Archive for March, 2010
Apple has reportedly bought a company that is responsible for the design of the processor used on the iPad. Intrinsity based in Austin, Texas did not make direct microprocessor but specializes in designing and licensing high-performance processor for mobile devices.
Its main product is a collection even called Fast14 design tool that implements the algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency of the CPU based on a variety of architectures including ARM family residing at the core of Apple products.
As usual, Apple has just announced the purchase of this Intrinsity although some employees have been replacing their status in the business networking site LinkedIn some time ago in accordance with their new positions in the company’s Cupertino giant.
Apple has not specifying the amount paid to purchase Intrinsity or what their plans against the company. Apple spokesman told the New York Times that the Apple from time to time, buy a smaller company. NY Times quoted industry experts who claimed that the purchases were worth $ 121 million, a small amount for a company that just announced the second quarter with $ 41.7 billion in cash and investments. As information, in 2008 Apple bought PA Semi chip designer worth $ 287 million.
Software Company Retina-X Studios released the Mobile Spy, spy application for a peek at the BlackBerry email and photos. New applications and services are tested in the U.S. this might be useful for parents who want to quietly monitor the activities of their children while using the smartphone or companies who apply strict rules for employees.
“We invite you to open your eyes to what the real facts of children or employees with BlackBerry devices,” said James Johnson, executive Retina-X Studios. In fact, the ease chatting and traffic information through the smartphone when it’s so open let alone with a subscription scheme that limits access to data without applied BlackBerry.
Mobile Spy previous version could only track down a list of short messages sent and received via a BlackBerry is being watched. However, the latest version can also track data changes in contacts, calendar entries, memos, emails, and photographs.
“This new feature allows parents to monitors whether their child sending indecent images. The company was also able to monitor the possible leakage of company secrets,” continued Johns.
Application itself must be installed on the device to be monitored, however, their activities hidden. Monitoring from a distance connected with the online service subscription fees charged 100 U.S. dollars a year. In addition to the BlackBerry, this application is also available for iPhone, Android, Symbian, or Windows Mobile.
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