Gas prices are going crazy around the world. Here are a couple of apps to help you find better prices and track your consumption.
GasBuddy (USA Only)
GasBuddy helps you find the nearest Gas stations and prices so you can judge where to get the best prices. GasBuddy can automatically do this by your current location, you can also search by City or Zip code.
Mileage helps you keep track how many miles you are getting to the gallon.
Time Inc. announced today that, starting Friday, it will begin selling digital subscriptions to Sports Illustrated, both for Android-powered smartphones and tablets, and on the Web. An annual subscription to print and digital versions of the magazine will cost $48 per year, and a monthly subscription to the weekly magazine can be purchased for $4.99 (the same price as just one issue of the iPad edition of SI). Those who want an annual, digital-only subscription are out of luck for now, since Time will offer digital-only subscriptions at monthly rates rather than annual. If you’re already an SI subscriber, you’ll have immediate access to the digital version of the magazine for the remainder of your subscription. From there, it will be up you to choose which option suits you best.
News of Apple’s (AAPL) production plans for its next iPad model comes at an interesting time in the tablet industry’s growth, stealing a bit of the thunder that Android has been reveling in lately. With a camera for videoconferencing, the upcoming iPad 2 will reportedly be thinner and lighter, giving Android tablets running Honeycomb 3.0 a lot to think about. No word yet on the exact date of the iPad 2’s availability, but the mere suggestion of its production is enough to make consumers think twice about their first (or next) tablet purchase.
This week, smartphone giants Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Samsung posted fourth-quarter earnings that, each in its own way, reflected the looming presence—and successes—of Apple.
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha noted that the Android-booster had made strides in the smartphone space during the quarter, but that sales were nonetheless affected by Verizon’s announcement that it would soon offer an iPhone 4. Meanwhile, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, despite announcing that the world’s leading phone maker had managed to increase smartphone sales by 38 percent during the quarter, conceded that Nokia still hasn’t created a smartphone that can compete with the appeal of the iPhone or top-selling Android devices.
Motorola’s anticipated Android-based Xoom tablet has been making a lot of headlines because it’s the first to use Android 3.0 and is upgradeable to a 4G connection. But now it’s making headlines for a less favorable reason.
According to a rumor originally posted on Engadget, the retail price of the Xoom tablet will be $799.99. Ouch. That would put it on track to become the most expensive multimedia tablet on the market.
via TG Daily
*Well, there’s some cheery living proof that Augmented Reality can press on some
raw political nerves. This was inevitable, so I’m glad to see it happen; this oughta put a cork
into people who still think AR is some kind of bubble-gum card trick.
[via WIRED]
We’ve covered a couple of Distimo
reports in the past because they provide us with some valuable insights on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market based on the startup’s in-depth analysis of publicly available data. Now the company has added RIM’s Blackberry App World store to the fray, which gives us even more data points to compare the rivals’ app pricing and whatnot.
[via TechCrunch]
