Netflix plans to expand their streaming service to the U.K. and Ireland in early 2012. Keep the good news coming, Netflix.
The launch, which will include Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature along with streaming TV shows, is pegged for early next year. Pricing specifics have remained vague, although the company says the service …
Tour guides are just waiting to show you around Silicon Valley, legendary home to Facebook, Google and countless other big-name tech companies. The problem? Not too many people are lining up to see such exciting locations as the Symantec cafeteria and Fry’s.
The San Jose Mercury News recently talked to Shawn Hartung and Chris Soden of …
Once you’ve got a dual-monitor setup at your desk, it’s hard to go back to single-screen computing. In other words, using a laptop, with its one measly screen, stinks.
Fortunately, Sideline is on the case with its Cinq companion monitor, a portable secondary screen that clips to any laptop and runs on USB power, using DisplayLink. …
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My latest Technologizer column on TIME.com is about OnStar FMV, the first version of the car safety-and-information service available as an aftermarket add-in for most cars, cleverly built into a rear-view mirror. When I shared the story on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, I heard from some folks who said FMV sounded neat. But a few said …
Twitter is still the social media outlet of choice for Occupy Wall Street, but new analysis into the #OWS tweets has found a surprising gender imbalance in those who’re talking about the protests: Fewer women seem to be doing so, despite Twitter being a female-dominated service overall.
According to analysis by Attention released …
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On Thursday night at the Santa Clara Convention Center in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, more than 1400 people attended the Tech Awards, a gala that celebrated not companies or products, but rather people and organizations that are using technology to make the world a better place. In their eleventh year, the awards are a …
The one thing nobody wants to do after a long day of work is schlep to the supermarket and fight the crowds grabbing groceries for dinner. Commuters in Seoul, however, now have a different option—shopping by smartphone in the virtual grocery store in the Seolleung underground station.
It works like this: Photos of hundreds of …
Though the Apple Store memorials have since given way to long lines for the iPhone 4S, it’s still difficult to imagine the technology company without Steve Jobs at its helm. And while much has been written about the gadgets that defined perhaps Jobs’ most productive decade, it’s tough to isolate one device for its impact above the …
Everyone may be talking about Apple’s iPhone 4S right now, but Android may be the mobile OS that is actually taking over America, with Verizon Wireless reporting that half of the smartphones it has sold in the last quarter use the Google operating system.
Verizon announced sales of 5.6 million smartphones in Q3 2011, with only 2 …
The subject of Groupon’s IPO has been much rumored and discussed in recent days, with sources suggesting earlier this week that the company’s value would be announced around $10 billion, down from an earlier $25 billion valuation. Turns out, that speculation was right on the money.
According to a new, detailed, report, Groupon will …
Need to break into a passcode-protected iPad 2? All you need is a Smart Cover.
The security exploit, reported by 9to5Mac, allows limited access to the iPad 2 running iOS 5, but could expose e-mails and iMessages, and allows the intruder to delete apps. Here’s how it works:
1. From the lock screen, hold the power button until the
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Add Hulu Plus to the Wii and 3DS’ stable of long-expected features: Nintendo says the subscription-based video service will come to both its console and 3D handheld by the end of this year.
That means Wii and 3DS owners willing to fork over $7.99 a month (and endure “limited advertising”) will have access to shows like Modern Family, …
