The two companies will combine under the Powermat Technologies umbrella, and will, of course, support PMA exclusively. PowerKiss will bring with it 1,000 existing charging spots throughout Europe, along with installations at select McDonald's locations on the continent.The PowerKiss concept is ... more
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Don't like plugging your phone into a wall to charge? The future is close, but not exactly here yet either. Powermat, a company that builds charging stations so you can just drop your phone or camera onto a mat to charge, has just acquired PowerKiss. According to Engadget: -
Though Apple has not officially been accused of any wrongdoing yet, congressional investigators have found that the company has avoided paying billions in taxes. This has been done through using tax havens and corporate tax loopholes. Investigators even found that Apple has paid less than their public filings would indicate, saving the company billions of dollars every year from 2009 through 2011. Apple released a statement by Tim Cook that defends the company. Cook denies charges that Apple used any “tax gimmicks” to avoid paying taxes, and that Apple’s ... more -
Apple India has introduced new iPhone incentives in the country. The company has announced two new incentives: one for students and another for American Express customers. The student incentive increases Apple's standard smartphone trade-in discount from 7,000 rupees ($130 USD) to 7,777 rupees ($144 USD). In order to be eligible for this discount, the person must be a student and trade in an old smartphone of any brand. American Express customers in India will also be receiving a pretty decent discount on iPhones. Any American Express user is eligible for ... more -
Yahoo has pushed major updates to its popular photo sharing service Flickr. These updates include a complete redesign as well as a massive 1TB of storage for free users. In terms of the new design, the photo sharing service has been completely redesigned from the ground up. For instance, the Flickr Photostream will now show off your photos in a seamless layout that allows for endless scrolling through a user's photo collection. Like Twitter and Facebook, Flickr now allows you to add a cover photo to your profile as ... more -
A new phone must be around the corner, right? It's only a matter of time until we hear Apple's PR people have sent out emails, the beard says "yup", and we find ourselves on the outside, looking in once again. Until that day comes we get to burry ourselves in rumors, and try and make heads of what exactly is coming down the pipeline with the next iPhone. This infographic from RIA.Ru shows off the evolution of major features and specs from one iPhone to the next from the original iPhone ... more -
I have an Intel Mac Pro (1,1) collecting dust. Right now the thing just servers up some cool things we're working on for Macgasm (more on that at a later date). I've thought about doing a lot of things with the beast, but never once has the idea of turning it into a BBQ grilling machine crossed my mind. Turns out someone's actually thought it up, and already put meat to aluminum. Not sure if Mr. Jobs would have been impressed or disgusted at this one though. You can check out ... more -
American Apple Store visitors average a new high of $57 spent per customer. According to Asymco's Horace Dediu, Apple Stores have risen in revenue by 7% during the last quarter, with each store raking in an average of $13 million per quarter. According to Ascymo, Apple Stores brought in an average of 250,000 customers per store during Q1 2013 while each store has roughly 110 employees. Both of these numbers have increased exponentially since the launch of the iPhone in 2007. Apple currently brings in the most revenue per square foot ... more -
AT&T has announced that it will begin to allow all Apple, Blackberry and Samsung customers with LTE smart-devices use video chat services via its cellular network. This includes FaceTime, BBM video and ChatOn. This announcement will affect all AT&T LTE plans, including shared, tiered and even grandfathered unlimited data plans. We should see these changes take place in mid-June. LTE-less users or people who aren't using Apple, BlackBerry or Samsung devices will be able to take advantage of cellular video chat by year-end. AT&T released the following statement to The ... more -
Like most on-the-go technology enthusiasts, I have multiple ways to connect to the web. I have my iPhone, my 4G USB card, and whoever's free internet access I happen to be mooching off of at any particular moment. However, living in an urban environment, all three of these connections can get really slow at times due to data congestion. This can in turn make me unproductive and forced to deal with a slow connection. However, what if there was a way to combine these three connections to make a decently fast ... more -
When news of Yahoo purchasing Tumblr came out yesterday, a number of Tumblr users expressed their concern for what was going to happen to their favorite blogging service. Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer took to announce one thing during a company conference call today that you can expect to see change with Tumblr. More Ads. (Yay!) For Yahoo to make the Tumblr acquisition worthwhile, it's going to have to greatly increase revenue. Tumblr generated just $13 million in revenue last year, while using barely any ads at all. Yahoo, however, has ... more
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Like most on-the-go technology enthusiasts, I have multiple ways to connect to the web. I have my iPhone, my 4G USB card, and whoever’s free internet access I happen to be mooching off of at any particular moment. However, living in an urban environment, all three of these connections can get
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I’ve had a long relationship with Realmac Software, and their applications. The first time I came across one of their products with Little Snapper, which I’m pretty sure showed up in my email because of a MacHeist bundle I had purchased early on in my Mac life. Since then, I’ve
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