Japanese manufacturers of consumer electronics are closing down factories in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake and tsunami, Bloomberg reports.
Sony has stopped operations at 10 factories, and announced donations of cash and emergency supplies.
Toyota’s 12 plants are all closed until Wednesday at the earliest, with further
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Good morning! Here’s the tech stuff that’s breaking this morning, more on the big tech news stories of the day coming up later.
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News travels faster than quakes
Everyone knows news goes fast, but the Japanese disaster shows
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If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on Verizon’s first 4G phone, the wait might not be that much longer. Reports say that leaks from within HTC put March 17 as the HTC Thunderbird launch date. But after we expected it to make a debut on Valentine’s Day, perhaps keep those hopes in check.
The HTC Thunderbird is set up to …
It’s coming. No, seriously. It’s coming. The white iPhone. Phil says so.
Phil who? Phil Schiller, Apple’s head of marketing and one of Steve Jobs’ right-hand-people.
Yesterday afternoon, in reply to Eric Anderson’s straight question (“How do I get a white iPhone?”), Schiller wrote: “The white iPhone will be available this spring …
Many panels at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive have revolved around the introduction of something new – new technologies, applications, visions or theories. But one of the most intriguing panels I’ve attended thus far was also one of the least declarative. It was held Saturday afternoon, was dubbed “Time Traveling: …
Data caps on your internet? It was only a matter of time.
Starting May 2, AT&T will start putting caps on people who surf the internet just a tad bit too much, according to DSLReports.
AT&T DSL users will be capped at 150GB, while AT&T U-verse users will get a slightly higher allowance at 250GB.
Users will probably want to be …
Investment firm Piper Jaffray sent a team of analysts out into the streets, and not so shockingly, they found that the iPad 2 had virtually sold out in retail stores. But surprise, surprise, they discovered that a vast majority – over half, in fact – of new buyers never owned the original iPad.
To get the numbers straight, 70 …
Japan’s Friday earthquake estimated death toll is in the thousands; and while the story can be told in words, nothing can describe the videos and photos that have followed. ABC News in Australia has pooled together some interactive Google Earth aerial satellite images surveying the before and after photos of the chaos on the …
There was something of a collective shrug at the Austin Convention Center Friday afternoon, following the much-anticipated presentation by Google’s Marissa Mayer. But that said, there was irony to be found in the lackluster response, serving as yet further proof of just how dominant the company has become, in providing and filtering …
I think we should all take a moment to consider the passing of Web 2.0, and the dream of a democratized internet.
What’s that? You didn’t realize we were done with that whole thing just yet? Well, clearly you’ve not talked to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong recently. He’s seen the future of the internet, you see, and he’s ready to tell you all …
Good news everyone: For those of you that hate the fact that each brand of 3D TV comes with its own set of glasses, the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) is trying to standardize frames among all brands.
According to TG Daily, the U.S. trade organization that oversees the electronic industry is trying to get companies to allow …
Gah! It’s so annoying taking out your cell phone and snapping a picture. It makes you stand out and look like someone who just happened upon a perfect scene to photograph instead of someone who was looking for the perfect cheesy photo to shoot.
Fear not, there may be a solution to your conundrum in the near future! The UN01 is a …
