We have the pleasure of working with some amazing companies and brands at Teens in Tech, and the latest company to join that list is HP. Teens in Tech partnered up with HP to make a “Back to School” video with some of my back to school gadgets that you’re going to want to check out. For this video, I talked about four products for the students going back to school. You should also go ahead and give HP a follow over at Twitter, too.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Official Debut
We saw the Galaxy Tab teaser last week, but today Samsung has officially released their new Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab. The devices packs a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor, quad-band GSM, 7-inch WSVGA screen with multitouch, Flash 10.1, 4,000 mAh battery, 3 megapixel rear-facing camera with flash, 2.2, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, full HD video playback at 1080p, and a microSD slot that supports up to 32GB. Impressive specs right?
InDinero Raises Over $1 Million In VC Funding
InDinero, founded by Jessica Mah and Andy Su, has raised over $1 Million in venture capital funding. Mah, who was the keynote speaker of the original Teens in Tech Conference back in January 2009, has had a long road of entrepreneurial experiences, with InDinero being her latest.
Originally part of the latest batch of startups from Y-Combinator, InDinero aims to be the Mint.com of small businesses. What Mah sees with small business in managing their finances is a huge opportunity, and comparing the company to Mint, which sold for $170 Million to Intuit, is a good company to look up to.
iTunes 10 Released (Updated With Images)
Finally, after waiting all day, Apple has finally released iTunes 10 for download. Hop on over to iTunes’ website and download it for free on your Mac or PC. iTunes 10 offers the new Ping social network that allows you to follow artists and friends. Check out iTunes 10 for your self and tell us what you think.
Review coming soon..
Spotify Integration Coming To Sonos S5
Spotify users rejoice — the Sonos S5 system will be adding Spotify support. Of course, this means that only European Spotify users, unless you somehow managed to get into the US beta of Spotify, or use it some other way.
The free update available later this month will enable all Sonos customers in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK will have instant access to more than eight million songs and all of their playlists on Spotify.
10,000,000 Calls Placed In Gmail
Google has just announced that 10,000,000 calls have been placed with the recently announced calling feature inside of Gmail. The new feature allows you to make calls in Gmail through your Voice number or a number Google provides. Along with the announcement of 10,000,000 calls, Google has passed along some tips that makes this feature more useful.
The fact 10,000,000 calls have been made is very impressive. This is a feature I predicted would take off, and it seems it has. I know it has taken off when I walked in my brothers room yesterday and saw that he was talking to a friend with this feature in Gmail. This shows me it has taken off main stream.
Amazon Offering 99-cent TV Show Purchases: ABC and Fox (Updated)
Amazon has just released a way to rent TV shows for only 99-cents. Amazon’s new price cut comes right after Apple’s announcement of their 99-cent TV show rentals, available through their new Apple TV service. Amazon is making a way so you don’t have to wait for Apple TV, just go ahead and start renting now. As Engadget mentions this will cut the cost of renting TV shows for Roku users. I always love seeing Amazon competing with prices of other companies and trying to release a cheaper option.
Can’t wait for Apple TV rentals? Just go ahead and start buying from Amazon, because you can always import it into your Apple TV later.
September 1st Apple Event Round Up
In case you missed all of our coverage throughout the day, here is a roundup of what has happened at today’s Apple keynote. Today was exciting, focusing on iOS 4.1, iOS 4.2, iPods, iTunes 10, and the Apple TV. If you didn’t watch the Apple event live stream it is online now.
Apple will be releasing iOS 4.1 to all iPods and iPhone running iOS 4 and will update bugs, allow HD uploading over WiFi, High Dynamic Range Photos, and the return of Game Center. Game Center will allow you to play games with your friends or people from around the world.
Steve Jobs Appears Turtleneck-less *GASP*
It wasn’t until I closely looked at the live video stream of Apple’s event today, that I noticed that Steve Jobs was turtleneck-less! I know, you’re jumping out of your seat right now, but it is true.
For the last, oh, I don’t know, past five years, I’ve seen Steve wear his regular “Traveler Cashmere Turtleneck Sweater” at almost every public Apple event, and it looks like Steve is switching to his summer wardrobe.
Apple’s “One More Thing” — The New Apple TV
Among other things, Apple today introduced the new Apple TV, which is one forth the size of the current Apple TV. It has one HDMI connector, built in WiFi, ethernet jack and the power cable.
With the new Apple TV, you don’t have to worry about storage for your content; everything now you can rent, or stream directly from your computer.
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