JetBlue As airlines mull over the possibility of in-flight cell phone calls, it appears the US government also wants to weigh in on the matter. Word has it that the US Department of Transportation may be looking to create rules that would enforce a ban on in-flight cell phone calls, according to The Wall Street …
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CNET The Senate has joined the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission in chastising the four top US wireless carriers for skimming money from customers. In a lengthy report (PDF) released by Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile are accused of a practice known as “cramming,” in which wireless carriers allow mystery …
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The top-choice upcoming wearables, according to a First Insight survey. First Insight A slew of new wearables are slated to hit shelves within the next few months — everything from the Samsung Simband health tracker platform to the OMsignal smart shirt to the Dash wireless earbuds. In the finicky world of wearables, some of the products will please crowds while …
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IFixit looks inside the Amazon Fire Phone. iFixit Amazon appears to have taken a few hints from Apple and a few chips from Samsung in the building of Fire , its first smartphone. Gadget repair expert iFixit published a teardown on Amazon’s new phone on Thursday, finding all sorts of hidden information inside the device. One of the first things …
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Apple Skirting an upcoming trial, Apple agreed to pay $450 million last week to settle an antitrust lawsuit that alleged the company conspired with five book publishers to fix e-book prices. However, the judge ruling over the case is having concerns with the settlement proposal, according to Reuters. US District Judge Denise Cote in New York said during a teleconference …
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Josh Miller/CNET For the first time, smartphone shipments have reached 1 billion. That probably means a lot of calling, texting, and app use. It also means a lot of phones being plugged into the grid and charging. A new study by analyst Juniper Research found that smartphone charging could soon be a massive generator of carbon dioxide, which is one …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Apple iPhone 5S. CNET As Apple readies for the release of its next-generation iPhone , its latest version is still going strong. According to a new survey by market researcher Counterpoint, the iPhone 5S sold 7 million units in May, making it the bestselling smartphone in the world. Coming in second was Samsung’s Galaxy S5, …
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Rows and rows of Google Glass. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET Google is working to win over more Glass converts. The company sent out emails to prospective Glass buyers on Wednesday saying it was opening up some of its offices for people to come in and give the computer-enabled eyeglasses a whirl. Related stories Google unleashes a slew of new Glass apps Google …
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A Lyft driver displays the service’s iconic pink mustache on the grill of his car. Lyft Ride-for-hire services like Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar won a battle in Seattle on Monday. The city council voted 8 to 1 to approve legislation that allows car-hailing apps to operate in the city without limits on how many cars they have out in the …
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LG Display’s rollable OLED display panel. LG Display LG Display has come up with a new flexible TV panel that people can roll up just like a newspaper. The South Korean company on Thursday unveiled two 18-inch OLED panels — one that’s rollable and another that’s transparent. This means televisions using this type of technology can be easily hidden on …
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