U.S. Cellular debuts three new prepaid calling plans with unlimited texting
Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular has announced three new prepaid calling plans just in time for the holiday buying season. The new plans, which all include …
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Blizzard GM leaves company after game roadmap and user data leak
Following one of the largest leaks in game developer history, Blizzard China General Manager Ye Weilun has left the company for reasons that have not …
Microsoft employees begin receiving free Windows Phones
Back in October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that the company would be handing out free Windows Phones to each of its 89,000 employees. The …
Apple unsurprisingly only allowing full apps in Mac App Store
Any developers out there that thought they’d be able to submit trial or demo versions of their applications for inclusion in Apple’s Mac App Store …
Google markets Angry Birds as AdMob success story, soon to net Rovio $1 million per month
Google’s mobile AdMob team has posted a YouTube video touting the advertising success of Rovio’s wildly popular mobile game, Angry Birds. In the clip, Peter Vesterbacka, …
RadioShack takes $50 off Apple’s iPhone 4 and 3GS
RadioShack announced a limited-time promotion on Friday that offers a $50 discount on Apple’s iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS. The promotion applies to brand new …
Research In Motion renaming WES developer conference
We have just heard from multiple sources that Research In Motion will be renaming its popular annual developer conference, the Wireless Enterprise Symposium. In addition …
Motorola DROID 2 allegedly explodes in man’s ear
According to a report from a local Dallas-Forth Worth Fox affiliate, a man was injured Thursday morning when his Motorola DROID 2 allegedly exploded next …
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 …
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, …
Beezz becomes first Window Phone 7 Twitter client with push notification support
Beezz, an emerging Twitter client for the Windows Phone 7 OS, will soon become the first Twitter app to support push notifications on Microsoft’s new …
Gartner names Samsung top Android provider in States, 3M Galaxy S handsets shipped in U.S.
Samsung has just issued a press release pertaining to kudos it recently received from analytics firm Gartner. Gartner has named Samsung the top Android provider in the …
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 …
Apple releases new build of OS X 10.6.6 to developers
Apple released a new beta of its Snow Leopard operating system to developers on Thursday. OS X 10.6.6 beta 2 comes almost a month after …
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 …
UK’s Guardian tips iOS subscription service?
Did the UK-based paper Guardian just tip Apple’s rumored iOS subscription service? In a post today, the Guardian acknowledged some of the frustrations users of …
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 …
HTC VP says Windows Phone 7 sales look good; currently evaluating tablet market
A report from DigiTimes Thursday morning contains a few interesting tidbits from a talkative HTC executive. Jack Tong, vice president of HTC Asia, purportedly discussed …
Android 2.3 makes cameo in Google’s official Voice Search video from Hong Kong
This one definitely snuck under the radar for quite some time. On November 23rd, Google Hong Kong posted a video showcasing its Google Voice Search …
BlackBerry Bold 9780 Pearl White hands-on
Our No. 1 UK ninja just hooked us up with an unbranded OEM BlackBerry Bold 9780 in Pearl White, and we wanted to give you …
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 …
Motorola CEO talks smartphones, tablets and 4G; alludes to Q1 Verizon iPhone launch
Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha delivered a keynote yesterday at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference, and it was quite a doozy. Topics covered included the …
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 …
Nokia makes Ovi Maps 3.6 beta available via Labs
Nokia has just made a new, beta version of its Ovi Maps suite available for download via the Beta Labs channel. The update, version number …
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 …
