Navigon Apps on Sale!

My favorite iOS Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation Apps are ON SALE just in time for your holiday travel or App Gifting Needs.

Navigon North America (USA & Canada) Now $38.99 ($21 off)






Navigon USA Only Now $29.99 ($20 off)









Lower Cost Region Specific Apps Now $19.99 ($10 off):




East (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, MA, ME, MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV)




Central (AL, AR, CO, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NM, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WI, WY)




West (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)

Navigon makes several apps for just about every region around the world. Find yours here: 






These Apps are UNIVERSAL and work on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The Maps are BUILT-IN and therefore these Apps don't require a data connection to navigate. With version 2.0 you can now download just the maps you need for the areas you're driving in so that you don't waste a lot of space on your device.

Kindle Fire owners are heavy internet users?

An ad network is claiming that Kindle Fire advertisement impressions growing, suggests increasing users and owners’ online activity.
Silk Browser is one of the most controversial web browsers this year due to its Amazon cloud-centric structure. Well, the browser is the newest indicator that Kindle Fire users are growing.
According to Millennial Media, November’s ad impressions data hint the growth of the Kindle Fire users and based on its findings, is flaunting the average ad impression growth of 19% since its release date last month. For starters, more users means more web users, and the good news for Amazon, consumers bought the device not because it is cheap, but they are also using it to browse the web.

The Kindle Fire is using a heavily customized version of Android, and the fact is, it is an Android device. The point is, the new Amazon tablet is also helping the search engine giant Google and its Android operating system to grab more ad impression market share.
The data reveal that Android still leads in Millennial Media’s ad impressions list with an impressive 50% of the total mobile ad impressions.
Apple’s new iOS 5 operating system as well as the new iPhone 4S arguably gave the computer company iOS the additional 7% last month now with 30 percent, while the company behind the BlackBerry smartphones grabbed the 17 percent.
The Kindle Fire is currently the cheapest “high-end” Android device, sporting the tag price of $199 only.
Rumors say Amazon will release a new, and bigger Fire tablet next year that will compete against Apple’s 9.7-incher, and other Android devices sporting the larger 10-inch. Amazon said last week that they’re currently selling 1 million Kindles a week, and the growth started last month after the launch of the 7-inch Android tablet.
Via TechCrunch.

ASUS Transformer Prime 64GB delayed: Reports

An Online retail is suggesting that the high-end 64GB ASUS will get a Spring release date.

Still waiting for the more spacious ASUS Transformer Prime or Transformer 2 with 64GB of onboard storage? Well, here’s a little bad news. If you’re not into reading bad tips, exit to Google or Bing or your preferred search engine immediately.
According to multiple reports circulating on the internet, the ASUS tablet with 64GB memory is delayed and will not arrive until next year. Yikes.

It is worth noting that ASUS and third-party retailers are still saying that the “cheaper” 32GB variant is still on schedule and will arrive this week or next month in some regions, and also depending on your retailer.
The source of the new tip is Clove, a smartphone and tablet retailer in the United Kingdom.
Here in the United States, the Transformer Prime is reportedly scheduled to arrive in customers’ houses today via Amazon.com.
Via Electronista.

What Are the Next Apple Products?

The brand-new line of Apple items to be released following year has the tech globe buzzing by having speculation as well as unlimited rumors. One of noted devices, the iPhone 5, has actually produced an internet of feasible designs as well as brand-new features that might come after this year’s Apple iPhone 4S.


The brand-new Apple iPhone 5 will certainly gloat a quicker processor as well as major software upgrades. The lengthy waited for 4G LTE connection will at last pertain to fruition after individuals have actually egged Apple to bring the seldom utilized feature to its items. Numerous of the most current Android devices operating the most current OS variation have actually currently used the feature.


Apple will certainly be heading in a various direction as its brand-new mobile phone takes a totally various design. The year 2012 will certainly guarantee to present major modifications on the equipment as well as software facets of the brand-new line of devices. A larger screen display will certainly be one of the physical features to count on to the brand-new Apple iPhone. Although no verification has actually but been made, the technician giant will likely institute such modification along by having a number of others facets. A number of technician sources are organizing to make the device thinner as well as light-weight.


Comparable modifications will definitely be made by having the following tablet, the iPad 3. Like the brand-new Apple iPhone, it will definitely even view major modifications. One of the first you may likely count on is the 4G LTE connection. DoCoMoo, a neighborhood Eastern company, is in talks by having Apple to bring its brand-new line of devices. Rumour has it that the release for the Apple items will definitely be made sometime on the next hand fifty percent of following year.


The brand-new tablet will definitely even be thinner as well as is expressed to be a lot more sparkling than one of its up as well as coming rival, Samsung. There are others that oppose the concept as well as believed that a backlight Retinal Display will definitely make the tablet a limited thicker.


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Verizon confirms Samsung Galaxy Nexus “signal issue”

Not yet ready for Prime Time? Verizon Wireless confirms the signal problem of its new Android 4.0 smartphone.

US wireless carrier Verizon has tweeted on Monday regarding the alleged signal issue that is reportedly plaguing some Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners, according to multiple reports posted online.
Verizon reportedly confirmed that the first 4G LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is suffering from signal strength problem, but they assured the customers that a software update will roll out soon to fix the issue. No word yet about the roll out date of the so-called signal strength software update.
Is there really a problem? One trusted website said — none.

According to AnandTech, there’s a misconception. The tech site said the signal bars displayed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the actual LTE signal strength, while other devices like the Droid Bionic or the Samsung Droid Charge are displaying 1x/EVDO.
The site also added that LTE with 700 MHz spectrum vs 1x/EVDO’s 800 MHz and 1900 MHz  signal strength comparison is like comparing Apples from Oranges.
The website also describes the issue as “an issue that never really existed to begin with.”
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first Long Term Evolution Nexus phone in the country, and also the first Nexus device of Verizon Wireless. The new Samsung smartphone is arguably the most popular LTE phone this month and reviews say the device will continue to dominate the Android market next year largely because Android customers now want the latest and greatest operating system version available.

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Facebook unfriends coal, friends Greenpeace in clean energy campaign
by Peter Sayer, IDG News Service   Dec 17, 2011 1:05 am


Greenpeace International has ended a long-running campaign calling on Facebook to “unfriend coal” as a source of energy for its data centers, after Facebook agreed to promote clean and renewable energy, the two organizations said.


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In late October, Facebook announced plans to build a new data center in Lulea, Sweden, using hydroelectric power for the servers and relying on the local climate to cool the data center for free. At the time, though, Facebook made no commitment to use clean and renewable energy in its other data centers.


Greenpeace rated Facebook’s existing data centers as among the dirtiest on the planet in its April report on cloud-computing services, “How dirty is your data?”


Back then, the campaign group estimated Facebook’s reliance on coal at 53.2 percent, second only to Apple’s (at 54.5 percent) and far higher than Google’s (34.7 percent) or Amazon’s (28.5 percent). Greenpeace based its estimates on published figures for data-center power consumption and electricity utilities’ reports of their energy sources.


Because the local utility, Pacific Power, obtains 63 percent of its energy from coal, even Facebook’s newest data center in Prineville, Oregon, was rated badly—and this despite its industry-leading PUE (power usage effectiveness) score of just 1.07, indicating that almost all the power it consumes is used for computing rather than ancillary functions such as cooling or lighting.


The company should become less reliant on coal, though, as in the future Facebook will favor data-center sites with access to clean and renewable energy, it said Thursday.


For Facebook’s existing data centers, though, expect slow evolution, not a revolution, in energy supply: “We’ll engage in a dialogue with our utility providers about increasing the supply of clean energy that power Facebook data centers,” a company statement said.


The company has also promised to distribute the results of its research into energy efficiency through the Open Compute Project, an organization it set up to promote low-cost, low-energy computing infrastructure. Greenpeace will help promote the project’s findings, it said.

Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung's hard drive business

Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and the European Commission. Seagate said in April that it was acquiring the HDD business of Samsung Electronics for $1.4 billion in stock and cash.


Under the terms of the transaction, Seagate said it has gained parts of Samsung’s HDD business, such as Samsung’s M8 product line of high-capacity, 2.5-inch drives, and other assets, infrastructure, and employees.


Samsung employees joining Seagate include a number of senior managers and design engineers from Samsung’s South Korea facility, who will develop small form-factor products for the mobile computing market, Seagate said.


N.Y. Park, senior vice president and general manager, will oversee Seagate’s product development activities in South Korea and serve as country manager of the local design center, reporting to Bob Whitmore, Seagate’s executive vice president and chief technology officer, it said.


In 2010, HDD shipments from both Seagate and Samsung added to 261.2 million units, giving the combined companies 40 percent of the HDD market, IHS iSuppli analyst Fang Zhang said in May in a blog post. Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies still held the number one position with a 50 percent share.


The market shares are likely to change dramatically in this quarter and early next year after the Thailand floods halted production at the facilities of Western Digital in the country, though the supply chain to Seagate’s factories in the country was also affected.


The projected loss of shipments for Western Digital could prove a boon in the short term for Seagate Technology and boost the number two HDD player to the top after trailing Western Digital in total shipments for several quarters, IHS iSuppli said in November.


Western Digital said in March that it would buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $4.3 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition is expected to close by March next year, as the company works to satisfy European Commission remedy provision, and obtains approvals from other regulatory authorities.


Seagate said it is retaining certain Samsung HDD products under the Samsung brand name for 12 months, and maintain or establish a number of independent operations including sales staff, key production lines and R&D (research and development). Some of these moves are likely to be linked to conditions imposed by China’s Ministry of Commerce for approving the merger, including requiring Seagate to expand the production capacity of Samsung drives for six months, and selling Samsung’s HDD products through an independent company.


The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved the acquisition last week.


Seagate and Samsung have also extended and enhanced their existing patent cross-license agreement, and have expanded cooperation to co-develop enterprise storage solutions.


Under the terms of the agreement in April, Seagate is supplying disk drives to Samsung for PCs, notebooks and consumer electronics devices, while Samsung is supplying semiconductor products for use in Seagate’s enterprise solid state drives (SSDs), solid-state hybrid drives and other products.