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Interview with Wayne Houlden, founder of e-learning software company Janison
Leon and Garry discuss issues including:
The iPhone’s fifth anniversary
Google has revealed a new tablet computer, home-entertainment device, the Nexus 7,
Sony looking to pump almost money into struggling camera company Olympus and becoming its biggest shareholder and turning the company into a big force in medical equipment
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's biggest smartphone maker, expecting cumulative sales of its latest smartphone Galaxy S III to top 10 million units during July
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network
Microsoft buying social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion
Google putting its Maps app to work for businesses with a new initiative called Coordinate that helps you manage mobile workforces
Facebook abruptly switching everyone’s default email address to the @facebook.com
a team from the University of Maryland flying a human-powered helicopter for 50 seconds
Japan's two main airlines providing Wi-Fi on some international flights, with Japan Airlines to begin offering services next month, putting pressure on other airlines to follow.
New York Times readers will now be able to read more than just the top news stories on Flipboard. The popular and stylish news reading app will allow paid New York Times subscribers access to all Times content, including videos, blog posts and news stories. It could be a model for other newspaper publishers
Google X Labs creating a neural network of 16,000 processors – much like a human brain – that actually learns
Amazon planning to launch the next Kindle Fire on July 31. The 7-inch-screen Fire will get some hardware upgrades, including a physical volume control and a back-facing camera
London-based product designer Po-Chih Lai creating an eight-wheel skateboard that will allow people to skate down stairs
BBQ Guru introducing its new CyberQ Wi-Fi which allows people to barbecue steaks remotely. Using included probes, the system monitors the temperature of the barbecue itself and up to three pieces of meat that are cooking within it, then sends that data to the backyard chef via their mobile device or PC – they can then remotely adjust the barbecue’s settings as needed
Graduates from the School of Informatics at Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya creating uWhisp, a plug-in for use on existing social networks, that lets users send prerecorded voice messages
Introducing the PowerCRATE, a portable (you can even air-freight tablets in situ) solution for charging 25 tablets simultaneously without connecting any power leads
Researchers at MIT developing a new type of photovoltaic cell made with carbon nanotubes that captures solar energy in the near-infrared region of the spectrum.
San Francisco-based purveyor of technologically-themed apparel Alphyn Industries releasing the DELTA415 Wearcom jeans: a pair of jeans which allow the wearer to see and use a touchscreen smartphone without needing to actually take it out of their pocket
Great Outdoor Gym Company installing open air exercise areas across England that harvests people power and converts it into electricity |