Tabitha Laptop Bag

Here’s a laptop bag for women who don’t want to look like they’re carrying a laptop.  The Tabitha Bag is made of leather with an embossed crocodile pattern.  It’s from Penelope & Parker -  a British luxury-brand company.  The bag is fitted with interior and exterior pockets and file holders.  There’s also a faux-fur lined [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/04/22/tabitha-laptop-bag/

Emma Sauter Rosemarie Ramsauer Jörn Domenighini Marion Dallmeyer

Zoho Docs 2.0 adds iPad support

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Zoho has offered an iOS app for a while now -- at least for the iPhone and iPod touch. Those of you who have been wanting to use the Zoho app on your iPad were out of luck, but that's no longer the case.

Zoho Docs 2.0 has landed in the App Store, and the most notable change is that it's now a universal app. Now you're able to take advantage of the app's mobile productivity powers on your larger iOS device. Retina display support has also been added, as have document sharing options -- which you can utilize in both the viewer and collaboration modes.

Just like the basic Zoho service, the app is available totally free of charge. Paid subscriptions get you additional storage space and start at $3 per month for professional use.

Zoho Docs 2.0 adds iPad support originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/zoho-docs-2-0-app-for-ipad-arrives/

Lennart Tonn Simone Temme Heidemarie Stegmann Annika Schäffer

Scrabble Helper helps you improve your Words With Friends gameplay

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If you play Scrabble (or a scrabble-like game) from time to time, you may want to check out Scrabble Helper. This simple website is a godsend when you're at a loss for words. Simply enter whatever letters you have, and the word you'd like to connect with. Scrabble helper comes up with a whole bunch of suggestions sorted by score.

The site lets you select one of five dictionaries - Scrabble International/US, Lexulous International/US, and Words With Friends. Some people might say this constitutes cheating -- I think if the other side knows you're doing it, it's definitely not cheating. And it doesn't take the challenge out of the game, because implementing Scrabble Helper's suggestions and deciding which words you'd like to connect with still takes a fair bit of thought.

Very handy, though perhaps not one for the Scrabble puritans in the crowd.

Scrabble Helper helps you improve your Words With Friends gameplay originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/14/scrabble-helper-helps-you-improve-your-words-with-friends-gamepl/

Nathalie Füllgraf Janine Harrer

Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look

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While not a game per se, I found Mitoza intriguing enough to spend quite some time with it. You start off with a seed, and are then presented with two choices: you can either click a flower pot, or click a cute little birdie.

If you click the flower pot, a flower pot appears and the seed is planted inside. You're then presented with two further choices -- a water can or a bottle of fertilizer. Each choice you make causes your creation to morph, and presents you with two other choices.

There's no winning or losing, really. Each "game" usually lasts around four or five choices, at which point the plant/animal dies in some creative (but not too gruesome) way. At this point you instantly start over with a new seed.

The graphics are captivating; the whole thing has a cinematic feel to it, with a bit of artificial camera shake added for style.

All in all, it's a fun, peaceful way to spend a few minutes, and it might even make you think a little bit while you're at it.

Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/28/mitoza-is-a-fun-freaky-web-toy-with-an-artistic-look/

Jörn Domenighini Marion Dallmeyer Hanna Wohlrab Henrik Brenner

Daily Crunch: Distortion Field Edition

Video: French Robot REETI Can Show Emotions CrunchDeals: Super Mega Worm For Super Mega Free Cardboard Pinhole Hasselblad Is Short On Megapixels, Long On Cute Video: New Touchscreen Control Interface Flexes When Scrolled 5 Reasons To Buy A Nintendo 3DS? And 5 Reasons Not To

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/31/daily-crunch-distortion-field/

Alexander Berner Oliver Büdenbender Christa Eymann Ingrid Schur

T-Mobile's Bobsled Slides onto Facebook for Free VoIP Calling [Blip]

All you've got to do is download the Bobsled app to your Facebook profile, and then you can see which of your Facebook friends are also using the free VoIP app—and then call them, right there on Facebook. For free. Sounds easy, right? More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/wnIqUimjlfc/t+mobiles-bobsled-slides-onto-facebook-for-free-voip-calling

Annette Lechner Margarethe Lachner Lutz Yalcin Birte Höß

Why Can?t Nuclear Plants Work More Like Software Startups?

Picture a classic software startup. Two people sit in some dark room, faces lit by their computer screens. From these humble beginnings, the world can change, we tell ourselves. And it has been true often enough to become a part of Silicon Valley’s mythology. Now picture a nuclear reactor. Hundreds of people build it. Dozens operate [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/energy-startups/

Vivien Strupp Elena Lasch Hans-Jürgen Haake Arno Zimmerling

comScore: Including iPads, iPods And Tablets, Apple?s iOS Outreaches Android By 59 Percent

comScore has just released an interesting study comparing the reach of Apple's iOS platform to Google's Android operating system in the U.S. The analytics and data company is reported that Apple's device with the iOS operating system, including iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, have a combined platform reach of 37.9 million, outreaching the Android platform by 59 percent. comScore says that the installed base of iPhones slightly exceeded that of iPod Touches, both of which were approximately twice as high as the number of iPads. Among the 37.9 million consumers with access to the Apple iOS, only 4 million (10.5 percent) accessed the platform via more than one device. And the combined 37.9 million iOS users is 59 percent greater than the 23.8 million combined Android OS installed base, which includes users of both Android phones and Android tablets. Of total mobile subscribers, Apple iOS has a 16.2 percent share compared to a 10.2 percent share held by Android.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/MuAQnR5j33c/

Lennart Tonn Simone Temme Heidemarie Stegmann Annika Schäffer

Daily Crunch: Original Vs. Copy Edition

The DIY Bullet Bill Rocket Is All Of My Childhood Dreams Come True Awesome Android Group Video: 3 Humans Meet Their Robotic Look-alikes Shhhh? This Minox Spy Cam Is For Spying! The XM25: A Future Weapon Killing Bad Guys Right Now Get Your Wordstar On With These ?Abandon Wear? Shirts

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/06/daily-crunch-original-vs-copy/

Nathalie Füllgraf Janine Harrer Emilia Münchow Claus Rehberg

The First Space Station Ever Launched 40 Years Ago Today [Techversary]

By 1971, people had been in space. They'd even flown around the earth! But there'd never been a real home for humans in orbit—they went up, and they came down. That changed 40 years ago today. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/a-cDCdZIWlk/the-first-space-station-ever-launched-40-years-ago-today

Lea Linden Kevin Fickenscher Amelie Schweizer Elfriede Oltmanns