If you’re in the market to purchase a 2011 Ford Edge, don’t be surprised if you get some classes thrown in as well. Ford is offering lessons on how to use the MyFord Touch, the in-car voice command system, for those less tech-savvy individuals who may not know how to tell their car what to do. The car manufacturer is offering …
‘Inception’ Wins Big at the Oscar Nominations: A ‘Dark Knight’ Apology?
I’m surely not the only one who remembers the bitter aftertaste of January, 2009, when Christopher Nolan’s bleak, brilliant The Dark Knight was snubbed an Oscar nomination. One of the most popular and critically lauded films of the year, all but ignored on nomination morning, there was something of an open revolt online: How could the …
TechFast: Facebook Credits, Amazon Groceries, iPhone Wallet
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Apple Plans Service That Lets Users Pay With IPhones
Link: Bloomberg
Rumor has it that the next version of the iPhone will contain an NFC (near field communications) chip that will …
Joint Venture 109: The Venture Bros. from the Very Beginning
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and …
BBC Online Facing Drastic Cuts To Make It To 2013
The BBC is to massively overhaul its online presence over the next two years, cutting 360 positions and cutting its spending by a quarter, as part of the corporation’s new cost-cutting strategy, “Putting Quality First.”
The new BBC Online will be split into 10 products: News, Sport, Weather, CBeebies and CBBC (Both aimed at children), …
The Pirate Bay To Return With The Music Bay?
The Pirate Bay seems to be staging a comeback – and they promise to be more sneaky in their illegal file sharing methods with their new venture. The Music Bay, a domain purchased by the company as a way to look into different methods of distributing music online under the radar according to Torrent Freak, has recently shown some activity …
Twitter Expected To More Than Triple Revenue In 2011
Rumors of the demise of the Age of Twitter have, it seems, been greatly exaggerated. The social networking site is expected to earn around $150 million in revenue this year, up significantly from 2010’s revenue of $45 million, and expected to rise even further in 2012, to $250 million.
The revenue bump, predicted by eMarketer, is …
You Can Now Print Gmail And Google Docs From Your Phone
It’s the future—today! If you like printing stuff, that is. And only Google stuff. Otherwise, yes, it’s the future. You’ll need a fancy smartphone with an HTML5-capable web browser and you’ll need to connect your printer to an always-connected Windows computer running a beta version of Google’s Chrome web browser. Once that’s all taken …
Motorola ‘Xoom’ Tablet Tipped For February 17 Release At $700
On the endless list of tablets birthed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier in the month, the Motorola Xoom stands out as one of the more impressive. It’s the first Android tablet to run Google’s tablet-specific “Honeycomb” operating system, according to Motorola, and packs a whole lot of power into its 10-inch form …
Nook 2011 Sales Already 150% Up On 2010
Periodical sales on the iPad may not be growing, but not every tablet reader has that problem. Barnes & Noble’s NOOKnewsstand is reporting that it has already sold 150% more subscriptions since Christmas 2010 than in the previous twelve months combined, with 650,000 new subscriptions in the last month alone.
The Nooknewsstand offers …
Latest PSP2 Rumors Claim Touchscreen, 3G Connectivity
Sony’s supposedly holding an event to formally announce the PSP2 later this week in Japan but, per Kotaku, one of that country’s biggest newspapers has let a few details slip. According to the report, the next Sony portable will feature an OLED screen that will be touch-compatible and will be able to connect to the network of NTT DoCoMo, …
Being Tracked By Online Ads? Opting Out Is Getting Easier
If you’re like most people who use the web, you may be unaware that many of the sites you visit have been taking notes about your browsing behavior.
These notes are stored in tiny files called cookies—everyone likes cookies, right?—and are used by several large advertising companies to build what’s supposed to be a non-identifying …