Windows 8 App Store images leaked?

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Windows 8 images continue to leak onto the Internet, despite Microsoft's wallpaper-based pleas to those with access to the early releases. Today's installment courtesy CNBeta shows the upcoming Windows App Store, which will likely feature prominently in Windows 8.

We've got our doubts about the authenticity of the image. In addition to showing several of the built-in games which already ship with Windows, Opera is listed -- and a competing browser seems like an odd inclusion this early on. Of course, with the browser ballot still in place in the EU for quite some time, Microsoft would probably need to include rivals like Opera and Firefox to stay out of trouble. We're also not sure why Clickgamer is shown beneath Angry Birds instead of Rovio -- the game's actual publisher.

It's still early, of course, so it's entirely possible that the Windows App Store image is genuine but merely using placeholder images and text for now. Anyone else thinking Windows Marketplace might be a more logical name? You know, to keep things consistent with Windows Phone and keep Apple's legal eagles at bay.

Windows 8 App Store images leaked? originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Zoho Docs 2.0 adds iPad support

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Zoho has offered an iOS app for a while now -- at least for the iPhone and iPod touch. Those of you who have been wanting to use the Zoho app on your iPad were out of luck, but that's no longer the case.

Zoho Docs 2.0 has landed in the App Store, and the most notable change is that it's now a universal app. Now you're able to take advantage of the app's mobile productivity powers on your larger iOS device. Retina display support has also been added, as have document sharing options -- which you can utilize in both the viewer and collaboration modes.

Just like the basic Zoho service, the app is available totally free of charge. Paid subscriptions get you additional storage space and start at $3 per month for professional use.

Zoho Docs 2.0 adds iPad support originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon Cloud Player review: functional, not mind blowing, and still US-only

Amazon Android Cloud Player appIt's hard to believe: our world-spanning network, our Internet, which is the cornerstone of free speech and free society -- which, on a good day, is capable of causing populist revolutions -- is still crippled by banal geolocation restrictions. We are, of course, talking about Amazon's two latest offerings, both of which are only available in the United States. Last week it was the excellent Android Appstore for Android, and today it's the Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Android.

Along with Cloud Player, Amazon also launched Cloud Drive, which is basically just like any other cloud storage digital locker. It's not particularly feature rich, and there's no real reason to use it over something like SugarSync or SkyDrive -- it does work outside the US, however.

Its primary purpose, as far as we're concerned, is that it stores your your Cloud Player music in a subdirectory. You get 5GB of Cloud Drive storage for free, and then it's $1 per gigabyte per year if you need more space.

The Amazon Cloud Player itself will not, to put it bluntly, blow your mind. It works, but it's very much an early, and possibly rushed, release. Let's dive in to the Web and Android players for a closer look.

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Why Every Single Gadget Unboxing Is Weird, Creepy and Maybe Even Pervy [Humor]

Think of this comic strip as a warning for everybody with a YouTube account who's going to get an iPhone 5 and record a video of them unboxing it. Don't do it. It's weird. It's silly. It's not a thing anymore. And it might be even a little pervy. More »


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Notes, Reminders, and banner notifications now live on iCloud.com

Notes, Reminders, and banner notifications now live on iCloud.com

iOS-style Notes, Reminders, and banner notifications are now live... IN SPACE! Well, sort of. The web app versions are now out of beta and available to one and all via iCloud.com. Even though Notes, Reminders, and Notification Center are all available already on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Mac, it's nice to have iCloud.com as a backup option.

If, for some reason, you run out of power on your mobile device, or you're using someone else's computer, you can quickly log in, look up something in your notes, check your reminders, and if something important comes up, get alerted to it right in the browser.

The Notes, Reminders, and notification banner design and interfaces looks exactly like the iPad, You can create, read, write, and delete Notes and Reminders, and individually enable or disable notifications for Mail, Calendars, Reminders, and Find my iPhone.

All that said, I don't think I've used iCloud.com in a year or more. How about you?

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Rapoo E6300 Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad Review

It seems like the general consensus among many iPad owners is that the on-screen keyboard is good for sending a quick email or making a note, but it doesn’t work so well when you need to enter large amounts of data.  There have been many attempts to create a compact, convenient physical keyboard that you can use with your iPad.  There are overlays for the on-screen keyboard that attempt to give tactile feedback, there are iPad cases with cramped keyboards with non-standard layouts, and there are external keyboards that serve as desktop workstation or small travel keyboards.  I’ve tried many of these, and I find that most of them don’t suit my needs – usually because they are too small for touch typists like me.  Still, I was happy to try out the E6300 Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad when Rapoo offered one to The Gadgeteer.  Just a note: If something can be used with the iPad, it will usually be labelled as being “for the iPad.”  Other than the iPad-specific function keys, this Bluetooth keyboard should work with other Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and tablets and other devices, too.

All  images can be clicked for a bigger view.

The Rapoo E6300 keyboard comes with a user’s guide and a USB-to-microUSB charging cable for the internal lithium battery.  I didn’t find any information about the battery’s capacity, but Rapoo says it should last about a month between charges.  The battery charged in about 2 hours.

The Rapoo E6300 Bluetooth keyboard comes with black or white keys.  I obviously received the black keyboard.  It measures 8″ long X 3.1″ wide X about 0.2″ tall at the front and 0.36″ tall at the back.  It weighs 5.4 ounces on my digital kitchen scale.

The keys are plastic, and they have a springy response to finger strikes.  There is no clicking sound with the keystrokes, though.  The two “home keys”, the F and J, have little ridges on them so you can identify them by touch.  You’ll notice that many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard are smaller than they should be, some almost half size.

This keyboard is sturdily built.  It didn’t creak when I subjected it to Julie’s patented Gadgeteer creak test.

The back of the E6300 is a silvery metal that appears to be aluminum.  The front edge has little rubber feet, and the back is elevated by a plastic wedge that contains the battery.  It also gives the keyboard a bit of a tilt.

One edge of the battery wedge has a power slider, a pairing button, and two status lights that indicate Bluetooth pairing, charging, and low battery.  You can also see the microUSB port that’s used to charge the internal battery.

To give you an idea of just how small this keyboard is, here it is beside the Apple Wireless Bluetooth keyboard.  I find Apple’s keyboard comfortable for typing.  I found the E6300 very difficult to type on.  I’ve been a touch typist since I took typing in high school mumble-mumble years ago.  My fingers just naturally spread to the correct placement so that my fingers land on the right keys when I lay my hands on a standard keyboard.  My fingers don’t hit the proper keys on the E6300.

In the enlargement of the above image, you’ll be able to see that some of the keys, like the quote key, are in completely the wrong place on the E6300 keyboard.  All of the keys are smaller than standard-sized keys, and they are packed too closely together.  I’ve already mentioned that some of the keys are even smaller than the other keys.

I would never use such a small keyboard as my computer keyboard, so I tried it out as an external keyboard for my iPad.  Before I talk about how it works as a keyboard, let me say that the E6300 paired quickly and easily with my iPad.  I just pressed the pairing button on the keyboard, turned on Bluetooth on my iPad, and the iPad found the E6300 almost immediately.  The iPad displayed a code on screen, and pairing was complete when I entered the code and hit the enter key on the E6300.  I tried powering down the keyboard and turning off Bluetooth on my iPad, and still they paired back up immediately without requiring me to enter the pairing code again when I turned everything back on again.  The iPad received every keystroke from the keyboard.

There are iPad-specific keys along the top that control volume, media playback, and some editing functions, like copy and paste.  There is a home key that functions just like the iPad’s physical home key and a “magnifying glass” key that opens the Spotlight search function.  There are also arrow keys that move the cursor around the iPad’s screen that are much easier to use than my fingers often are.  These keys functioned well with the iPad.

Other than the iPad-specific keys, the E6300 keyboard should work with Macs, PCs, or PS3s with Bluetooth.

My 16-year-old daughter’s hands are about the size of mine.  She’s also a touch typist, and you can see how her fingers landed on the keys.  She’s off by one full key toward the center of the keyboard, and my spacing is about the same.  My little fingers are also over one full key, meaning I’d be getting a caps-lock instead of an A or the return instead of a semi-colon.  My husband has much bigger hands than we do, and he had a lot of trouble fitting his fingers on the proper keys.

Since the keyboard isn’t going to work for standard typing, I decided to try it out as a “thumb” keyboard.  It’s too long for Rachel or me to be able to easily use it this way.  When we reach for the center keys, the palms of our hands or our other fingers can accidentally press the outer keys.  Butch’s hands were big enough that he said he could use the E6300 as a thumb keyboard.

If you are a two-fingered typist, you probably won’t mind the oddly placed and undersized keys.  If your hands are tiny, you could perhaps use this as a standard keyboard.  If you have large hands, it might work as a thumb keyboard for you.  I have neither, so the E6300 Bluetooth doesn’t work well for me as either type of keyboard.  I think I’ll stick with my Apple Wireless Bluetooth keyboard when I need an external keyboard with my iPad.

Product Information

Price:$42.19
Manufacturer:Rapoo
Retailer:Amazon
Pros:
  • Compact enough to fit in your gear bag
  • Has function keys to control the iPad
  • Rechargeable battery
  • Easy Bluetooth pairing
Cons:
  • Keys too small for touch typing, but keyboard is too big for many to use as a thumb keyboard
  • Some keys are oddly shaped, and others are in the wrong place

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DisplayLink shows off adapters and docks from HP, Lenovo, EVGA and Targus at IDF 2012

DisplayLink shows off new gear from HP, Lenovo, EVGA and Targus at IDF 2012

With the proliferation of Ultrabooks, laptops are shipping with fewer ports and smaller screens. One of the benficiaries of the streamlined designs is DisplayLink, whose technology can turn a single USB port into a bevy of connections. At IDF 2012, the company showed off new gear from several vendors, including EVGA, HP, Lenovo and Targus. First, there's a handsome little puck from EVGA, called the UV Plus+39, that plugs into your laptop's USB 2 or 3.0 socket to grant you HDMI and DVI output at up to 2048 x 1152 resolution for $85. Next up, Lenovo's self-explanatory USB 3.0 to DVI adapter that supports the same max resolution as the Plus+39 for $80. Lastly, a pair of docks from Targus and HP. HP's 3005pr USB 3.0 Port Replicator turns your laptop's USB 3.0 port into four USB 2.0, two USB 3.0, one HDMI, DisplayPort, and RJ-45 jacks, plus audio in and out connections for a mere $150. Targus' $250 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Dual Video Docking Station has similar connectivity to HP's solution, but swaps DisplayPort for DVI and adds the ability to charge 90W laptops using its included array of power adapters. Having trouble deciding which one's for you? Perhaps our photos in the gallery below will help you decide.

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So Long, Ping: Apple Shuttering Failed Social Network Sept. 30

Ping, Apple’s largely ignored attempt at a music-focused social network, is officially shutting down Sept. 30.

During Apple’s media event Wednesday, Apple introduced a redesigned iTunes interface for desktop and iOS devices, but Ping was noticeably absent. The new iTunes will be available in October.

Apple introduced Ping at the company’s fall 2010 iPod music event as a social network for music where users could follow ther friends and favorite musical artists to discover and talk about new music. Steve Jobs described it as “sort of like Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes.”

We had high hopes for Ping at the outset. In a 2010 article, we called it “too big to fail” and cited Apple’s then 150 million iTunes customers (and their credit cards) and the impending death of Myspace as reasons why the social network could become a social hot spot for music.

But Ping ended up landing half-baked. A deal with Facebook reportedly fell through, leaving the service lacking in the friend-discovery department. And it felt uncomfortably commercial, with frequently prompting users to buy tracks.

Speaking at the May All Things Digital conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “We tried Ping and I think the customer voted and said, ‘This isn’t something that I want to put a lot of energy into.’”

Apple might be redirecting its energies in this area on a Pandora-like custom radio service, according to recent reports. If true, it seems like Apple could eventually roll that into iTunes’ new enhanced playlist and Next Up feature fairly seamlessly.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/goodbye-ping/

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Kindle 3 (Keyboard) Is Not Gone Nor Forgotten – Firmware 3.4

Amazon might have just released a bunch of  new Kindles  but they haven’t forgotten the Kindle 3 (Keyboard).  Amazon has released a new firmware  update for this model.

Firmware update 3.4 includes:

  • Improved Font: We’ve improved the reading font to have more contrast and be more crisp.
  • Parental Controls: With the latest software update for Kindle Keyboard, parents can restrict access to the Experimental Web Browser, the Kindle Store, and Archived Items. While the Kindle Store and Archived Items are locked with Parental Controls, you can continue to buy books from a computer and send them to the Kindle wirelessly for a child to read.
  • Kindle Format 8: KF8 makes books look even better with support for author specified fonts and more book styling options.
  • Comic Books: Kindle Keyboard now supports comic books with Kindle Panel View. Supported titles can be purchased from the Kindle Store. Books open in Kindle Panel View by default (a view that allows you to read a comic book panel by panel).
  • Children’s Picture Books: Kindle Keyboard supports children’s picture books with Kindle Text Pop-Up. Supported titles can be purchased from the Kindle Store.
  • Whispersync for Voice: Now you can switch back and forth between reading and listening without losing your place. Whispersync for Voice will synchronize what you read on any Kindle platform device with Audible playback on Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Fire, or on Audible apps for iPhone and Android.

I still love my Kindle 3, but I’ve ordered a new Paperwhite because of the improved screen and built-in light.  Still, it’s nice to see that there’s life left in the Kindle 3. :)  The update will come down automatically or can be manually installed from here.

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Kindle 3 (Keyboard) Is Not Gone Nor Forgotten – Firmware 3.4 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 13, 2012 at 8:00 am.