PlayLater is not new – it was announced back in September. But me getting a video demo of it in action while at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is new, so it seems we’re at an impasse.
The concept of PlayLater is simple …
Unlock Your iPhone with Your Face
We can’t recommend locking your phone enough. If a thief gets hold of it, who knows what personal information he’ll dig up going through your email or mobile browser history.
Sometimes, though, you just don’t want to take the …
Social Networking Meets Television with MySpace TV
Web TV has a new face today, and it’s not Google, Apple or any of the other brands we’ve been hearing might launch a television service. No, the new future of Web TV apparently belongs to MySpace. (Really!)
Launching this …
‘This American Life’ Revives Debate over Apple Manufacturer Foxconn’s Labor Practices
In the beginning of the latest episode of This American Life, Ira Glass asks Siri on his iPhone 4S “Where were you manufactured?”
Its reply is telling: “I’m not allowed to say.” Not “I don’t know,” but “I’m …
How Nokia’s Lumia 900 Windows Phone Won CES Before It Even Started
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show didn’t technically kick off until Tuesday morning, but already, Nokia’s Lumia 900 has become one of the most buzzed-about products.
What’s the big deal? The Lumia 900 is Nokia’s first …
New iPads Imminent? Source Claims Taiwan Manufacturer Already Taking Orders
DigiTimes may be the new 50-50, as in “half the time they’re kind of right,” “half the time they’re mostly wrong,” but okay, we’ll bite: Another supply chain source just told the rumormonger that Taiwanese electronics supplier …
Google Adds ‘Your World’ to Search Results
If you’re thinking Google plans to rest on its search-leading laurels, you’ll want check your Google search results over the next week, because the company’s rolling out its next evolutionary step: Search Plus Your World.
As …
Mass Media + Cloud Storage = All the Same Mistakes?
What if Hollywood tried to create its own content cloud, but the Internet didn’t want to use it? That’s the problem emerging with news that Netflix has dropped out of the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, a move that could …
Highlights from Day Two of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
The CES show floor officially opens today, but yesterday was Press Day – a day where, if you’re a tech writer who likes surprises, the Consumer Electronics Show cat gets let out of the Consumer Electronics Show complimentary …
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Now OnLive Is Putting Windows in the Cloud
OnLive spent years developing technology for putting high-performance games in the cloud–then streaming them to Windows PCs, Macs, a tiny console and–most recently–tablets and phones. The great thing about figuring out how to …
‘iCade Mobile’ Wraparound iPhone Gamepad? Yes, Please!
Let’s face it, the iPhone’s touchscreen sucks for serious 3D gaming: Dead Space, Grand Theft Auto III, Minecraft, Aralorn: Sword and Shadow — small as the iPhone’s screen is, who wants to obscure half the picture (often …
Motorola’s Droid Razr MAXX Almost Achieves the 24-Hour Battery
In a smartphone market where companies breathlessly try to outpace one another in screen size, clock speeds and pixel density, kudos to Motorola for focusing on battery life instead.
Motorola’s Droid Razr MAXX for Verizon …