Sony unveils Android-friendly SmartWatch

Sony has just revealed the SmartWatch. This is a $150 watch that integrates with Android smartphones to show text messages, app updates and e-mail, manage calls, and control music and video. It also allows users to snap photos from their Android smarphones remotely. The dust and splashproof watch can run four days on a charge and connects to most Android smartphones via Bluetooth. Good news for hackers, Sony expects SmartWatch specific apps to be made available to the Google Play store.

Anne Geddes’ bestselling baby record book My First Five Years now available from the Mac App Store

World-renowned photographer and New York Times bestselling author Anne Geddes today announced that her ever-popular classic baby record book My First Five Years is available for the first time as a digital keepsake edition from the Mac App Store. Anne Geddes has sold millions of copies of My First Five Years since its first edition was published in 1996. 

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Video: Marketplace shows How iPads are Made

American Public Media's Marketplace takes to Foxconn, the controversial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei,Taiwan. The video shows how Apple's iPads are made and touches on how factory workers try to find jobs in manufacturing at Foxconn. Numerous computer and consumer electronics companies get their products made in Foxconn.

RIM releases more BBM connected apps, integrates sharing on Facebook and Twitter

Today RIM announced that a number of popular BlackBerry apps will be updated to include BBM connectivity. Some of the latest updates and features for users include:

· Facebook and Twitter: Automatically share your Facebook status or latest Tweet with your BBM friends right from within the app.
· BlackBerry Travel: Share your travel plans and flight changes directly with select BBM contacts or with your entire BBM community.
· BlackBerry App World: Easily update your BBM profile to let friends know about the great new app you’ve just downloaded on BlackBerry App World.
· BBM Music: Recommend friends right from within the BBM Music app itself, making it easier for you to connect and expand your music collection

Updates have also been made to BBM itself, including a new selection of animated avatars, a simpler way of updating one’s personal message in their profile, and the ability for users to quickly send voice notes.