Retail availability of the Raspberry Pi 2 was announced this week. The updated, self-contained board is available for $35 and includes: A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance) 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory) Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1 With the new processor, the Raspberry Pi 2 will be able to run ARM GNU/Linux distros and even Windows 10. For … [Read more...]
Samsung releases teaser image for Galaxy S6
Samsung sent out a teaser image for the next Galaxy Unpacked event. March 1st, Samsung is expected to announce the next Galaxy S6, the successor to Samsung's flagship phone line. The presentation will begin at 18:30 CET and will be streamed live on http://www.youtube.com/SamsungMobile. This comes a day after HTC has stated they will unveil the next HTC One, the M9. Why so … [Read more...]
FCC redefines broadband to address the digital divide
In 2010, the standard was set at 4 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed to define broadband. Yesterday, the FCC voted to update that definition in order to keep up with the times and reflect consumer demand. The new standard sets broadband equivalent or greater than 25 megabits per second download and 3 megabits per second upload. Now, having broadband should allow one … [Read more...]
Microsoft boosts Office products on Android and iOS
Coming off of the preview of Office for Windows 10 with a universal app and optimized for touch interfaces, Microsoft announced the general availability of several Office products for Android tablets. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android lost the 'Preview' tag in their title and are now available from the Google Play Store: Microsoft Word for Tablet Microsoft Excel for … [Read more...]
Amazon rolls out enterprise email and calendars with WorkMail
Amazon has opened another front in its battle with Microsoft and Google. Looking to take on Google Apps and Microsoft's Office 365/Exchange, Amazon Web Services introduced Amazon WorkMail. It is currently in a preview stage but the service allows secured, managed email and calendaring. Amazon WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendaring service with support for … [Read more...]