Apple iOS 4.2 beta 2 now available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Right on schedule: Apple has gone and posted builds of iOS 4.2 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad developers. We’re getting it up …
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'Free Phone Fridays' promotion coming to Best Buy
It looks like Best Buy Mobile wants you to get your October weekends started with a smartphone purchase. Via a press release, Best Buy has …
Microsoft launching Office for Mac 2011 on October 26th
Earlier today, Microsoft finally announced the Office for Mac 2011 ship date, and it’s October 26th. We exclusively showed you Office for Mac 2011 way …
TiVo Premiere will offer Hulu Plus channel as well
In a seemingly coordinated strike, Roku and TiVo both announced the availability of Hulu Plus streaming content via their respective set-top boxes. TiVo writes that they have, “teamed with …
Hulu Plus channel coming to Roku 'later this fall'
Roku has just announced that they will be adding a Hulu Plus channel to their lineup “later this fall.” As the press release reads: “Hulu …
Reuters: Apple files suit against Nokia in U.K.
Reuters is reporting that Apple, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against mobile giant Nokia in the United Kingdom. Nokia released a statement saying, “We are investigating the …
Beejive IM for Android first look
It seems like every single Android user that’s moved from their iPhone or BlackBerry handset is saying the same thing: Google Talk is great, but …
Millennial Media: Android ad requests up 996% this year
Millennial Media has just published their August 2010 “Mobile Mix”; a report that details the “latest mobile device trends for connected devices, mobile manufacturers, and operating systems.” …
Gold dispensing ATMs coming to U.S.?
If we told you an ATM was coming to the United States that dispensed its payload in 1 gram, 5 gram, 10 gram, and 1 ounce quantities, what …
Clear home router with 4G and Wi-Fi passes through FCC
The people behind the nation’s first WiMax, 4G network, Clear, have sent a new home-router to the FCC for approval. The device, which — judging …
Two new iPhone model names make cameo in AppleTV firmware
It appears as though two additional iPhone model names have surfaced in Apple’s latest iteration of the AppleTV firmware. The two devices — which are …
Xmarks browser bookmark syncing service closing doors in January
Browser bookmark synchronization tool Xmarks has announced that they will be closing down their popular service in the next 90 days. Todd Agulnick, Co-Founder and CTO, explains: With …
iSuppli: new iPod nano costs around $45 to manufacture
Analytics company iSuppli has completed their analysis of Apple’s sixth-generation iPod nano. The company concludes that the small, square, touch-screen media player costs the Cupertino …
Apple approves official Google Voice application for iOS?
TechCrunch is reporting that “a source close to Google” has revealed that Apple has already approved an official, Google-created, Google Voice application for iOS. The …
German newspaper pegs Nintendo 3DS for November 11 in Japan
A German newspaper has preemptively published the purported release date for Nintendo’s next mobile gaming system, the 3DS. The paper writes that the 3DS will be released in Japan …
RIM announces BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
Today, at the BlackBerry Developer Conference (DevCon), RIM CEO Mike Laziridis announced the BlackBerry Playbook. The PlayBook has a 7-inch hi-res widescreen display, is 9.7 …
New HTC, full-QWERTY device destined for Verizon breaks cover
Hi there HTC Android fans, we have another present for you! We’ve just been sent in a handful of images of a new, unseen HTC …
RIM announces new tools and services for developers
Today, at DevCon, RIM announced a host of new tools and services for its developers, including: BlackBerry WebWorks™: RIM’s next-generation application platform enables developers to …
HP: tablets will create a $40 billion market
We all know tablets are a hot technology topic right now, but does that mindshare momentum translate into cold hard cash? According to HP, the …
Motorola DROID 2 has FM radio receiver, hack
Have a hankering for that old-fashioned frequency modulation (FM) radio? A member of the XDA forums has successfully ported several Motorola DROID X files over to the …
Motorola DROID R2-D2 available September 30 from Verizon Wireless
Today, Verizon Wireless made the release date for the Motorola DROID R2-D2, Star Wars Special Edition handset public. The device will be available beginning on September 30th …
NYT: Nokia suffers from 'stifling bureaucratic culture'
The New York Times has an interesting piece up about the hardships Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop, is about to face. Insiders and former employees …
The multi-purpose pizza box
You can file this one under low-tech high-tech. Company Environmentally Conscious Organization, Inc. has patented a pizza box that goes above and beyond the call of duty. The …
Nielsen: U.S. digital music sales flat in 2010
According to analytics company Nielsen, digital music sales in the United States were flat during the first half of 2010; showing no positive growth from 2009. …
RIM not announcing BlackBerry tablet at DevCon today?
Well, here is what we have confirmed: the keynote today, delivered by Mike Lazaridis, will focus on the next generation tablet OS platform. It won’t …
Dev-Team demos beta version of PwnageTool on iPod touch 4G
The folks responsible for the development of iOS jailbreaking software PwnageTool — the dev-team — have posted a quick one-minute video demoing their latest iteration …
Microsoft holding press event in U.K. October 11
If you want to know more about Windows Phone 7, you might want to mark October 11 down on your calendar. Microsoft has been sending …
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Go watch The Social Network next week
I attended the world premiere of The Social Network yesterday evening to kick off the New York Film Festival, and while I had reservations about …
Verizon Wireless Motorola DROID R2D2 launch: Stormtroopers, giveaways, and more
Star Wars fan? Android fan? Verizon Wireless customer? September 29th at midnight should go down in history for you then. Not only is that when …
