More iPad/iPhone video chat rumors
Shortly after the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta was released, users began spelunking around the code to see what, if anything, they could find. Earlier this …
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Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot Video Review
This month, we spent some time parading around Boston with the Overdrive mobile hotspot, Sprint’s first 3G/4G hybrid mobile router. And while we weren’t able …
Italian judge finds three Google employees guilty for user uploaded bullying video
This is backwards. In 2006, several students from Turin, Italy filmed themselves bullying a classmate with Down’s Syndrome. The bullying students, clearly impressed with themselves, …
PC World: AT&T download speeds 67% faster than its competitors
Before we begin let’s just get this out of the way: if you are a customer of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon it is most …
Wireless carrier congestion a product of how your phone connects, not that it is connected?
Ars Technica has posted an interesting article, speculating that wireless carrier network congestion (especially in the case of AT&T) may not have so much to …
Apple strips App Store of scantily clad women, removes 5,000 apps
This week, you might have heard that Apple removed over 5,000 applications from its mobile App Store. What did most of the apps have in …
Google Earth now available for Android, requires 2.1
Last week at MWC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt demoed Google Earth on his Nexus One, giving a pretty clear sign that the new application would …
SanDisk shipping 64GB SD card
To those with HD camcorders that record to SD cards, prepare to rejoice. SanDisk has announced it is now shipping its new line of SD …
Next iPhone OS to include video chat support?
Apple blog 9to5Mac has been doing some investigative work inside the the new iPhone SDK, and they’ve come up with a few interesting files. Located …
Suspected Chinese cyber attack may have ties to two schools in China
The New York Times is reporting that the Chinese cyber attack launched on Google and other major companies, which was made public last month, may …
Apple will use FairPlay DRM instead of Adobe DRM on iPad ebooks
Computer World is reporting that Apple Inc. will offer its own brand of digital rights management (DRM) software to iPad ebook publishers to protect their …
Google Buzz class action suit filed
There was a lash, then a back lash, and now…a class action law suit. Google Inc. has been named in a class action suit filed …
Motorola Backflip will be AT&T's first Android device, coming March 7
As of March 7th, AT&T is officially in the Android game, as Ma’ Bell made the Motorola Backflip official today in a press release. A …
60,000 Android devices being shipped each day
This week at MWC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt proudly proclaimed that Android handsets are being shipped at the rate of 60,000 per day worldwide. That …
Verizon Wireless to allow Skype calling over 3G this March
When Verizon Wireless and Skype announced a joint press conference at MWC, VZW users knew what they wanted to hear…and today, they got it. The …
BlackBerry webkit browser demoed at MWC, did we see Flash?
Today, RIM co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, and Director of Developer Relations, Mike Kirkup, gave us a little taste of what the future of browsing on a …
Google ratchets up security on Buzz, again
For the second time this week, the Gmail Team has announced updated security features to Google’s new social media platform, Buzz. Deployed last week, Buzz …
Leaked Nexus One firmware update packs more radio fixes
The folks over at XDA-Developers have posted a new, non-over-the-air, firmware build for the Nexus One. The new build contains, among other things, an update …
App Store catalog at 150,000, 75% of which will cost you
The Apple App Store, unsurprisingly and without much fanfare, passed the 150,000 application milestone this week. The world’s largest mobile application store, which contains over …
Mattel introduces Computer Engineer Barbie
Oh hey kids! Turn down that Hannah Montana single and listen up, as it looks like Mattel is taking a walk on the nerdy side. …
Verizon and Skype holding joint press conference at MWC
Today, Verizon Wireless announced that it will be holding a joint press conference with Skype at the Mobile World Congress on Tuesday the 16th. While …
Google adds requested privacy features to Buzz
Just two days after the initial launch, Google, based upon feedback from users, is adding several requested features to their new social media platform Google …
Nexus One 3G issues persist, hardware related?
A frustrated Nexus One owner posted a very interesting, and very troubling, YouTube video demonstrating how he can “force” his Nexus One to lose 3G …
Palm orders halt on production of Palm Pre, Palm Pre Plus, and Palm Pixis?
According to an OTR Global report, three different sources have confirmed that all future orders of the Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus are being …
Windows 8 "mind blowing" and "completely different"?
This week, several Microsoft employees took the liberty of describing Windows 8 for us, without actually describing Windows 8 for us. An MSDN blog titled, …
Sprint Q4 less bleak than prior quarters, still not good
It is pretty indicative of the shape Sprint is in when reporting a net loss of $980 million and 69,000 net retail subscribers is considered …
AT&T to use Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson equipment to build out LTE network
Today in a press release, AT&T announced that it will be purchasing equipment from telecom manufacturers Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to build out its 4G LTE …
Google working on voice-to-voice translation for cell phones
UK-based Times Online is reporting that Google is developing a mobile phone service that will have the ability to translate speech, from one language to …
Dev-Team releases PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.1.3
They’re back at it again. The iPhone dev-team has released an update to their popular jailbreaking software, PwnageTool, for Mac OS X. The new PwnageTool …
Verizon Wireless explicitly blocking 4chan?
4chan, the internet message and image board known for its legion of anonymous users, has been explicitly blocked by Verizon Wireless. 4chan founder Christopher Poole …
