Howard Stern on the verge of inking three-year deal with Apple?
Is controversial radio-host Howard Stern on the verge of signing a three-year deal with Apple, Inc. to host an iTunes radio program? According to whomever operates the …
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Best Buy announces free smartphone offer for the holidays
Big box retailer Best Buy has announced a new promotion aimed at potential smartphone purchasers this holiday season. Citing the success of its Free Phone …
CALM Act approved by Congress, mandates TV ad volume levels stay level
Finally, Congress passes a piece of legislation that citizens on both the right and left side of the political spectrum can get behind. Late yesterday, …
Samsung Galaxy Tab sales top 1 million units
Less than two months after the Galaxy Tab first became available, Samsung announced that global sales of its Android tablet have surpassed the 1 million …
WikiLeaks changes domain name, moves to Switzerland
After being ousted by Amazon’s Web Services, the controversial site WikiLeaks has run into another snafu, this time with its DNS provider, EveryDns.net. Via a …
LimeWire abandons hope, prepares to close music store
A new report Thursday suggests that legendary piracy pioneer LimeWire may soon call it quits. LimeWire was hardly the first network of its kind, but …
Gowalla iPhone app adds check-in support Foursquare, Facebook, more
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. As the mobile check-in game get more popular — and thus, more annoying — with each passing day, …
New York Post: Netflix trying to acquire streaming rights for in-season TV episodes
The New York Post is reporting that DVD rental giant Netflix has been in talks with television studios as they try to acquire the rights …
HTC repsonds to HD7 ‘death grip’ claims
The hubbub hardly registered a blip on most people’s radar screens, but HTC recently found itself fielding some “death grip” claims related to its HD7 …
Throwback Thursday: Nokia 8110
Released in September of 1996, the Nokia 8110 was a unique member of the Finnish company’s high-end 8000-series line of phones. The device’s curved shape …
Verizon to offer LTE data plans contract-free for same monthly rate
Here’s a bit of good news for those folks who want to take advantage of Verizon’s new LTE data service but are a little leery of two-year …
Clearwire plans to shake the money tree, looking to raise $1.1B through sale of debt securities
Last month, we reported on the short-term liquidity problems on the horizon for WiMAX network operator Clearwire, and today, the company has announced measures aimed …
RIM acquires The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), the SWAT team of UI design
RIM’s upcoming QNX-based OS is about to get a swift kick in the UI, as the company announced its acquisition of The Astonishing Tribe on …
Netflix to stream more first-run movies thanks to deal with FilmDistrict
Netflix announced a new deal Wednesday that will bring much needed additional first-run theatrical films to its streaming video service in 2011. Netflix has inked …
WSJ: Google preparing to open digital bookstore, Google Editions
A report filed by the Wall Street Journal indicates that Google, Inc. will be opening an online eBook store in the near future. Scott Dougall, a Google …
MetroPCS 4G LTE network now live in San Francisco
Despite being slightly overshadowed by a certain announcement from Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS announced Wednesday the launch of its “4G” LTE network in San Francisco and …
Barnes & Noble charges users for free public-domain eBooks, too
Following a report on Tuesday questioning the ethics surrounding free public-domain eBooks that were reformatted and made available for sale in Amazon’s Kindle store, BGR …
WikiLeaks ousted by Amazon according to report [Updated]
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Amazon.com may have ended its hosting agreement with controversial website WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks returned to the spotlight recently when it …
Verizon makes LTE network official, December 5th launch
Today, via a press release, Verizon officially unveiled the launch of its next-generation data network. Based on LTE technology, the new network will officially open …
Verizon’s LTE website goes live just before news conference
Verizon is set to officially unveil its LTE launch plans in just a few minutes. Ahead of that scheduled announcement, the company has gone live …
Grooveshark VIP pricing set to triple tomorrow
There once was a time when stealing music was cut and dry; either you paid for music and it was legit, or you downloaded music …
Motorola to finally split on January 4th
Motorola announced Tuesday that its board has approved a reverse stock split ratio of 1-for-7, and the company will finally split into two separate entities …
Apple to introduce AirPlay video streaming for Safari and third-party apps in 2011
Nothing sets diehard Apple fans’ hearts aflutter quite like an alleged email from Apple CEO Steve Jobs — and if you’re a diehard Apple fan, …
T-Mobile to announce new, low-cost international talk and text plan
According to a memo acquired by TmoNews, U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile is set to introduce a new, low-cost, international text and calling plan in time for …
Sony sells more than 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers in 2 months
Sony announced Tuesday that it sold more than 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers worldwide in the product’s first 2 months of availability. The news comes …
Amazon charges Kindle users for free public-domain eBooks
A report in Tuesday’s Washington Post reveals that Amazon is apparently selling free public-domain eBooks that have had their license information stripped. The eBooks in …
EU to investigate Google for anticompetitive advertising practices
Bloomberg is reporting that European Union antitrust regulators are preparing to launch an investigation aimed at concluding whether or not search giant Google “imposes exclusivity obligations on …
Former President Bush on Facebook Live… now
Oh come on now, who doesn’t miss good ol’ G.W.? The former Commander-in-chief of these United States is, at this very moment, on Facebook live talking …
AT&T: Motorola Olympus to launch in December/January? [Updated]
According to whomever is operating the AT&T Share Facebook page, the Motorola Olympus — a dual-core, Tegra 2, Android handset — is due to be release in …
Microsoft in talks to launch streaming TV service
According to a new report from Reuters, Microsoft recently held meetings with several networks to discuss licensing television content for a new Web-based subscription TV …
