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CES 2012
In an annual January ritual, 150,000 gadget-lovers descended in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. Among other debuts was the release of the world’s most frustrating video game, in which competitors try to hail a cab in Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show.
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If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em
Kodak has launched the EasyShare M750, which allows users to upload images to Facebook by pairing the camera with a smartphone. At the same time it is suing Apple and HTC for infringing on patents related to technology for transmitting images.
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Making TV smarter
Samsung will launch a smart TV converter kit in April 2012, offering Skype connectivity and a limited number of Android apps.
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One tablet per child
One Laptop Per Child’s XO-3 tablet is targeted at children in developing countries. The tablet has an 8-inch full colour screen. The nonprofit is starting a project that will gather data on how the tablet is used as a learning tool.
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How fast is fast enough?
Fusion-io CEO David Flynn during a demonstrated the company’s Auto Commit Memory technology at the Demo Enterprise event in San Francisco. The demonstration showed a set of eight servers achieving 1 billion IOPS performance.
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He let them know when the surf was up
Surfers around the world honoured Surfline founder and president Sean Collins, who died December 26 from a sudden heart attack. The online service distributes surfing forecasts through Web sites and mobile applications.
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Canadian company to make a splash in India
Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind, holding the Canadian company’s $50 tablet. DataWind is targeting sales of about 6 million units of its low-cost tablet in India this year, but it has to arrange additional manufacturing capacity and strengthen its support network to meet an unexpected surge in demand.
