2010 April 15 | E-Z Life

BodyTrace rolls out GSM-enabled eScale

April 15 2010 by Donald Melanson in Contributors, Health |Comments Off

Sure, a WiFi-equipped scale may be good enough for most people — since, you know, you’re likely to keep your scale in your house — but it looks like those not satisfied do now have another option in the form of BodyTrace’s new GSM-enabled eScale. Of course, the big advantage here is ease of setup rather than portability, since you’ll be able to automatically (and privately) upload your weight to the BodyTrace website without having to first mess with WiFi settings and whatnot. Somewhat surprisingly, the eScale is also actually cheaper than something like Withings’ WiFi scale, with it running just $59.99 including a year of service — or, alternatively, $9.99 a month with a $9.99 up-front setup fee (which also includes the scale).

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Google profits beat expectations

April 15 2010 by BBC News | Technology | UK Edition in Contributors |Comments Off

Internet giant Google reports a 37% rise in first-quarter net profit, beating analysts’ expectations.

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Sony announces ‘division two’ series of VAIO laptops built by other manufacturers

April 15 2010 by Donald Melanson in Contributors |Comments Off

Well, here’s a bit of a surprise. In an interview with PC Pro, the deputy president of Sony’s VAIO Business Group, Ryosuke Akahane, has revealed that the company will soon be effectively splitting its laptop business into two distinct groups. The first, called “division one,” will continue with laptops designed and built by Sony as before, but the second, or “division two,” will rely on laptops built by other manufacturers. Those behind-the-scenes changes may not be readily apparent to consumers, however, as the so-called division two laptops will still carry the VAIO name, and will apparently have the same “taste of VAIO” and “style of VAIO,” with Sony naturally first approving all third-party designs. Presumably, this will also lead to some less expensive VAIO laptops, although Akahane was quick to point out that it’s not following the Dell model with different brands at different price points, saying instead that a new brand is “not efficient,” and that it wants to “enhance the identity of VAIO more and more.”