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Bob Huebscher over at Advisor Perspectives just published an interesting article that gives an overview of Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo & Co.’s (GMO) outlook for the coming years. The article is based on a talk given by Ben Inker, head of asset allocation at GMO. Most investors who are aware of GMO first encounter the Boston-based [...]

Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds gadgets for other companies, including phones for Nokia, Motorola, and Apple, is getting hammered as labor costs rise in China. Join the conversation about this story » Source : The Business Insider Explore : Gadgets and Design, Leisure, Motorola, Phone Source: http://wik.io/info/US/257026307 PROGRESS SOFTWARE Shakira iPhone App VIRGIN MEDIA

A leaked enterprise product roadmap from RIM is indicating that BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Google Apps Premier is being targeted for a September launch. This means corporate-grade e-mail, calendar, and contacts will sync up seamlessly between the Google services in the cloud and the BlackBerry phone in your hand. This is vaguely reminiscent of the [...]

We don’t get to blog too often about robots made in Europe around here, which means the appearance of REETI, a new desktop robot developed by France-based robot venture Robopec, is quite a nice surprise. The REETI is designed to be a combination of a communication robot and a “multi-media tool”, according to Robopec. Source: [...]

Active noise cancellation’s the secret sauce that keeps us counting sheep even when surrounded by the cacophony of crying babies and the dull roar of jet engines — though we often find the bulky form factor of those serenity-inducing cans unwieldy. Luckily for us, Pioneer has released its SE-NC31C-K noise-cancellation earbuds that promise to remove [...]

Ev Williams, the Twitter cofounder who stepped down as CEO last fall to make way for Dick Costolo, has more or less checked out completely to work on a new startup idea. Williams confirmed the change in a blog post this afternoon. He will stay on the board of directors and will participate in meetings [...]

Barack Obama is quite likely the most computer literate president (which isn’t saying much) these united states have ever had. So it’s really no surprise to hear that the BlackBerry wielding prez also owns an iPad and, gasp, his own computer — except, perhaps, to Univision’s Jorge Ramos. Obama’s incredulous stare and jocular response to [...]

Westone isn’t exactly a household name, even in the earphone universe. But what the company lacks in recognition, it more than makes up for in quality. If you’ll recall, we had a listen to its ES5 custom in-ear monitors earlier in the year, and while they cost a staggering $950, they also managed to melt [...]

It’s Sunday night and that means talkcast time! This week, we’re sharing stories of the iPad 2‘s international launch, plus rumors on the Lion and iPhone 5 front. Join us, won’t you? To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, the embedded Facebook app, or download the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, [...]

The Athlon-powered M5030 from Dell hardly looked like a machine that would be bearing an “industry first” label when it launched in September of last year, but now it’s doing exactly that thanks to an intriguing new mod from its maker. The 15.6-incher is being released with its keyboard and Windows 7 installation customized in [...]

On Friday, Asus launched the Eee Pad Transformer, which combines an Android 3.0 tablet, powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU, and a keyboard/battery dock that nearly doubles the tablet’s battery life… Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asus-launches-the-Eee-Pad-Transformer-with-16-hour-battery-life-and-Android-3.0_id17718 Maria Menounos Mobile Phone App Erica Leerhsen Mobile Phone App

On Friday, Asus launched the Eee Pad Transformer, which combines an Android 3.0 tablet, powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU, and a keyboard/battery dock that nearly doubles the tablet’s battery life… Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asus-launches-the-Eee-Pad-Transformer-with-16-hour-battery-life-and-Android-3.0_id17718 HYPERCOM Jamie Gunns Mobile Phone App

A new Nokia device has been spotted thanks to the OVI Publisher tools and it?s the Nokia T7-00 we?re talking about. While some may say that ?T? stands for ?tablet?, this is not the case, since the device is supposed to have a really low resolution. The T7-00 is also to be found in the [...]

Ecommerce is a booming business in the U.S. and across the globe — and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. This infographic, from online c… Source: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/jtKQ2n9O4fc/ Sarah Polley iPhone App FORMFACTOR