Acer has just announced the 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A200, an Android tablet with a suggested starting price of $330 that’ll be available on January 15. I’d expect the tablet’s retail price to clear the $299 mark once it hits …
Sweden Recognizes File Sharing as an Official Religion
Attention all obsessive internet pirates: If SOPA has you worried about your ability to continue to perform your pixelated perfidy, there’s one clear and unexpected solution to your problem: Move to Sweden, which has just …
5 Things Not to Look for at CES 2012
Here we go CES, here we go — the annual tech-letting is nearly upon us, and with it, a deluge of rumors and PR-led ballyhoo. Let’s take a look at what not to expect from next week’s Vegas-based tech spectacular.
No new Xbox. …
TelyHD: A Videophone for Your HDTV
This $249 wide-angle wireless Webcam lets you make big-screen video calls from the comfort of your living room.
No Passport, No Problem: Man Uses iPad to Cross Border into U.S. [UPDATE]
Ever approach the border with a sinking feeling that your passport is sitting at home next to the phone charger you also forgot to bring? Fear not, tech-savvy travelers, because apparently you can now just present your iPad to …
Robots Get Their Own App Store
Starting soon, people will be able to download apps for their personal robots just like they download apps for their iPhone or iPad.
Facebook ‘Studio Awards’ to Flatter Advertisers into Submission
Facebook has worked out a new strategy to try and strengthen its relationship with advertisers and the advertising industry: Flattery.
The social media company is preparing to award the first Facebook Studio Awards, created to …
Closing on Half a Million: Google’s Android App Store Turns 400,000
Google’s Android Market just passed the 400,000 application mark last weekend, ringing in the New Year by closing the distance to Apple’s App Store, reports Netherlands-based app store stats tracker Distimo. Make that the “total …
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Cord-On-Board: New iPhone Case Packs Its Own Charging Cable
Philadelphia-based CaseInity‘s protective iPhone case looks to solve the simple-yet-persistent I need holes! problem every iPhone owner faces by making sure you’ve got a 9.5-inch USB charging cable with you at all times.
The …
Netflix Numbers: 2 Billion Hours of Movies and TV Shows Served in 4Q 2011
Watch out, another digital content provider’s looking to get a bunch of favorable stats picked up and tossed around in the press blender: Mission accomplished! Let’s have a look at the latest press release from Netflix, which …
Nokia ‘Ace’ Windows Phone May Get Hero’s Welcome in U.S.
More than a year after the first Windows Phones launched in the United States, one of them may finally get star treatment.
Nokia’s Lumia 900, codenamed “Ace,” will launch in March on AT&T as a “hero” phone, Ed Oswald of …