Got an old iPod? Seven ways to offload your used electronics for cash
Written by Danrok   
Monday, 13 August 2012 17:03

From ArsTechnica:

The Internet was supposed to make selling your old gadgets easier, but in some ways, it has only become a bigger pain in the ass over time. Who really wants to put a laptop on eBay these days, or deal with the flakes who make up craigslist? Sometimes, the amount you're looking to recover from your used device might not be enough to justify the headaches involved in selling it—luckily, some devices tend to hold a relatively high resale value compared to some of their more common counterparts, but even Macs and iDevices can be a pain to offload much of the time.

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Google halts new orders for 16GB Nexus 7
Written by Danrok   
Sunday, 22 July 2012 16:25

From the Guardian:

Heavy demand for the 16GB version of the new Nexus 7 tablet has caught Google out after it expected more customers ordering through Google Play to want the 8GB version

Sources close to Google say the search giant seriously underestimated the demand for the 16GB version of its 7in Nexus 7 tablet, which has sold out from stockists and other sources while demand for the smaller 8GB version remains comparatively low.

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Apple ditches Google Maps software in latest iOS
Written by Danrok   
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:56

From the BBC:

Apple has unveiled its latest mobile operating system, iOS6, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

The operating system, which runs on its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, will no longer include Google Maps software.

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Nexus 7 can be repaired
Written by Danrok   
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 20:53

Nexus 7 cracked open using basic tools

iFixit have dismantled a working Nexus 7 tablet in order to discover how easily one of these Asus-built devices might be to repair.

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Bifacial solar panels boost yields
Written by Danrok   
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 17:23

10% to 30% boost over single-sided PV panels

BSolar is a company with R&D in Israel, and production facilities in Germany.  They claim to have developed the most efficient photovoltaic panel system which collects energy from the sun, on the front and back.

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Top smartphone platforms
Written by Danrok   
Monday, 02 July 2012 20:41

Google retaining ~50% of market share

Recent U.S. figures, which show the market share for each of the popular mobile phone platforms, indicate that Apple has made little gain since February 2012 - up just 1.7 points, in May, to 31.9%.

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Galaxy Nexus banned in the USA
Written by Danrok   
Saturday, 30 June 2012 22:26

Apple gains injunction on the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus phone cannot be sold in the United States after judge Lucy Koh ruled that it infringes on some of Apple's patents.

Critics have suggested that Apple is using its patents to aggressively damage its competitors - in this case Google and Samsung.

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Chrome arrives on iPhone, iPad
Written by Danrok   
Saturday, 30 June 2012 19:18

Google's Chrome web-browser has arrived for iOS devices, and is now available in the App Store.

This will be good news if you are already using Chrome on your computer, because you'll now be able to sync open tabs, bookmarks, and so on.

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Acer Iconia Tab A700
Written by Danrok   
Saturday, 30 June 2012 12:46

Now with a 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200 display

Acer has begun shipping its new Iconia Tab A700 loaded with Android 4.0 a.k.a Ice Cream Sandwich.  This is their first tablet to feature a display which is capable of playing back full HD video at 1080p resolution - one good reason to take a closer look at this device, and perhaps the only remarkable feature.

Other features include front and rear cameras, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad Core Mobile Processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 1GB of DDR2 system memory, and 32GB of internal storage.

The A700 is currently priced at $449.99 on Acer's own website.

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Blackberry 10 devices due Q1 2013
Written by Danrok   
Thursday, 28 June 2012 22:36

RIM's Blackberry 10 software was due out later this year, but RIM has announced that the date has been put back to early 2013.

The troubled telephone maker has just reported a $513m loss on a turnover of $2.8bn, and plans to shed a further 5,000 employees as part of cost-reduction measures.

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