Pandora might not be the only company getting hit with subpoenas. If the Wall Street Journal is correct, a major shake-up could be involved, affecting hundreds of smartphone apps. Federal prosecutors are investigating whether these mobile apps are transmitting information about users without their proper consent and knowledge.
The …
Chances are you haven’t been waiting 201 days to find out who was calling under a blocked number. TrapCall, an iPhone app that lets you do that, did spend that long waiting for Apple to approve the nifty functionality, though. World beware, the app’s been unleashed.
TrapCall is an app that lets phone users pretty much unmasks …
Angry Birds Rio has been downloaded 10 million times in less than two weeks. If you can’t do the relatively simple math, that’s ohhhh, about one million downloads for every day since it’s been out.
Rovio, the developer, didn’t say how many people downloaded the free or paid version of the game. The day that the Amazon app …
If you live on the web, things might have just gotten more interesting. Some more screenshots of Windows 8 just leaked online, and it looks like Microsoft is seriously thinking about baking file syncing and web sharing straight in the new operating system.
We got a tantalizing look at Windows 8 last week, but tech blog I Started …
Firefox 4 may have just dropped, but Firefox 5 is already on its way. According to ConceivablyTech, Firefox 5 may be here in a matter of weeks with a whole gamut of new features. So much for that long anticipated launch last month.
Mozilla’s development crew is said to be considering to add nine features to the next version. Reports …
In what’s being touted as possibly one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history, online marketing firm Epsilon warned some of its customers over the weekend that the personal information of many, many people could be at risk.
Follow-up: See a list of which companies’ e-mail lists have been exposed.
Last Friday, an outside …
Off the top of my head, I can’t tell you many people hit up Facebook daily, but a freakishly high number of people visit the site on their phones everyday. In fact, Facebook says over 250 million people visit the site monthly on their cellphones.
Just a little over a year ago, the mobile site only had 100 million users. Since then, …
Actually, it’s not a joke. Four big studios are rolling out “premium VOD,” and they want you to pay $30 to watch a movie. The service will actually let users view recent movies that haven’t hit DVD yet.
Warner Bros., Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox will let the charges roll through its”Home Premiere.” It only includes …
Something caught your eye in-store? It already might be second nature to whip out your phone, using it as a guide about whether you should really splurge on that brand new Inception Blu-Ray.
A report conduced by Arc Worldwide, a marketing services firm, found that half of shoppers consult their phones while shopping. The report …
Technology as a force for the greater good! Of course, its nowhere near Batman-style gadgetry, but Palm Bay, Florida is developing a system where warrants can be issued on the spot – via Skype.
Get caught with something? The police officer forwards documents by e-mail, and then the judge can issue a warrant through Skype. The system …
Remember that super-awesome iPad app that let you lounge around in your PJs, while simultaneously being hooked up to some 30-plus cable channels? Hopefully you’re not too attached to watching Fox on your iPad, because the television network sent a cease-and-desist letter, asking the channel to be pulled from the app.
When the app …
Earlier this month, analysts predict that Cupertino-based Apple would outpace IBM by 2013, and would eventually bring in over $200 billion in revenue. It might be really soon, but forecasters say Apple will hit its first $100 billion in revenue this year.
Due to demand in recent years, the company is expected to report the profit …
