Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Apple and BridgeCo Bring iTunes to Every Stereo in Your House

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

One of the new features that Apple announced at its music event last week was AirPlay, a feature that lets users wirelessly stream their music to different stereo systems all over their house. An evolution of AirTunes, a feature that first premiered with the AirPort Express in 2004, AirPlay lets users stream their iTunes library from and to multiple locations, including the forthcoming Apple TV. It also offers the ability to control playback and manage playlists from an iPhone or iPod touch

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Offload Junk and Find Treasures with Yoink

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

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Google Instant: Love It or Hate It? [POLL]

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Google Instant is just a few hours old, but in “technology years,” it’s already reached the awkward adolescent stage in which it is mercilessly judged by others.

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New York Times Will Go Out of “Print” Sometime in the Future

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

At a recent conference, The New York Times ‘ publisher and chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., stated that he eventually expects the “Gray Lady” will no longer be a physical newspaper. “We will stop printing the New York Times sometime in the future, date TBD,” he said to attendees of the International Newsroom Summit. This type of statement is sure to cause alarmist reactions in some and will strike others as a completely obvious conclusion to the ongoing struggles of traditional media

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Tablet Maker Kno Raises $46 Million for Dual-Screen Digital Textbook

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Kno Inc., the company behind the 14-inch dual-touchscreen tablet unveiled at D8 earlier this year, announced it has closed a $46 million debt-and-equity round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The leading venture capital firm, which has also financed prominent startups such as Foursquare , Zynga and Skype , was joined by Silicon Valley Bank and TriplePoint Capital

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