If you're an Illinois-based publisher or small business who has suffered reduced income or lost sources of revenue when Illinois passed its Affiliate Nexus Tax, or "Amazon Tax", you may be very interested in a press conference being held tomorrow. HB 3659 became Public Act 96-1544 with Governor Quinn's signature on March 10th of this year and went into effect July 1st. As a … [Read more...]
Watch Video From Apple’s ‘Celebrate Steve Jobs’ Event
Last week, October 19th, Apple held a private event that drew a large crowd of Apple employees and was broadcast around the world to their retail stores to celebrate the life of the late Steve Jobs.The video of the event is now available and features Apple CEO Tim Cook and others remembering Steve and a small concert from Coldplay. It lasted an hour and twenty … [Read more...]
New Photo Editing Research Allows Inserting Objects With Proper Lighting
PhD student, Kevin Karsch, and his team of three others have been working on interesting research at my alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Kevin has published to his personal website. It is a photo editing system that allows you to alter a photo and render a 3d object inserted into the environment with the correct lighting and other details. … [Read more...]
Microsoft Reaches License Agreement with Compal Electronics For Android Patents
Microsoft announced another win today in sorting out the patent and litigation mess that is Android. The announcement stated that it has signed an agreement with Compal Electronics, Inc. to cover Compal's tablets, mobile phones, e-readers, and other devices that use Android or Chrome platforms. This will net Microsoft continual royalties from Compal's products. "We are pleased … [Read more...]
Samsung and Google Delay Ice Cream Sandwich and Nexus Prime Announcement; Sprint Strategy Starting Soon
The Samsung and Google event that was planned for Tuesday, October 11th has been delayed. It was believed that this would reveal Ice Cream Sandwich and the Nexus Prime. Even though a teaser video was just released the other day, they're delaying the event. My speculation would be that they're feeling less pressure to follow on the heels of Apple's presentation since the iPhone … [Read more...]