If you like humongous screens and fast data, AT&T will soon have a couple of smartphones for you. On November 6, AT&T will launch its first two 4G LTE phones, the HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket.
On paper, AT&T’s first LTE phones are similar. They’ve both got 4.5-inch displays, but HTC’s Vivid has a higher resolution …
Now you’ll never have to miss an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, wherever you are and whatever device you’re using, as Disney and ABC not only extended their existing deal with Netflix, but also expanded their agreement with Amazon, meaning that Kindle Fire users have even more shows to stream on their new devices.
The expansion of the …
We’ve heard a lot of analyst and supply chain scuttlebutt over the past year about the MacBook Pro folding into the MacBook Air lineup, or the MacBook Air outright supplanting the entire MacBook spread.
Power-wise, the Air’s already closing in, packing considerable power under the hood—enough to get me to switch one for the other. I …
What’s big and scary and orange and glows in the dark? If you said a jack-o-lantern, close, but not quite: Try Google’s latest, greatest doodle, a time-lapse video of a quirky pumpkin-carving jamboree.
And action: Six mammoth pumpkins—we’re talking the size of boulders here—rest on bales of hay in the middle of a grassy field, …
People spend crazy money on last-minute Halloween costumes and, if you sound like someone who has crazy money and needs a last-minute Halloween costume, why not rock a hole in the gut using two iPads?
Unlike other insanely expensive last-minute Halloween costumes, you’ll actually get a whole lot of use out of this one long after the …
Steve Jobs’ biological sister, Mona Simpson, has a piece in the New York Times called A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs. It’s the same eulogy she delivered on October 16 at Jobs’ memorial service held at Stanford.
In it, she describes their initial meeting in 1985—they went on a long walk where Jobs explained he worked in computers. …
Last weekend, I was at my parents’ house in Connecticut for a family matter. As my sister went through some of the things in her childhood bedroom, she discovered a document from 1996, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet. This was apparently part of some high school handout packet; also included among the papers …
After much speculation, YouTube finally announced today that it will be adding new channels from professional content creators in an attempt to “bring an even broader range of entertainment” to the site that will offer “more reasons to keep coming back again and again.”
The announcement was made via the official YouTube blog, where
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We knew Barnes & Noble would have a new Nook Color to strike back at Amazon’s Kindle Fire eventually, and according to a few unnamed sources, the revamped e-reader and tablet is set to launch on November 7.
Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader heard from three sources, including a retailer and a Barnes & Noble employee, who confirmed …
Research in Motion’s tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, has been overshadowed of late, which may be the reason behind the company’s latest promotion: Buy two PlayBook tablets, get one free. Yes, that’s right, tablets have now become so ubiquitous that we’re buying them in bulk.
The deal, which applies to the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, …
Spotify users who are also fans of Coldplay may have found themselves wondering something over the last few days, and it’s not “Why does Chris Martin always sound so sad and tired?” Instead, they’re probably asking themselves when “Mylo Xyloto,” the Coldplay album released earlier this week is going to show up on the streaming music …
It’s taken a few months, but Google+ is finally rolling out its version of Twitter’s “trending topics” feature, with the somewhat unimaginative title of “What’s Hot.” But the truly interesting new feature introduced is Ripples, which visualizes how things get shared across the burgeoning network.
Both features were introduced via the …
