You’ve finally picked up a monster-sized high-definition 1080p flatscreen for your entertainment center, you’re plowing through your Blu-ray stacks of Lost or Friday Night Lights or Breaking Bad at a crisp, eyeball-thrilling 1920 x 1080 pixels, and then you see this: Sony’s launching a projector that’ll run at 4K, or 4096 x 2160 …
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SFPD: We’re Investigating Our Missing iPhone 5 Investigation
Face it, the only reason we’re covering this missing Apple iPhone 5 story is because everyone else is covering it. It’s like the snake swallowing its tail, kind of like the latest wrinkle in this whole sleuthing mystery: The San Francisco Police Department will investigate—wait for it—the San Francisco Police Department, for the …
Droid Bionic on Sale Now; Here’s What Reviews Are Saying
Nine months after announcing the Droid Bionic at CES 2011, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have finally birthed their first dual-core, 4G LTE smartphone.
The oft-delayed Android handset goes on sale today for $300 with a two-year agreement. Specs include a 4.3-inch qHD display with 960-by-540 resolution, a 1 GHz dual-core processor, an …
Walmart-Netflix Settlement to Be Paid Out in Walmart Gift Cards?
Leave it to Walmart to find some kind of silver lining in an expensive settlement to a class action lawsuit. A California court has tentatively approved the corporate giant’s proposal to provide the 40 million Netflix subscribers their agreed upon settlement in the form of gift cards to Walmart’s website, which just happens to house …
Study: 28% of U.S. Adults Use Phones for Directions
If you’re someone who likes to check out locations online, you’re far from alone. A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that more than a quarter of all American adults use mobile or social location-based media of some kind. It’s apparently good to share where you’re at these days.
The most popular …
Exactly What Is Google Planning for Hulu?
What Hulu, exactly, is Google trying to buy? A report on All Things D suggests that, while Hulu bosses mull over offers from Amazon, Yahoo and Dish Network, Google’s rumored “big ass ideas” for Hulu might actually go far beyond what the owners were actually trying to sell in the first place.
As recently as last Thursday, Google was …
Netflix: Streaming Not Limited to One Device at a Time
Put down your pitchforks, people. Contrary to some reports, Netflix is not limiting streaming video to one device at a time—at least not on purpose.
“No Netflix member is limited to less than two concurrent streams,” Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey told Techland in an e-mail. “A few Netflix members have heard differently from us, …
New $500 ‘TiVo Premiere Elite’ Records Four TV Shows at Once
Yama-hama, that’s a whole lotta TiVo. The company that put digital video recording on the map has just released a monster in the TiVo Premiere Elite, a $500 set-top box that can record four different shows at once and stores up to 300 hours of high-definition video. If you’re of a more nerdacious persuasion, that’s four digital tuners …
Sprint Joins Justice Department, Sues over T-Mobile-AT&T Merger
Not that this should be monstrously surprising, but Sprint has filed a lawsuit against the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The suit has been filed "as a related case to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) suit against the proposed acquisition," according to Sprint’s press release.
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Dish Network Plans Netflix-Like Blockbuster Streaming Service (with Starz)
Netflix seems to be having an official Worst Month Ever, what with price increases leading to customer uproar and Starz refusing to resign an all-important content sharing contract, and so the news that Dish Network is gearing up to launch a Blockbuster streaming-video service almost adds insult to injury.
According to sources, the …
Amazon Rolling Out Purchase Pickup Lockers at 7-Elevens
In an apparent move to bridge the gap between the conveniences of online shopping and in-store pickups, Amazon has reportedly started to roll out high-tech lockers to hold your purchases until you’re ready to pick them up.
According to The Daily, Amazon is apparently testing the storage lockers around the Seattle area and, if …
Why Amazon’s Tablet Should Have Apple Worried
Late last week MG Siegler of TechCrunch posted a detailed account of Amazon’s mythical tablet, which many had hoped would finally pose serious competition to Apple and their iPad crown.
Of note is that the tablet appears to be a 7-incher running Android, thus closer to the Nook or even the BlackBerry Playbook than an actual iPad. …