Tuesday
Jan072014

Wireless charging comes to iPad Air and iPad mini via iPort cases and docks

The iPort Case and Stand revealed today at CES 2014 is a multifunctional accessory that brings wireless inductive charging to the iPad family of products while offering a neat way to dock and angle the popular tablets in various landscape or portrait modes. Available for preorder via the manufacturer's website, iPort will ship in 4 to 6 weeks time.

Tuesday
Jan072014

Yahoo! launches news aggregator app for iOS

Yahoo! has made a pretty quick and dramatic shift to mobile under the stewardship of CEO Marissa Meyer who took the stage today at CES for her keynote. Among the announcements was they acquisition of the Aviate desktop launcher for Android as well as a renewed focus on entertainment and mobile apps. 

News Digest for iOS is a news aggregator and summary app that learns what users read and shapes the delivery of content to follow these trends. Yahoo! seems focused on providing iOS-first solutions and apps. Their intro video during the CES keynote focused mostly on iPhones and iPads and many apps seem to arrive first on iOS.

"We wanted Yahoo News Digest to revisit a content format that when read, led you to a sense of completion and conclusiveness, much like reading the newspaper did," Yahoo's product manager for mobile and emerging products Nick D'Aloisio. 

 

Tuesday
Jan072014

Alienware and Valve set to Revolutionize PC Gaming Steam Machine 

Alienware and Valve, the developers of the world's largest online gaming platform and the creators of the Half-Life franchise, have been collaborating on designing the first dedicated Alienware Steam Machine gaming console.

Alienware designed its upcoming Steam Machine to deliver the benefits of PC gaming in an incredibly small footprint, providing the best balance between size, performance and aesthetics for the living room gaming experience.

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Tuesday
Jan072014

Apple's App Store rakes in $10 billion sales in 2013

Apple today announced that customers spent over $10 billion on the App Store in 2013, including over $1 billion in December alone. App Store customers downloaded almost three billion apps in December making it the most successful month in App Store history. Apple’s incredible developers have now earned $15 billion on the App Store.

“We’d like to thank our customers for making 2013 the best year ever for the App Store,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “The lineup of apps for the holiday season was astonishing and we look forward to seeing what developers create in 2014.”

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