With Apple’s new iPad set to be unveiled next Wednesday, Motorola has just slid headfirst into the marketplace with its own 10-inch tablet.
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech links so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
What exactly is Twitter? That’s a question some are asking as the company continues to close down services from competing companies that are based around the core 140 character social phenomenon. The latest to be affected is TwapperKeeper, which has been forced to shut down its API and archiving features after Twitter complained that the [...]
Good news everyone: Thanks to the protests of parents and other activists who were worried that Google was using children’s social security numbers for nefarious activities, kids no longer need to provide the last four digits in order to enter the Doodle 4 Google contest.
It’s the Top 20 Must-Have Android apps post, but truncated to fit in a two minute video. So not all 20 are there, but—BUT!—the video showcases a handful of them and then refers you back to the actual post.
The final nail in the myth of cord cutting? That would the news that DirecTV’s Q4 2010 showed the company’s largest customer growth in ten years, adding 289,000 subscribers in the US alone in the last three months of the year.
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The Nancy Drew series might have been around for 80 years, but that doesn’t mean that the art of the mystery novel is outdated. Her Interactive has updated the fan favorite female detective’s adventures with the Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries app. Using text inspired by the original books, the app creates an interactive story for [...]
If Google has its way, YouTube won’t just be the destination for clips about honey badgers and viral videos in the future; it’ll also be where you go to watch live sports. The online video giant is in talks with both the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League to stream live games online.
If you’ve been trying to keep track of the latest Apple rumor announcements, you’re probably lost in all the delayed iPhone 5 news, miniature MacBook Pros that may or may not be launched and Light Peak ports that work at warp speed. To make things easier, Techland is going to break down what’s been overheard for you [...]
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Jerry Brito, a policy wonk and web developer based in Washington, D.C.
