Cobra’s iRadar system pairs a Bluetooth-enabled radar detector with a free iPhone app to warn lead footed motorists of nearby radar guns. The iRadar app also includes an automatically updating database of known speed traps, dangerous intersections, and red light cameras.
The radar detector hardware itself is a bit pricey at $170, though
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The FCC is expected to propose rules that would require cellular companies to send text or voicemail messages to customers before they go over their minutes, according to Bloomberg. The rules would also provide for warnings to be sent to customers roaming on international networks outside the US, which can often result in expensive
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Just about every Verizon Wireless phone is capable of accessing web data but unless your monthly service plan has a special data package added to it, you’ll pay $2 per megabyte to get online.
According to a recent statement from Verizon, “over the past several years approximately 15 million customers who did not have data plans were …
As DC Entertainment nears finalizing plans for Superman’s cinematic rebirth – Natalie Portman as Lois Lane? Really? – it’s looking like Warner Bros lawyers are taking the threat of losing the rights to the Man of Steel ever more seriously. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR Esq. blog is reporting that no less than five separate motions have …
Well, that was fast. Last week, we told you about Lucasfilm’s lawsuit to force Jedi Mind, Inc. to change their name and stop infringing on the Jedi IP, and now the Californian company has officially renamed itself Mind Technologies, Inc. According to the short press release announcing the change, it was made to “avoid potential …
Paul Allen’s company, Interval, is alleging that four of its patents have been infringed by AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube.
The patents were developed in the 90’s and include “fundamental web technologies” that Allen’s company asserts are being used “by major …
Is Los Angeles big enough for two alien invasion movies? Sony doesn’t think so, and may be considering legal action to ensure that November’s Skyline doesn’t steal the thunder of its own March release, Battle: Los Angeles.
The conflict comes from more than just the similarity between the movies, both of which feature aliens invading …
This whole Google/Verizon net neutrality debate has reached critical mass and is quickly entering the “beating a dead horse” territory, but AT&T threw a bit more gasoline on the fire last Friday with its “Wireless is Different” post on the company’s Public Policy Blog.
As the title suggests, the post asserts that wireless internet is …
If you’re a MobileMe subscriber and use Apple’s cloud-based iDisk service, the latest mobile version allows you to stream music files from your storage space directly to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. That update was pushed out about a month ago and made some headlines as people began to ponder whether Apple was paving the way for …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just announced some big, big wins for consumers. Labeled as “exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act,” a law enacted in the late ’90s to protect copyright holders against piracy, it’s now within consumers’ legal rights to jailbreak phones, rip DVDs (for certain uses), and a 2006 …
Starting today, every citizen of Finland has the legal right to a broadband internet connection with speeds of at least one megabit per second. That’s not to say that the internet service will be provided for free, just that it must be made available to every home.
According to the BBC, “It is believed up to 96% of the population are …
If you’ve opened up the App Store on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad recently, you were likely prompted to accept Apple’s new terms and conditions policy before being able to download anything. It happened to me yesterday and, acting like a true consumer, I accepted the policy without reading all 45+ pages of it on my phone’s tiny …
