The Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA®) today announced that Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct has been incorporated into its Interoperability Guidelines. Wi-Fi Direct is a certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance® for products that are capable of device-to-device connections without the presence of a traditional home, office or hotspot network. Through incorporation into the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines, Wi-Fi Direct will expand on the existing Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ devices supported by DLNA to enhance wireless connectivity for consumers globally. DLNA and WiFi offer the promise of simple, wireless media streaming without the need for that pesky router middleman. The Digital Living Network Alliance has
Read MoreAndroid 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would soon be making its way to its entire lineup of Xperia handsets. Today, this forthcoming upgrade has become official in Sony Ericsson blog. "We can today confirm that we plan to upgrade the entire 2011 Xperia portfolio to the next version of Android known as Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich," "We are working on merging our current Xperia experience with the new features in Android 4.0." The update will encompass all Xperia Arc, Play and Pro handsets, as well as the company's Live with Walkman device, though we'll have to wait a little longer for
Read MoreAircel has officially announced that it will bring the iPhone 4S to India on Friday 25 November 2011 and, according to a report by The Times of India, it is strongly rumoured that the other official iPhone carrier in India, Bharti Airtel, will be joining in on the festivities with a launch of its own. Customers will be able to start placing preorders on the carrier’s website from November 18 onwards. Neither Aircel nor Airtel have revealed what the prices will be but you can expect to see the iPhone 4S to be priced somewhere between 35,000 and 40,000 for the
Read MoreIlya Zhitomirskiy, the co-founder of the open-source Facebook alternative Diaspora, has died at the age of 22. The cause of death is not yet publicly known. Zhitomirskiy, along with Dan Grippi, Maxwell Salzberg and Raphael Sofaer, created the open-source software as part of a project while they were students at New York University. Diaspora was created as a response to Facebook’s controversial privacy changes in 2010. The team was able to raise $200,000 on Kickstarter to launch the project. RIP Ilya
NHK and BBC have confirmed it will be available for public screenings in super Hi-Vision 7,680 x 4,320 resolution (16 times the number of pixels of HDTV,) next year during the 2012 London Olympics. Screening dates have been arranged for three countries (Japan, UK, and US), and it appears domestic viewers will want to plan on visiting the Washington D.C. area next July / August to get a taste of the 33 megapixel video and 22.2 channel surround sound for themselves. Next year's Games have already put extensive 3D coverage on the schedule and NBC has promised every event will
Read MoreSlingPlayer has added one more platform to its pile, check out the video below for quick demo of streaming video through Facebook. While the old Sling streaming will works as it used to be, this one adds extra flavor in from of social features to the mix, which will let viewers share the shows and what they enjoy watching easily while not-so-coincidentally making sure their friends know they're watching TV via Slingbox. There's no word on when this will actually hit the streets. SlingPlayer for Facebook
While a new tablet launch isn’t breaking news anymore, there’s one that’s unlike any other yet to be released—it’s a full-fledged mobile computing device for kids ages 3 to 10 that lets them play educational games, watch videos from providers such as PBS and National Geographic for Kids, as well as engage in social activities like e-mail and video mail. It also has a “Mommy mode” so parents can use it to do grown-up tasks. Made by Los Angeles-based Fuhu, the new tablet will be called Nabi and will get content from the company’s existing Fooz Kids application, which links to
Read MoreSomewhere along the line, Microsoft went from being the powerhouse in the browser market to begging users to switch back to Internet Explorer. Now, Microsoft is running a "where's the love?" campaign to offer "free stuff" for users who download IE9. In fact, the holiday campaign offers prospective IE downloaders free music, movies, and other stuff. After all these years, hasn't Microsoft learned yet that it can't buy love? While IE may hold a lead over Firefox, Chrome and Safari individually, it's trounced by the trio overall. So Microsoft is responding not by improving IE and making it a
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