The point of all this, for Google, would be to disrupt the app-focused nature of tablets. On desktop PCs, the browser is the most important piece of software you own. But on a tablet, functions that once belonged to the …
Will Your Mall Be Tracking Your Cellphone Today?
Some shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will find a surprise waiting for them at the mall—sensors that track their every move.
Pakistan Tries to Redefine What Citizens Can and Can’t Text to Each Other
There’s little to make you feel as out of touch with what’s happening with “the kids today” as discovering that there are all manner of words that apparently have double meanings that you were entirely unaware of. For example, …
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Windows Phone 7.5: Microsoft’s Overachieving Underdog
The new update to this inventive mobile operating system is a real alternative to the iPhone and Android.
How Many Hours a Day Would You Guess People Watch Electronic Devices?
Other interesting takeaways: The results reveal predictable correlations between age and use (if we assume a correlation between early or late technological acculturation). The older you are, the less time you’re likely to …
Apple Takes Ownership of Seven Porn Domains (No, Really)
Here’s a novel way to ensure that porn spammers don’t create websites based around your products: Own all of the pervy variant domain names yourself. That seems to be the logic behind a recent complaint that ended with Apple …
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Ride the Giant, Inflatable Ant-Roach Robot
What would it look like if some mad Dr. Moreau combined an anteater, a cockroach and a bounce house? You’d get the Ant-Roach, the 15-foot inflatable walking robot.
It was developed by Otherlab in San Francisco, a small lab that has done some pretty cool things with what it calls “pneubotics,” including this inflatable robotic arm. The …
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Google Sets Kill Dates for 7 Services, Including Wave
Wave goodbye to Google Wave and a bunch of others stuff, says Google, listing a full seven services due to sign off permanently over the next few months. Google’s spin: It’s just a little “spring cleaning,” never mind the mess or …
TechFast: Galaxy Nexus Fix, China Biggest Smartphone Buyer, AT&T Merger with T-Mobile Crippled
You made it! Forget TGIF, TGIW. While you’re packing up and preparing to hit the road, or getting ready for a houseful of visitors, here’s what’s happening this morning in tech…
FCC Hobbles AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The FCC’s made it clear it’s no fan of AT&T and T-Mobile’s proposed merger, saying the deal could harm competition and that …
AT&T Faces Major FCC Hurdle in T-Mobile Acquisition
U.S. regulators are playing a game of chess with AT&T as the wireless network looks to close its $39 billion T-Mobile deal. The problem is that not everyone seems to be keen on the idea—including the FCC.
The FCC has …