Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
On Monday, December 6, Google launched its eBookstore service to get a piece of the estimated $1 billion business. They also released apps for the iPhone, iTouch, iPad and Android devices to facilitate downloads. What’s interesting to me about their service is a...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Culture
It’s December. Stockings are hung by the chimney with care and the aroma of Gingerbread floats through the air. Please pardon the hokey take on that classic piece of holiday imagery, but if you are a follower of all things Google, then you know the debut of Google’s...
Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Development, VPG Innovation
Although worldwide sales of PC’s are expected to grow by about 16 percent next year, research firm Gartner expects media tablets to take a 10 percent bite of sales from PC’s by 2014. In a report issued in September, Gartner projected PC sales to grow about...
Nov 24, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
At the recent SEMA event, Dell showcased how it’s Streak tablet is used as an “infotainment” hub in Clemson University’s Deep Orange concept car. In a video from the show, Jose Sanchez, a delivery manager on the Engineering Solutions team at...
Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Culture
I remember as a kid, how cool it was when Captain Kirk of the Star Ship Enterprise would pull out his small flip open communicator and say “Beam me up Scotty.” What was Science-Fiction then, through modern engineering and technological advancements, is now a reality....
Nov 16, 2010 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
Each year around this time (holiday season), we become overwhelmed by all sorts of messages intended to encourage us to buy…oh, I don’t know, let’s just say…something! What is the gadget of the year? What’s the must-have item occupying the top slot on everyone’s wish...