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      Apple begins international iPad pre-orders

      May 9, 2010 /

      iPad 3 shot.The Apple Store went down today, which almost always means something new is coming. In this case it was international iPad pre-orders.

      If you haven’t been keeping up, the iPad launched in the US back in April, and though some countries haven’t had access to it, many of their citizens have been paying top dollar to get an iPad just a month early. Crazy early adopters. Seriously, I’m a geek/nerd/freak all the way and I struggle to understand that logic. But hey, more power to the people making bank off that iPad.

      If you reside outside the US you can finally head over and order your new tablet today. Launch is May 28th.

      Apple, iPad, News

      Batman 3 gets a date

      May 6, 2010 /

      Heath Ledger as the Joker.

      Hot on the heels of the Iron Man 2 release (actually a hair before, but hey), Warner Bros. made an announcement everyone has been waiting for. Batman 3 is coming people. He isn’t set to return until 2012, and technically the project hasn’t even been greenlit yet, but the studio still set a date for July 20.

      The announcement came as part of the studios IMAX plans, which include 20 films before the end of 2013. Once again we’ll be treated to the directorial tastes of Christopher Nolan. His brother, Jonathan, will pen the script.

      In most cases I’d call it strange to put out an announcement so far in advance without full approval/funding, but The Dark Knight made a billion dollars. I’m sure the third installment will do just fine.

      News

      Skype to release five-way video calls next week

      May 5, 2010 /

      Skype video callOnce upon a time I worked for a Steelcase dealer in Ohio. Though we specialized in systems furniture (the industry name for cubicles), we also dealt in some of the tech stuff associated with office life, including video conferencing solutions. The most expensive is a product from Steelcase’s conference room division, Polyvision, called Thunder. A basic system installation cost $100,000 and boasted a feature list that has now been largely duplicated by Skype. A few years back the ability to quickly share your desktop wasn’t as easy as right-click, share desktop. Now, though, Skype can handle it, and Skype’s free.

      Next week Skype plans to add five-way video calling to its service offering. The new feature will be free for starters, but may start to cost over the course of the year. You can bet plenty of businesses will be reconsidering their video conferencing options (or consider using video conferencing for the first time) when this rolls out. On the personal side, this is perfect for families and friends spread across the country. My own immediate family is currently spread across three states, soon to be four. It would be great to jump on and video chat with all of them for free.

      Computers, News

      Google to enter the ebook market this summer

      May 4, 2010 /

      Google Editions.If the Wall Street Journal is right, Google could be launching its ebook store as early as this summer. You may remember the Google ebook store, Google Editions, from all the problems it had last year. Publishers were far from supportive – they were actually combative – and it didn’t seem like any progress was in sight.

      It seems things have turned the corner, though. Google Editions will reportedly launch with somewhere between 400,000 and 600,000 titles. Hey, Amazon, remember how good it felt to be on top? With that many titles Google would be a top-notch competitor against both Amazon and Apple’s new iBookstore.

      The most interesting news, though, will be whether Google Editions kept any of the original, consumer-friendly stipulations in contract. Will we be able to print? How about that copy/paste feature?

      Source: WSJ

      Digital Media, ebooks, google, News

      I’ll have what Carol Bartz is having

      May 2, 2010 /

      Tech comparisons.Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has had some…interesting…things to say about the future of the web and her company’s competition with Google. This latest tidbit, which comes courtesy of a BBC interview, is a real humdinger.

      According to Bartz:
      Google is going to have a problem because Google is only known for search…It is only half our business; it’s 99.9% of their business. They’ve got to find other things to do…Google has to grow a company the size of Yahoo every year to be interesting.

      What’s that now, Carol? At the risk of sounding the Google fanboy, I’m willing to call this lady nuts. Completely bonkers, actually. No sane person can honestly say Google lacks diversity. The company is reaching into every aspect of web-connected living, or life as some call it. HP just dropped Microsoft in favor of Google’s OS for tablet devices and let’s not forget that Google as a search engine is the juggernaut of the industry. That says nothing of the other services Google provides. In case, like Carol Bartz, you’ve forgotten what that portfolio looks like, you can check out a full list of products here.

      If that still doesn’t have you convinced, consider this chart from the NYT comparing the endeavors of the world’s great tech empires.

      google, News, Websites

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