Apple to ‘crack down’ on in-app payment policy violators
On Tuesday, we reported that Sony’s eBook reader app for iOS had been rejected by Apple. The reason Apple gave for the rejection was that …
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Potential specs for Nokia’s MeeGo phones revealed
An administrator of a German Nokia enthusiast forum dug through a variety of MeeGo bug reports, source code files and log files recently, and has assembled the …
BlackBerry App World update brings in-app payments
Research In Motion on Wednesday announced a new version of its on-device software store for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry App World. Version 2.1 brings several changes …
Microsoft publishes details of first Windows Phone 7 update
While Microsoft neglected to supply an answer to the one question on every Windows Phone 7 user’s mind — when? — the Redmond giant has …
Google launches Web-based Android Market
During a press conference on Wednesday, Google announced and subsequently launched a Web-based version of the Android Market. Providing functionality similar to iTunes where apps …
Crime ring uses stolen credit cards in $1 million Apple Store shopping spree
Apple once again finds itself the target of criminal activity, though this time the scheme is slightly more elaborate than a small-time smash and grab job. …
News Corp announces ‘The Daily’
News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper The Daily is finally official and we couldn’t be happier to put this drawn-out ordeal behind us. News Corp CEO Rupert …
Reminder: Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 pre-orders start tomorrow
Apple has issued a reminder — as if we need one — that Verizon Wireless’ upcoming iPhone 4 will become available to pre-order starting tomorrow. …
Samsung’s portrait QWERTY Android phone for Sprint spied
It looks like Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID Pro won’t be the only device to bring the beloved BlackBerry keypad to Google’s Android platform for very …
Verizon Wireless LTE modem now supports Apple computers
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday updated its “VZAccess Manager” software to add Mac support for the Pantech UML290 LTE modem. The new update — VZAccess Manager …
Microsoft: Yahoo email ‘inefficiency’ responsible for Windows Phone 7 data bug
Microsoft has identified the culprit of a bug that causes superfluous data to be transmitted sporadically over 3G by Windows Phone 7 devices. According to …
Apple rejects Sony eBook reader app, offers explanation
It looks like the dormant theme of raging against the App Store machine is working its way back into blogs across the Web, as The …
BlackBerry PlayBook is ‘dead on arrival’, analyst claims
Wedge Partners principal Brian Blair on Tuesday issued a note to clients that called RIM’s upcoming virgin tablet offering “dead on arrival.” RIM is set …
Lawsuit claims AT&T iPhone, iPad billing is ‘like a rigged gas pump’
A complaint has been filed in a federal court in California alleging that AT&T regularly and purposely overcharges iPhone and iPad customers on capped data …
AT&T to launch HTC Inspire 4G on February 13th; $99.99
AT&T on Tuesday announced that the HTC Inspire 4G will become available on February 13th for $99.99 on contract. The device was first announced during …
ITG: Samsung Galaxy Tab return rate is 15% in the U.S.; iPad only 2%
Acting as armed guards protecting the honor of the Queen, tech blogs and press across the Internet exploded in unison yesterday in an effort to …
LG confirms glasses-free Optimus 3D unveiling set for MWC
LG confirmed on Tuesday that it will unveil what it calls “the world’s first 3D smartphone” at Mobile World Congress 2011 later this month. Details …
Visa begins trialling iPhone NFC payment solution in Europe
Visa has begun trials of an iPhone-based mobile payment system in Europe, Computerworld reports. The trials, which started today, require on-device software to be installed …
Amazon prices Motorola DROID BIONIC at $149.99, too
It looks like Amazon plans to be aggressive when pricing several upcoming handsets that will combine to form a new wave of next-generation Android phones. …
Former Google, MTV engineers cook up IntoNow – Foursquare meets Shazam for TV fans
If there’s one thing we love here in the good ol’ U. S. of A., it’s television — so it stands to reason that various …
AT&T to launch 12 new Android devices in 2011
Last week we discussed AT&T’s smartphone strategy in a world where the nation’s No. 2 carrier can no longer rely on the iPhone to carry …
Motorola’s Super Bowl ad takes aim at Apple [video]
Motorola won’t be pulling any punches during the Super Bowl this year as it prepares to run a spot that calls out Apple’s iconic 1984 …
Is this why Apple and Google hate each other?
In this month’s Bloomberg Businessweek cover-story entitled Larry Page’s Google 3.0, reporter Brad Stone touches upon what may be the root of ongoing bickering between …
Android tablets finally dent iPad market share
Lead by the impressive sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, the Android platform is finally starting to gain momentum in the emerging consumer tablet market. Analytics …
Android dethrones Symbian as No. 1 smartphone OS, says Canalys
Canalys today becomes the first major firm to report a changing of the guard we all knew was coming. According to the industry watcher’s fourth-quarter …
Verizon Wireless drops pricing on Samsung Fascinate, Motorola DROID R2-D2, more
In confirming over the weekend that Verizon Wireless would be doing away with mail-in rebates on smartphones priced at $150 and higher, we also mentioned …
New Verizon Wireless rebate sheet reaffirms policy change
We reported on Friday that Verizon Wireless would be doing away with mail-in rebates on its high-end devices. Instead the carrier will begin applying instant …
Leaked ATRIX 4G pricing from Costco jibes with Amazon pricing: $149.99
It looks like Motorola ATRIX 4G pricing revealed recently when Amazon prematurely posted a product page might not be so deeply discounted after all. Instead, …
Foxconn-owned Cybermart to sell Apple gear in China
The only thing we really know about Chinese electronics retailer Cybermart in the Western hemisphere is that tourists often enjoy stopping by one of its …
Windows Phone 7 update could be imminent
Microsoft on Thursday published a new knowledge base article to its support site that suggests the first update to the Windows Phone 7 operating system …
