I had a hard time in middle school. Other kids picked on me, girls ignored me, and many of the friends I’d had in elementary school abandoned me. Perhaps reading “Be Confident in Who You Are: A Middle School Confidential Graphic Novel” would have helped–if only it had been available back then. Based on the …
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Online music provider Pandora Media disclosed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission today that it has received a subpoena related to a federal grand jury investigation about sharing customer information in its smartphone app. The company, which filed for an initial public offering with the SEC earlier this year, added the latest tidbit of information regarding the …
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The new Apptitude app for the iPhone wants to help you sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to finding other apps. That’s good news — there are more than 350,000 apps now available for the iPhone and iPod touch in the App Store, so finding the best new ones is a challenge. That’s particularly true at the moment, when every other new app seems …
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Google has tweaked Google Maps for Android once again. Starting today, smartphones running Android 1.6 and up will see new location history and check-in features in Google Maps 5.3. The first addition is for maps users who have enabled Google Latitude on their profile. If you choose to, you’ll now be able to view stats and graphs of your location …
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GadgetsDNA In yet another example of amazing human spirit and goodwill after the tragic events in Japan a couple weeks ago, one of the country’s largest telecommunications and media corporations, SoftBank, will give orphans from the earthquake and tsunami free iPhones. According to GadgetsDNA, an iPhone and iPad-centric blog site, SoftBank will also cover all the communications fees until the …
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I always love seeing new functionality for Facebook for iPhone, and the team has trotted out not just tweaks, but some improvements that make a real difference. For instance, you can now unfriend former buddies directly from the phone, instead of having to cut them off from your profile page on the Facebook.com site (not that I would ever do …
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Is the world getting bored of Angry Birds? Obviously not. The game’s developer Rovio Mobile says the latest version, Angry Birds Rio, flew past the 10 million downloads milestone just 10 days after being released for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Fittingly, the news came in a tweet late last week. “10 in 10 🙂 Angry Birds Rio breaking …
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Vivendi announced today that it has agreed to acquire Vodafone’s 44 percent stake in French mobile operator SFR for 7.95 billion euros ($11.3 billion). The deal would give Vivendi, which already owned 56 percent of SFR shares, complete control of SFR–France’s second largest carrier, with nearly 21 million customers. “We are very pleased to reach our strategic objective to own …
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Sony is bringing its Music Unlimited cloud service to a fistful of handheld devices. Soon you’ll be able to stream music to your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc phones, and PSP and NGP handheld consoles. The improbably named ‘Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity’ service will zap music through the air to your phone or portable games console. You’ll be able to …
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A lawsuit filed by H-W Technology earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division claims Apple, Research In Motion, Google, and 29 other major technology companies are infringing on a patent it was granted in April 2009. U.S. patent number 7,525,955, which had first been filed in March 2005, is described as …
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RIM is preparing to unveil a range of new BlackBerry handsets at its BlackBerry World conference in May, if rumours are to be believed. Now one of them — a device code-named both Monaco and Monza — has been captured in a series of decent-quality spy shots. Boy Genius Report, which published the pics, suggests that the new phone will …
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Boy Genius Report revealed a few leaked photos of what might be the latest iteration of the BlackBerry Touch. Codenamed Monaco for the CDMA version and Monza for the global GSM version, the supposed Touch does not have the SurePress technology that was in the Storm. The handset boasts BlackBerry OS 6.1 and users reportedly need a BlackBerry ID to …
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San Francisco’s board of supervisors has agreed to put its Right-to-Know Ordinance under further review after the wireless industry’s lobbying arm claimed the legislation infringes on the First Amendment rights of cell phone retailers. In an interview with CNET, CTIA spokesman John Walls said the city cannot force retailers to distribute materials that warn consumers about the possible negative effects …
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From the moment AT&T announced a $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile almost two weeks ago, many industry watchers agreed that the deal would face close scrutiny from federal regulators. The deal would, after all, lump an estimated 130 million subscribers under one carrier and make AT&T the only major GSM provider in the country. AT&T has yet to file the …
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When the letterbox rattled at the Crave team’s cosy flat this morning, we all sprinted to the door, elbows jostling, dressing gowns flapping and hangovers pulsating, to discover a mysterious invitation from HTC. Could it be to do with the launch of the HTC Pyramid or Evo 3D smart phones? The announcement takes place next week, on 12 April, here in …
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