You know those times where a magazine article just doesn’t hold enough information, but you don’t exactly want to read a book on the subject? Amazon is attempting to solve that problem with Kindle Singles, lengthy selections (which to them means twice as long as a New Yorker article, yet shorter than a full book – think 30 to 90 pages) …
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Qualcomm To Keep FLO TV Service Till Spring 2011
News broke yesterday that Qualcomm would be shuttering its FLO TV service and the company has just relased a statement that says direct to consume sales of hardware have been halted and that service will continue into next spring. If you subscribe to FLO TV services through your mobile phone carrier, it seems your service will not be …
Kevin Rose Still Digging His Bad Decisions
Digg founder Kevin Rose might not regret his choices, but he is definitely recognizing them.
Rose admitted at TCDisrupt that he hated his five month foray as company CEO. From what he said, it seems that he’s definitely not a Michael Scott.
“I think of myself as a PM [product manager] and creative director, so it was hard being a …
AOL Buys TechCrunch
This is kind of inside baseball, but it’s a big deal in the tech blogging world: TechCrunch has just been acquired by AOL.
Financial details of the deal are unknown, but the acquisition specifies that “TechCrunch and its associated properties and conferences will join the AOL Technology Network while retaining their editorial …
Netflix Now Instantly Streams That One Frakking Show
Adding insult to injury, Netflix has announced a deal with NBC Universal that we’re sure has the folks at Blockbuster weeping like a 2-year-old who just lost its binky.
Starting next week, Netflix subscribers can stream just about everything and anything from NBC, USA Network and Syfy, including Battlestar Galactica. Oh, and you …
Verizon: Tiered Data Plans, No iPhone
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference today, Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg told investors that Verizon has no plans to carry the iPhone in the near future and that Verizon may roll out tiered data pricing in the coming months.
“We don’t feel like we have an iPhone deficit. We would love to carry it when we get there, but …
Google Street View Bike Does Denmark
The fine people of Denmark are getting a closer look at their cobblestone-paved streets. Google Street View Bike (well, technically tricycle) has come to the country to track bike paths and small spaces that a car can’t get to.
So far the tricycle has logged 300 kilometers in the Danish countryside including a trip to the Round Tower, …
T-Mobile Says It Has the Right to Censor Text Messages
The hubbub between T-Mobile and EZ Texting has made its way to federal court in New York. On Wednesday, Washington-based T-Mobile told a federal judge that it has the right to screen text messages before sending them over the network to subscribers.
Earlier this week, T-Mobile began blocking text messages sent from EZ Texting to …
Recycling Old Electronics Can Pay Off
Don’t know where to drop off that old 2nd gen iPod? MaxBack.com might trade you for some newer equipment – and possibly even donate money to your local school or non-profit.
Here’s how it works: You log onto the website and submit your product for a price/point quote. A cell phone with scratches and dents will probably get you about …
JetBlue Finally Getting Fleet Wide Wi-Fi, But Not for a While
JetBlue will be getting Wi-Fi on all 160 of its airplanes. Hooray!
Installation won’t even begin until the end of 2012. What? Boo! We’ll all be telepathic by then. Who needs the internet?
JetBlue struck a deal with a telecom company called ViaSat, according to the Associated Press. The report indicates that the deal is to install …
Verizon Will NOT Carry Windows Phone 7 Devices This Year
Wha?!
I don’t know who this hurts more but Verizon Wireless will not be carrying Windows Phone 7 devices at launch or anytime in 2010. Verizon’s Brenda Raney said the carrier “will probably release a phone in 2011” reports Bloomberg.
It’s unclear if Verizon’s heavy investment and dealings with Google were a determining factor …