The end of unlimited smartphone data is coming. AT&T and Verizon, the two largest U.S. wireless carriers, already throttle data speeds for unlimited users who consume the most data, and starting this summer, Verizon won’t let …
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Coming Soon: TiVo Streaming for iPhones and iPads
I do an awful lot of “TV” watching on my iPad these days. Yet I also remain devoted to my TiVo DVR box, which is connected to the HDTV in my living room. So TiVo’s upcoming TiVo Stream — a gizmo that lets you stream shows …
MIT Scientists Figure Out How to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle
According to Heinz, ketchup exits the company’s iconic glass bottles at an excruciatingly slow .028 miles per hour. In case you were wondering, that’s slower than a Galápagos tortoise, which, according the San Diego Zoo, creeps …
‘Hologram-like’ Helpers Materializing at New York-Area Airports Soon
It’s been done in France and elsewhere, but this will apparently be a first for those of us in North America: Starting in early July, LaGuardia, Newark and JFK airports will put “computerized, hologram-like avatars” to work in an …
Sidecar App Lets You Share Photos, Location and Live Video During Calls
Despite what hyperbolic pundits might tell you, the phone call is not dead. But it could use a kick in the pants. That’s what Sidecar is trying to do with new apps for iPhone and Android.
Sidecar supplements traditional phone …
10 Quick Tech Links: Google-Moto, iPhone Rumors, Amazon and More
Here’s a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Tuesday, May 22.
It’s Official: Google Is Now a Hardware Company [Businessweek]
How the Motorola deal went down, what it means, and where Google-Rola goes
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7 Reasons Facebook Flopped
Even with such a schizophrenic welcome, no one expected the series of mishaps that has marked Facebook’s IPO. Here’s a look at the contributing factors.
It’s Official: Google Has Acquired Motorola Mobility
Google has made its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility official. Google CEO Larry Page announced the closing of the deal in a company blog post:
The phones in our pockets have become supercomputers that are changing
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You Can Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S III Now, but It’ll Cost You
It’s “friggin’ huge,” as my colleague Jared Newman recently quipped, and Samsung’s Galaxy S III is also going to be friggin’ expensive if you’re in the U.S. and want firsties. While the phone’s stateside launch date is still …
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Windows Aero: Why I’m Glad It’s Dead
Apple’s Metal MacBook Gaming Problem: They’re Still Hot as You-Know-What
The other night I sat down to play Diablo III on my 11-inch MacBook Air, after installing Windows 7 in Bootcamp mode to eke a few extra frames per second from the Windows side’s arguably superior gaming performance. But…Diablo …