A great incentive to buy lots of Verizon Wireless phones is about to go away.
Verizon confirmed to Boy Genius Report that after April 17, the carrier will discontinue its one-year contract option for all phones. Customers will have to either get two-year contracts or pay full price for phones in exchange for month-to-month …
Whether AT&T likes it or not, you can now get a white or black Nexus S smartphone that runs on the carrier’s 3G network.
Engadget got its hands on the device, which is being sold unlocked for $600 by Negri Electronics. Feature-wise, it’s the same Nexus S that debuted in December, with a 4-inch screen, 1 GHz processor, 16 GB of …
For Microsoft Stores, success hasn’t been as simple as following in Apple’s footsteps.
The slick retail stores, of which there are eight across the United States, aren’t turning a profit, and according to Business Insider, Microsoft is in the midst of a heated internal debate on whether to open more locations. Microsoft Chief …
TweetDeck is accepting sign-ups for a beta version of TweetDeck Web, an in-browser adaptation of the Twitter and Facebook client.
TweetDeck Web will be quite similar to the existing app for Google’s Chrome browser. Like the TweetDeck desktop application, it allows the user to view several Twitter and Facebook feeds at once across …
Chrome OS notebooks won’t arrive until later this year, but Google is already planning for tablets.
CNet’s Stephen Shankland found lots of tablet evidence among the Chrome OS source code, including a virtual keyboard and touch-optimized tabs. Google then confirmed that it’s “engaging in early open-source work for the tablet form …
We’ve come a long way from the days of $200 3D glasses.
Starting April 24, Samsung will give away two pairs of active shutter glasses with all its 3D LED and Plasma TVs. On May 1, the company will drop the suggested retail price of its 3D glasses to $50, and they’ll probably sell for less in stores. Each pair of 3D glasses previously …
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Grooveshark became a rare victim of Android Market policy on Tuesday, when Google removed the streaming music app without explanation of which policies were violated.
Unlike other streaming music services, such as Rdio and MOG, Grooveshark doesn’t license …
Can’t get enough of Google’s search pranks? Grab a smartphone and search for “tilt” or “askew” on Google’s mobile website.
Doing so knocks the search results off kilter, as you can see in the image above. If you’re without a smartphone, you can check out the gag on the mobile-formatted version of Google’s desktop site.
Google …
Well, of course Motorola has only sold 100,000 Xoom tablets so far.
That’s not a precise number, but it’s the amount of people using Android 3.0 Honeycomb, according to Deutsche Bank’s check of the Android developer website. Motorola’s Xoom is the only Android 3.0 Honeycomb on the market right now, so it’s fair to say that sales are …
Thanks to a new app from Princeton Review, the iPad finally does something magical: it makes SAT preparation mildly amusing.
Princeton Review’s SAT Score Quest is a free iPad app that provides multiple choice questions in math, writing and critical reading. Users can draw on the right side of the screen like scratch paper and fill in …
As a work-from-home writer, the lure of the Internet is all too familiar. All day long, Twitter beckons, my news feed filled with delightful distractions from the blog post at hand.
Fortunately, a new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that wasting time on the Internet may actually be beneficial.
Despite all the praise that tech journalists bestowed on the Verizon iPhone, a new survey says that Verizon customers aren’t any more satisfied than AT&T iPhone users.
The survey from ChangeWave Research found that 82 percent of Verizon iPhone users are “very satisfied,” and 16 percent are “somewhat satisfied.” Among AT&T iPhone …
