MapQuest picks TomTom Maps to power iPhone and Android turn-by-turn navigation apps

Still trying to figure out which way to turn when it comes to on-phone navigation? How's about a free option to ponder? MapQuest's gratis iPhone and Android programs are set to get a heck of a lot better, and soon. The company just announced that TomTom would become its maps provider, enabling it to provide coverage for more than 7.5 million miles of roads across North America. Interestingly, it seems that TomTom is finding new life after the death of the PND (personal navigation device) in software; just last month, Apple knighted TomTom to power its own internal Maps app, which is set to debut with iOS 6.

NBC's 2012 London Olympics second screen and streaming apps for Android and iOS launch today

NBC mentioned it would deliver two complementary mobile apps for its extensive London Olympics coverage and now they have arrived. Available for Android phones and tablets as well as the iPhone and iPad, they're built on Adobe technology to deliver the information and live streaming video, as well as handle the TV Everywhere authentication with the cable providers that's necessary to view all of the content. The NBC Olympics Live Companion is specifically designed to operate as a second screen for users to pull up stats and extra info on while they watch TV, and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app delivers video of every event streaming live to users wherever they are. It supports multiple camera angles, social features like the Facebook tie-ins NBC announced yesterday and users can even switch between the two apps at will.

Facebook For Android 1.9.7 Update Released, Now Available For Download!

The Facebook for Android update brings smoother UI navigation, bug fixes and security improvements. Besides, the application also allows to you easily switch between conversations, share bigger photos and even check who's online - just like the desktop counterpart. On a whole, it aims to further improvise the Facebook for Android user experience. Check out the list of features and download link on the other side of break. Keep up with friends, wherever you are with the Facebook for Android app. · Share photos and videos · Text, message and chat · Know who's seen your message, and who hasn't · Play games · Check into places you go · Use your favorite apps The application is compatible with devices running Android 2.2 Froyo or later releases. Click here to download Facebook for Android [Google Play link]. We will keep you posted as more details surface. Stay tuned!

Quick Tips and Tricks – Save Amazon's Free Android App of the Day for Later

The development of technology in these days is growing rapidly. Starting from the smartphone, internet, mobile, camera, tablet pc, laptop, notebook, blackberry, iphone, blackberry, ipod, mp3 player, desktop pc, playstation, xbox, etc. In addition to satisfying the needs of everyday life, gadgets became one of the today's trends. In this blog we provide the latest information about the latest developments on the gadget reviews, prices and specifications. The following are the latest news about Quick Tips and Tricks – Save Amazon's Free Android App of the Day for Later, please read below.

Each day Amazon offers a paid Android application for free through their Appstore. Normally you would visit the Appstore through the dedicated Amazon Appstore app. But even if you don't have an Android smartphone or tablet (yet), you can still take advantage of Amazon's Free App of the Day. You don't need to visit Amazon's Appstore through an Android device to save the free apps, you can access them through your laptop or desktop's browser. Just go to Amazon and click Apps under the Appstore for Android heading in the left sidebar. From there you can search on different apps, but it also prominently displays the daily free app. Click the Get App button and it will be saved to your Amazon account which you can then access from all your Android devices.   On your Android device you can go into the Amazon Appstore app, click menu and then My Apps to view your all your saved Amazon apps. Nice! This way you can save all those freebie apps to install later. Don't have the Amazon Appstore app on your Android device and can't find it in Google's App Market? No worries. Go back to the Amazon Appstore on your laptop and type your smartphone's number in the Get Started box in the upper right corner. You'll receive a text message on that device with a link that you can tap to download the app. If you have a tablet or other Android device without a phone number, visit www.amazon.com/amazonappstoreapp via the device's browser. Once installed, you type in your Amazon login info and you're all set.

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ZiiLabs Shows Off New “100-Core” Processor Optimized Specifically For Android 4.0 Devices

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Just when you added quadQuad-cores are soooooo 2011. Okay — well, maybe they're still the future. ZiiLabs made a splash today when they announced their “100-core” ZMS-40 processor optimized specifically for Android Ice Cream Sandwich. You can pick your jaw up off the floor, little Timmy because despite ZiiLabs claims, is ZMS-40 is still very much a quad-core processor but with a little more oomph. The company backs up their claims of “100-cores” by combining 96 StemCell Media Processing cores that operate right alongside the main 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor. What does all this mean? Well, I honestly have no clue but besides sounding rather impressive, ZiiLabs is promising double the performance at only half the power consumption of their previous ZMS-20 processor and that's something I can jive with. The ZMS-40 is designed specifically to take advantage of devices running on Android 4.0 and we should see a few of tablets powered by one of these bad boys at next weeks CES. If you're into impressive sounding specs, check out the full press release below. ZiiLABS Unveils 100-Core ZMS-40 Processor: Double the Performance, Half the Power Consumption Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A9 and 96 StemCell Media Processing Cores Enhance Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Performance and Battery Life Singapore - ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today unveiled its ground-breaking 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for Android. The ZMS-40 combines 96 of ZiiLABS' StemCell media processing cores with four 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs to deliver stunning multi-tasking application and media processing performance. By doubling the number of StemCell Media processors compared to the previous ZMS-20, the ZMS-40 delivers twice the peak media performance, while running the larger array at lower clock speeds to achieve the same performance leads to greater energy efficiency and a reduction in power consumption of up to 50 percent. With 2X the performance and 2X the power efficiency, the ZMS-40 delivers ground-breaking media capabilities to handheld devices such as tablets, including ultra-high-resolution H.264 HP decoding of up to 3840×1080 for true 1080p 3D stereo, a rich and interactive desktop browsing experience, 2560×1600 (WQXGA) display resolution support, higher-quality video encoding and immersive OpenGL ES graphics and future support for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The up-and-coming HEVC standard (also known as H.265), besides other qualitative benefits, can also increase data compression ratio by up to 2X as compared to H.264. These technology wizardries are achieved by requiring many more times the computational complexity. HEVC claims to target the next generation Hi-Def TV market which can support scalable resolutions from 320×240 to 1080p with improved picture quality in terms of noise level, color and dynamic range, and all the way up to an incredible resolution of 7680×4320. Being fully programmable and with their massive parallelism, the 96 cores of StemCell Media processors can easily handle the onerous computational requirements of this new CODEC and support higher resolutions that are beyond today's display systems. The latest ZiiLABS MandelMark data highlights how the increase in size of the StemCell array can result in a 2X increase in performance or a 50% reduction in power consumption. MandelMark is ZiiLABS' OpenGL ES 2.0 shader implementation of the Mandelbrot algorithm and is designed to test the computing performance of modern GPUs. Additional information on MandelMark can be found at: www.ziilabs.com/mandelmark The ZMS-40 supports ZiiLABS' enhanced Android 4.0 implementation that complements the standard Android offering with a rich suite of software to exploit the massive computing power of the ZMS processor and includes support for: ZiiPhoto for intelligent photo browsing, 3D slide show and special photo effects, ZiiCamera for real-time preview and capturing of photos with 3D effects; live ultra high resolution 40 megapixel Panoramic photo capture in one sweep; and high dynamic range images, ZiiVideo for advanced video playback including 1080p WebM (VP8) support and trick modes (such as reverse play, frame-by-frame advance and reverse, multi-speed play and more), and skip to any part of a movie by browsing a timeline with thumbnails, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi's Crystalizer and CMSS-3D audio effects. ZiiLABS' enhanced Android supports not just cloning of the device display onto a TV but also APIs to enable dual independent displays, where the TV is showing a different screen from the device. For example, a user could be browsing the web for information while watching an HD video on the TV all at the same time. This usage model has a tremendous range of applications, and is only made possible due to the power of the ZMS-40. “The ZMS-40 continues our strategy to deliver ground breaking processors, hardware platforms and software solutions that enable our partners to differentiate and win market share in the Android tablet space,” said Hock Leow, President of ZiiLABS. “Our customers demand innovation and ready-for-market solutions and with ZMS-40, JAGUAR and the latest Android software we continue to deliver phenomenal performance, features and value.” “We are already working through the draft specifications of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and expect the flexibility and performance of the ZMS-40 to meet the challenging computation complexity of this emerging CODEC in order to deliver higher-quality and lower bandwidth.” said Tim Lewis, Director of Marketing at ZiiLABS. “The tablet market for China is going to explode, especially with China's recent emphasis on digital textbooks, digital school bags and digital classrooms for all of its students. We have gained tremendous momentum by working with various partners in this vertical segment of the market alone during the past year,” said Sim Wong Hoo, Chairman and CEO of Creative Technology Ltd. “The ZMS-40 further allows us to design and develop a breath-taking 4th generation Android tablet aimed squarely at the Chinese market. Leveraging on the vast Chinese computing technologies and educational content expertise we have mustered over the decades, we have developed a beautiful, ultra-slim, ultralight Chinese tablet with Chinese characteristics and unprecedented performance based on the ZMS-40 and Android 4.0 with our very own Chinese platform.” “We are now forging ahead to form a Chinese Tablet Alliance with several major Chinese partners both in the horizontal and vertical market segments to further develop, build and market this timely tablet, ” added Sim. “Details of this Chinese tablet and the alliance will be unveiled soon.” Android 4.0 (ICS) tablets and associated design-kits based on the ZMS-40 will be showcased at the ZiiLABS suite (Venetian) in Las Vegas between 10 - 13 Jan at the CES 2012 tradeshow. ZMS-40 Differentiating Features Quad 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 MP Cores 96x fully-programmable StemCell Media Processing cores 58 GFlops StemCell compute power Wide range of accelerated video codecs including HEVC, H.264, VC1 and WebM (VP8) True 1920x1080p 3D stereo playback (3840×1080) Double the CPU performance for enhanced multi-tasking Double the Graphics and Media performance i Half the power consumption for longer battery life ii Support for ZiiLABS enhanced Android 4.0 implementation 2560×1600 (WQXGA) resolution support for next-generation LCDs and Displays ZMS-40 Key Features High-Definition, low-latency video conferencing Optimised OpenGL ES 2.0 for robust 3D graphics acceleration Accelerated OpenCL 1.1 (desktop profile) integrated into Android NDK High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image Processing High-quality Text-to-Speech and Voice Recognition Integrated HDMI 1.4 with 3D stereo support 2GB addressable memory DDR2x3 at 533 MHz for low-cost LPDDR2 for maximum memory bandwidth and low-power 64-bit wide memory bus Quad independent video controllers supporting 24-bit displays and cameras 3V3 and 1V8 I/O's reduce peripheral power consumption Dual USB 2.0 HS OTG (Host/Peripheral) controllers with PHY for low system cost Three independent SDIO/MMC controllers Extended battery life with robust Dynamic Power Management and Instantaneous On Enhanced Security: 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and TrustZone Availability and Specifications The ZiiLABS ZMS-40 is sampling to select customers based on the JAGUAR tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). About ZiiLABS ZiiLABS is a leader in media-rich application processors, hardware platforms and advanced middleware. Its products enable OEMs, ODMs, System Integrators and Software Developers to deliver industry-leading devices across a broad range of consumer electronics and embedded markets. Originally founded in 1994 as 3DLABS, the company re-branded and joined with the Personal Digital Entertainment group of Creative Technology to form ZiiLABS in January 2009. ZiiLABS has invested US$1 billion and 10,000 man-years in media processing solutions and has offices in the UK, China, USA and Singapore. Learn more about ZiiLABS at: www.ziilabs.com

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