In an effort to reach out to Iranians across the world, the U.S. launched an official Farsi Twitter feed late Sunday. Twitter is increasingly becoming a way to reach out to people in far off distances and encourage discussion, and the Farsi feed has over 2,000 followers already.
“US State Dept recognizes historic role of social media …
With Amazon severing ties with affiliate sellers in Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, Rhode Island and other states due to issues over online sales tax (including last week closing a distribution center in Irving, TX, following a dispute over $269 million in taxes), Barnes and Noble is apparently seeing a business opportunity in the making. …
Samsung has added a 10-inch form factor to its line of “Galaxy Tab” Android tablets. The Galaxy Tab 10.1, as it’s called, features a 10-inch 1280×800-resolution screen, dual-core processor, and two cameras.
The tablet runs Google’s new made-for-tablets operating system, Android 3.0—also known as Honeycomb—and measures 0.4 inches …
We’ve got more fuel to add to the “iPhone Nano” rumors that caught fire late last week. The Wall Street Journal adds to Bloomberg‘s report of a smaller, less-expensive iPhone model that may hit the market as early as this summer. Both stories come from unnamed sources, so continue to take all this news with a grain of salt unless …
Brands that want a little piece of that sweet Twitter action are going to have to pay a little extra in the future, if rumors about Twitter increasing the cost of “promoted trend” ads by tens of thousands of dollars are true.
According to the All Things Digital blog, Twitter has started telling buyers that the price of a one-day stint …
Next week brings the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona and Samsung is apparently looking to kick things off on Sunday night by unveiling the successor to the Galaxy Tab, according to Pocket-lint. This information is all from unnamed sources, though, so take it with a grain of salt.
Unlike the 7-inch Galaxy Tab that’s …
The HP TouchPad was announced this week. It’s a slick-looking tablet that’s nearly identical in size to the iPad but sports a faster dual-core processor, front-facing camera and runs the WebOS interface that was developed by Palm before it was acquired by HP last year.
The lack of a price tag or firm availability date are both a bit …
Is there anything that Google doesn’t do?
Google Docs announced this week that it’s rolling out a new organizational tool for all those bridezillas called Google Weddings, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Despite its corny nature, Google Weddings could actually be a really useful tool–it allows users to do everything from plan …
Apple may be targeting the lower end of the cell phone market, reports Bloomberg, citing unidentified “people who have been briefed on the plans.”
Apple is apparently working on a smaller version of the iPhone that uses older components and has no “Home” button. It’s roughly two-thirds the size of a regular iPhone and would supposedly …
Nokia and Microsoft have announced a partnership wherein Nokia will build handsets running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system.
There aren’t any hard-and-fast dates for when the first Nokia-branded Windows phones will hit the market, but some of the highlights of the partnership are as follows:
– Nokia will use the …
A source has leaked to Engadget that new ecode in the iOS 4.3 beta 3 firmware suggests that Apple TV might be gearing up for online gaming capabilities. The system might be similar to OnLive gaming system works, although that’s pure speculation. Here’s a screenshot of what the Engadget insider saw:
What exactly are you looking at? …
My TIME.com column this week is about Motorola’s Atrix 4G, an Android handset that’s available for pre-order from AT&T starting on February 13th and is scheduled for release by March 6th. I spent most of my wordage on the aspect of the phone that’s unquestionably most interesting: the optional laptop dock that gives the Atrix a big …
