Android’s smartphone dominance is turning out quite nicely for Microsoft.
Thanks to patent licensing agreements, Microsoft collects royalties from five Android vendors, including popular smartphone maker HTC, Networkworld reports. And now, Microsoft is rumored to be putting the squeeze on Samsung for even more royalties, to the tune …
Facebook is holding a press event at its headquarters in Palo Alto on Wednesday, July 6th. It’s invite-only, but I’m among the invited, and I’m inviting you to attend our live coverage, starting at 1pm ET. I’ll blog the news as we learn it, right here and at technologizer.com/facebookevent.
FOLLOWUP: Facebook Announces Group …
It’s a time-honored tradition as far as Apple rumors go: Small blogs, analysts and trade papers in Asia scare up rumors for months, and then finally, the mainstream news outlets show up, citing “people familiar with the situation” in an authoritative gesture.
And so here we are, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Apple’s …
Meet George Jetson, or at least the sort of flying car he might have driven if he wasn’t a haft-nosed cartoon and his UFO-style bubble-craft looked more like a smart car with wings. That’s it up top, an actual shot of its maiden outing on March 5, 2009 in Plattsburgh, New York, where a retired Air Force colonel put it through its paces …
It’s official: On July 7, Verizon Wireless will stop offering unlimited data to new smartphone subscribers.
Instead, Verizon will sell tiered data plans, starting at 2 GB for $30 per month — the same monthly price as unlimited data currently — a Verizon spokeswoman told FierceWireless.
Existing customers can hang onto their …
Another day, another “look who’s using the iPad now!” story.
According to the New York Times, airplane pilots are the latest to join the tablet craze. American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Executive Jet Management have all allowed pilots to store reference manuals — a collection of documents that weighs 40 pounds on paper — on …
I’m still probing for the point of three-dimensional legerdemain as a grumbler and entertainment snob who’ll skirt the 3D versions of most things (especially movies), but if you’re impressed by what seems increasingly like a fad, you can lay hands and eyeballs on the world’s first no-glasses 3D laptop for just north of $2,000 next …
Netflix has gotten too big for North America.
The online movie service will launch a modified streaming service available in three languages – English, Spanish and Portuguese – in 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year, according to GigaOM.
The company will soon be available to subscribers in …
Predicting the next iPhone’s arrival is almost like reading tea leaves, or maybe it’s more like counting coffee grounds—say you had a mug that could hold 15 million.
That’s the number of fifth generation iPhones Taiwan-based computing and consumer electronics manufacturer Pegatron supposedly just received from Apple. DigiTimes …
Just how environmentally-friendly is Amazon.com?
Sure, the company has a page dedicated to how it’s “constantly looking for ways to further reduce [its] environmental impact,” boasting that “online shopping is inherently more environmentally friendly than traditional retailing” and linking to a study to back that up.
It talks about …
Ever wanted to tell Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber just how much you love them, but lacked the ability to do so in private? Well, a new move by Twitter that could be described as “almost as head-scratchingly bizarre as sending you emails everytime someone mentions you” will change that – until the celebrities of the world demand it changes …
Get your high-fives ready, Apple fans, because we’ve got some nice hardware news for you today.
In Taiwan, companies that are part of Apple’s supply chain have reportedly begun shipping materials for the iPhone 5 and iPad 3. Industry sources are indicating that the two devices will be making their debuts in September before being made …
