Linkpost | 4.28.2012
• Oops! I Forgot My iPad on the Plane – The airlines are storing hundreds of iPads, Kindles and other tablets that have bee left on their planes. • Exclusive: Apple courts Hollywood for upcoming TV:...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.1.2012
• Cellphone Companies Will Share Your Location Data – Just Not With You – All four major carriers won’t give you the location information generated by your cell phone. But they will give it to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.6.2012
• Amazon Said To Plan Smartphone To Vie With Apple – Bloomberg reports the phone would run a version of Android and aim at the low end of the market. • Apple Says it Has Fixed Server Bug Led to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.1.2012
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Review: The Screen Makes It the Best E-Reader Yet – The reviews for the Kindle Paperwhite (including mine) are in, and the consensus seems to be that it’s a great e-book...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.1.2012
• Stolen cellphone databases switched on in US – AT&T and T-Mobile switched on a shared database of stolen phones Wednesday, making it more difficult for thieves to use them on the networks....
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.17.2013
• AT&T Expands FaceTime Over Cellular Support to All Tiered Data Plans – But the carrier is still not allowing those with grandfathered unlimited plans to use Apple’s video calling service. •...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.9.2013
• Microsoft Said to Adopt AMD Chips for Next Xbox Console and Microsoft planning Xbox event for May – Use of AMD chips will make it easier to developers for create games for both PCs and the Xbox. But...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.10.2013
• Google Fiber’s Next Stop: Austin, Texas – Google makes official the news that leaked out last week: Google Fiber will launch in Austin next year, bringing Gigabit Internet speeds and HDTV. And Take...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.22.2013
• Apple’s dimming luster roils suppliers, investors – Reuters quotes parts suppliers as saying they are trying to reduce their reliance on Apple as a customer, citing high standards, low profits and...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.30.2013
• New PRISM slides: more than 100,000 ‘active surveillance targets,’ explicit mention of real-time monitoring – The slides, originally published by the Washington Post, give a semi-clearer picture of...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.8.2013
• Top iOS apps and games go free ahead of App Store’s fifth anniversary – Some big-name titles have gone free, likely as part of an anniversary celebration. • iOS narrows gap with Android in U.S. on...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.10.2013
• How Dropbox Will Remake Itself (And Your Angry Birds) – Dropbox has its first developer conference, aimed at getting software creators to put hooks for its syncing service into their applications....
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.11.2013
• PC Shipments Drop 11% in Q2, Say Gartner, IDC; Longest-Ever Period of Decline – The market continues its relentless shift toward smaller devices. PC sales have declined for five quarters in a row....
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.22.2013
• U.S. To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes – The FCC is considering allowing cell phone calls while in flight. And Everything you need to know about in-flight cellphone rules • Sprint dead last in...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.27.2013
• America falls a dismal 31st on ranking of consumer download speeds (report) – We’re behind Moldova and Uruguay on the list, released by SpeedTest.net. • Was it smart to ditch unlimited data?...
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