iPad Features Are Terrible When Compared to HP TC 1100 from 2003
This is how good Apple really are at marketing! The iPad features are simply terrible when compared to the old HP TC 1100.
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Federated Media Extend Green Tech Network with EcoPressed
Federated Media is slowly become more than your average blog advertising network. Recently Federated Media has started to branch out into a range of content aggregation sites which combine blogs from within their own network into broad categories, with the aim to push more traffic and more revenues. The latest addition is EcoPressed, which is a partnership between Federated Media, WordPress, General Electric (advertiser) and interactive marketing agency Beeby Clark+Meyler.
Instead of producing the content themselves, Federated Media will rely on WordPress’ top users in the clean-tech blogging space as well as FM’s larger content producers.
Federated Media is closing the gap between major advertisers and blogs.
New Rechargeable Battery Lasts for 20 Years!
There’s nothing more depressing for a gadget guru than to pick up favourite camera or media player etc… and have it lay dead in the palm of his hand. Diagnosis? A dead battery. Bummer.
It’s really been a given for the past century. Batteries waste. Sure the Duracell bunnies would have us believe otherwise but they do. Even rechargeable batteries which can be found in everything from cameras to electric scooters can die due to being worn out. However, that’s all about to change. A new type of lithium-ion rechargeable battery has been introduced which is said to last over twenty years (around 10,000 charges). Now that’s value for money.
A Japanese company by the name of Eamex have cured the cause (<– link requires a subscription to read) of batteries burning out. With normal rechargeable batteries, the negative electrode deteriorates over use. This new design aims to coat the negative terminal in a special protective film (tin coated resin) which will protect it. This will last a regular user over twenty years.
So in theory, you could have five or six digital cameras but only one pair of batteries! Pretty cool. Expect to see these new batteries later this year.
Google interested in Russian Dominated IM Service, ICQ
It’s no big secret that the Russian market has been a tough one to crack for major western companies. Nintendo wouldn’t even bother trying to sell the Wii there as they feel Russia just isn’t ready for social gaming and the internet seems to hold less cultural value when compared to other countries.
However, Google are trying desperately to get a firm foot-hold in the market and as such have made a bid of around the $200 million mark for the country’s most popular instant messaging service; ICQ. Skype are also rumoured to be interested in the deal.
AOL owns ICQ at the minute having bought it in 1998 for $400 million (they’ll be making a loss). It now has over 30 million users with in excess of eight million of them living in Russia. So getting such a huge chunk of the market instantly would be a huge help for Google. Or whatever Western company manages to close the deal for that matter.
TIME Magazine launch TechLand
The folks behind TIME magazine at TIME Inc. have just launched their new technology website dubbed Techland. The new website has many old faces from TIME on its masthead including their Tech editor Lev Grossman who’ll be a regular contributor.
They’ll cover the more ‘user orientated’ area of the market with much of their categories revolving around products and less about news. These categories include Gadgets, Gaming, Culture and Videos.
Overall, it looks like a good website from a reliable bunch however the design is a little sloppy and I’d imagine they’ll be tidying things up a bit as the site grows. The ties with TIME are still evident with many of their information pages such as ‘Contact Us’ leading directly to TIME’s customer services page.
