The Netflix of kids’ books? Epic launches on iPad for $9.99/month
The Netflix monthly subscription model is a hit for movies and TV, and is spreading to music with paid versions of services like Pandora and Spotify. In 2014,…
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Will “disease-like” Facebook lose 80 percent of users by 2017?
There’s some non-peer-reviewed “research” (PDF) going around that claims Facebook will have lost 80 percent of its users in a few years’ time, based on the idea that…
It’s official: China is the wild, wild west of cloud computing
Within hours of Amazon’s announcement of a new Beijing region for Amazon Web Services, IBM jumped into the mix, announcing a new relationship with 21Vianet to offer high-end…
Why public libraries should follow Chicago’s lead and build maker labs
Gigaom.com reports that Square co-founder Jim McKelvey built the first prototypes for his little white credit card swiper at the TechShop workshop in Menlo Park, Calif. MakerBot’s first…
Bringing your new iPad 2 to work
As most companies have looked to cut costs any way they could, the result has been a workforce equipped with underpowered devices, plastic enclosures and an outdated mobile…
Acer Iconia A100: A 7-Inch Android tablet (with Honeycomb!)
Acer may take the plunge to put Android 3.0 on a 7-inch tablet, according to reports from this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The company is…
8 cloud companies to watch in 2011
2010 was a big year for cloud computing and infrastructure, in general, but if there’s one fundamental truth in this market, it’s that it doesn’t sit still for…
Home 3-D is DOA: Majority of U.S. won’t buy a 3DTV
The dream of delivering 3-D video into consumer homes is one that probably won’t be realized--at least not anytime soon, and most likely not in North America, reports…