BUYERS New TABLET on the Block T e Nexus 7, Google's fi rst tablet, features a 7-inchs reen, a m h screen amicroph ne a d a f ophone, andafront-facifacing camera for videoconferencing. Running the Android 4.1 operating system, the device also Micro-Economy comes with Google apps such as Gmail and YouTube. Buyers receive a $25 credit toward
Google Play purchases. T e 8 GB version costs $199; the 16 GB version costs $249. For more information, visit http://goo.gl/uGGkt.
Mobile Writing
T e UX Write word–processing app is designed for multipage docu- ments and features built-in styles, an outline editor, numbering, cross-references, and an extended keyboard. Documents can be synchronized with Dropbox and WebDAV servers, converted into PDFs, and printed directly from an iPad or iPhone. UX Write
costs $14.99 and is available on iTunes. For more information, visit www.uxproductivity.
com/.
A Global Analysis Real Estate and Globalisation analyzes the relationship between global events and real estate markets from 2000 to 2010. Author Richard Barkham discusses the impact of the recession on real
estate, the potential for recovery, and how these changes are refl ected overseas. T e offi ce, retail, and residential
sectors are covered in depth, along with real estate investment trusts and construction. T e book costs $96.99. For more information, visit j.mp/PfS7zN
T e U.S. Census Bureau's America's Econ- omy app updates key economic measures in real time with statistics released from the U.S Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of Economic Analy- sis. T e app tracks 16 indicators, including personal income, retail sales, and residen- tial construction. Users can share indica- tors via Facebook, Twitter, and email. T e free app is available for both Apple and
Android phones. For more information, visit www.census.gov/
mobile. Rugged Laptop
Built on a strong but lightweight carbon-fi ber foundation, Lenovo's new ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook weighs only 2.9 pounds, is less than .75-inches thick, but features a 14-inch screen. In addition to 8.2 hours of battery life, the X1 Carbon has Lenovo RapidCharge, which provides fi ve hours of battery life on a 35-minute charge. A face-tracking 720p webcam and dual-array microphones for webconferencing are also included. T e
T inkPad X1 Carbon costs $1,329.00. For more information, visit j.mp/OWrWgg
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