Facebook is trading fake news for local news
Facebook will start start pushing more news stories from local sources into your news feed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his favorite …
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RIM said to be prepping Apple TV competitor for fall launch
Research In Motion is currently working on a media box codenamed “BlackBerry Cyclone” that will launch later this fall, BlackBerry news site NerdBerry.net reports. The …
RIM loses VP of Digital Marketing and Media to Samsung Mobile
Another executive is out of Waterloo, ON. Today, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it has confirmed the departure of Brian Wallace, VP of Digital Marketing …
Android grabs 53% of global smartphone market share; iOS 50% of application revenues
A new report published by Millennial Media paints a picture of the global smartphone landscape in April of 2011. The company found that Android continued its domination …
HP's webOS 3.0 beta 1 gets exhaustive review via emulator [video]
The brood over at PreCentral have managed to acquire a leaked copy of HP’s webOS 3.0 beta 1 software development kit (SDK). Why is this a good …
Federal grand jury to investigate Apple, Google over app privacy concerns
A new report filed by The Wall Street Journal suggests that New Jersey federal prosecutors are beginning to take a long, hard look at mobile applications. The …
Blockbuster’s future up for auction
The fate of Blockbuster is now up for auction. On Monday Blockbuster’s next owner, and future, will be decided. According to Reuters, it’s possible that …
Amazon: NYT for Kindle subscription now includes web access, too
On Tuesday, Amazon announced that Kindle owners that have signed up for a Kindle subscription to The New York Times will also be able to …
Bloomberg: Microsoft to discontinue the Zune
According to Bloomberg’s Dina Bass, Microsoft will discontinue selling its Zune music player sometime this year. Launched in 2006, the Zune was Microsoft’s response to Apple’s …
Apple sends invites for March 2nd media event; iPad 2 en route
It looks like Apple has begun sending out press invites to a March 2nd media event to be held in California. The event, scheduled for …
HP promises webOS on printers, PCs, and more
Towards the tail-end of today’s HP media event, the company laid out its future plans for its acquired operating system, webOS. Citing a more connected, …
HTC invests in digital multimedia delivery company Saffron Digital
Taiwanese handset giant HTC has announced a “strategic investment” made in the digital media-delivery company Saffron Digital. “Saffron Digital has developed an incredible expertise in mobile multimedia …
HP taunts webOS faithful with brief video one week before media event
This is cold HP, so very cold. One week ahead of its scheduled February 9th media event, the company has posted a brief, 9 second …
Google dishes details on Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Today, at a scheduled press conference, Google, Inc. provided the world with additional details about its Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) mobile operating system. From a new …
Verizon announces addition of Apple’s iPhone 4 to handset lineup; available February 10th
At a planned media event today, the nation’s largest wireless carrier — Verizon Wireless — announced the addition of Apple’s iPhone 4 to its smartphone …
Hands-on with Sling Media’s iPad and Windows Phone 7 apps [Video]
Fresh off this morning’s Verizon/Sling partnership announcement, Sling took some time to show us its best and brightest. We got a chance to see the …
Verizon holding media event January 11th in New York City; iPhone announcement imminent?
What’s this? An invite to a January 11th press event from Verizon Wireless? We’ve confirmed that the above invitation has been sent to multiple new …
Motorola eyes cloud-based media streaming, acquires ZumoDrive maker
Motorola announced Wednesday that it has acquired Zecter. While Zecter is perhaps best known for its original ZumoDrive service — a cloud-based file storage and …
Winamp 5.6 gets official, improves Android support and adds wireless music synchronization
Today, Winamp announced a new, desktop version of its popular music management software, Winamp 5.6. When paired with Winamp for Android, the company boasts that its software …
Facebook has 200 million active mobile users, improves iOS and Android applications
Today, at the company’s mobile media event, social networking giant Facebook announced that it has roughly 200 million active users on its Facebook mobile products; …
Winamp beta comes to Android Market
We recently dedicated a Throwback Thursday to Winamp and, as many of you were quick to point out, the product is still alive and quite …
Apple's website outs iLife '11, new Macbook Air, mystery product
Ahead of its “Back to the Mac” media event scheduled for this afternoon, Apple’s own discussion forums have outed several of the company’s new products set to …
Motorola posts known issues list for DROID X running Android 2.2
To be honest, we haven’t heard all that much complaining from DROID X users running Android 2.2, but apparently Motorola has. In a forum post, …
Apple holding 'Back to the Mac' event on October 20
This just in: Apple will be holding a media event titled “Back to the Mac” on October 20. The invitation seems to indicate that the …
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 …
Plex and LG to challenge Apple TV, Boxee, and others
Plex, for those not familiar, is a software company whose former creed was to: “bridge the gap between your Mac and your home theater, doing …
Bloomberg: Apple to hold media event September 7th in San Francisco
Bloomberg has updated their report, filed yesterday, on Apple’s plans to launch a 99-cent, a la carte style, TV-show rental service for their AppleTV product. …
