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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 …
Apple stunned tech pundits in January 2010, when it announced the iPad for a $499 base price. The company known for premium products was selling its cutting-edge tablet for near-netbook prices.
More than a year later, the competition is about to give Apple a run for its money. Three upcoming tablets — Acer’s Iconia A100, Asus’ Eee …
Due to a technicality, Verizon’s attempt to sue the Federal Communications Commission over net neutrality regulations will have to wait.
The FCC voted in favor of net neutrality regulations last December. The rules prohibit wired broadband providers from blocking lawful uses of the Internet or discriminating against individual types …
Sony will join the tablet fray by the end of the year, and possibly by this summer, with a device that runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb software.
Bloomberg relayed the news from the Nikkei newspaper, which cited Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer as saying the device will be ready by the end of the summer. Sony then told AV Watch that …
Bad news for AT&T customers who don’t like two-year commitments: the carrier is raising prices for early upgrades, one-year contracts and contract-free smartphones.
Buying an Android phone or Windows Phone 7 handset without a contract is now $50 more expensive. For one-year commitments, AT&T is raising prices by $150. For feature …
This leaked welcome screen for Windows 8 isn’t itself a huge development, but it does offer some hints about where Microsoft is headed with its PC operating system.
If you’ve ever seen a Windows Phone 7 handset, the fonts in the image above should look familiar. Within Windows, the blog that first published the welcome screen, says …
After being upstaged by Firefox 4, Microsoft is trying to lure users to Internet Explorer 9 with a free month of Hulu Plus.
To take advantage, you must download IE9, then visit Hulu.com and make it a pinned site by dragging the open tab down to the Windows taskbar. After that, visit the Hulu Plus landing page, and the box that …
