more compatible with the […]

Verizon FiOS TV Gets New Content

Verizon’s FiOS TV customers are now getting more online video content from Time Warner Inc. Following the online launch in June of two other Time Warner channels, Turner’s TNT and TBS, three more channels are joining Verizon’s growing FiOS TV Online service: Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and truTV. Like TNT and TBS, these new channels […]

People for iPad Launches with Free Issues for Print Readers

People today put out its iPad magazine app. The entertainment magazine is the first major title to directly acknowledge a paper subscription. An in-app authenticator will give those already subscribed to the paper magazine the option of downloading tablet issues for free as they become available. Strictly digital subscribers pay the same $4 per issue […]

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