Sprint customers, rejoice! Okay, not quite yet: Sprint is due to make an announcement on October 7 that they’re adding 4G LTE services next year.
If you’re not already streaming data effortlessly, CNET reports Sprint will flip the switch early next year, and that some customers may be able to get the service as early as the end of …
With the launch of Apple’s iPhone 5 around the corner, it’s time to revisit the great annual tradition of predicting the iPod’s demise.
But this year, things are a bit different. Apple, which in the past has introduced new iPods in September, has skipped the iPod event entirely in 2011. The invitation for next Tuesday’s iPhone event …
Amazon fired its first serious shots across Apple and iOS’s bow this morning as it unveiled multiple new Kindle slates at surprisingly low prices, including new no-keyboard touch models as well as the not-so-secret headliner, dubbed “Kindle Fire” and built around Google’s Android operating system.
“Four years ago, we set out to …
It seems Bloomberg jumped Amazon’s gun this morning, unveiling the online e-tailer’s $199 “Kindle Fire” tablet before Amazon had a chance to get the word out at its press event this morning.
Bloomberg confirmed speculation that Amazon will launch a 7-inch tablet running Google’s Android operating system. The news service notes the …
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Everybody’s been expecting Amazon to announce an Android-based tablet for eons. With any luck, we can stop expecting at 10am ET today, when the company holds a press event in New York City. We’ll be there and will liveblog the news–join us, and you’ll hear it as fast as we do. (If you need a reminder, sign up below and we’ll …
OnStar’s crying uncle after the media (and presumably customer) hoopla over its plans to track former subscribers. That’s terrific news—I called the plan creepy, because it was.
OnStar just announced that it was changing course, stating it was “reversing its proposed Terms and Conditions policy changes,” and that it would “not keep …
“Hyperlocal” has been a buzzword for quite some time, based around the idea that the Internet should be talking to you about your neighborhood in particular, and not just some homogenous “out there.” But according to a new Pew Institute study, there’s one thing in particular users want from their hyperlocal surfing: food.
While …
Apparently, it’s not enough to “Like” a political campaign anymore; now Facebook wants to ensure that its voice is heard in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The social media giant confirmed yesterday that it had filed paperwork to start its own Political Action Committee (PAC), following rumors spinning out of the registration of …
“Mango,” the major Windows Phone update that Microsoft has been promising for seven months, is going live.
The update to Windows Phone 7.5 is now rolling out to all handsets on Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. On AT&T, delivery has begun for the HTC Surround, LG Quantum and Samsung Focus version 1.3. These rollouts may take …
Next time you leave your home for any appreciable length of time, whatever you do, don’t tell the Internet. A new study has revealed that an unsettling 78% of burglars use social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare to choose just where they’re going to break in next.
That’s not the only way that burglars have started using …
Everyone’s talking Amazon’s nifty new watch-out-Apple tablet, supposedly an Android derivative dubbed the “Kindle Fire,” but have you heard about the other two?
Yes, the other two. As we head into the eleventh hour, we’re hearing Amazon’s planning not one, not two, but three Kindle tablets for its Wednesday (tomorrow) dog and pony …
No, it’s not some creepy OnStar-like secret monitoring scheme, where Facebook plans to track you even after you’ve logged out of the social networking site, but that’s essentially what Facebook’s capable of, thanks to a cookie “bug.” The bug allows Facebook to collect browsing-related information even after a user’s signed out of the …
