Internet giants Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and a slew of other high-profile tech companies weighed in on new rules that are currently being written to keep the Internet open. The CEOs of of those companies, along with some telecommunications and media firms, such as EchoStar and XO Communications, sent a letter to the Federal Communications …
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If there’s a bigger game genre for the iPhone than Tower Defense clones, I haven’t found it. A quick search of the App Store reveals well over 100 titles matching that description. No surprise there: the iPhone’s touch screen lends itself perfectly to this kind of game (which, for the uninitiated, requires strategic placement of defensive armaments to ward off …
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On Monday, MetroPCS introduced its first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, the Samsung Code. Though it’s not running the latest Windows Mobile 6.5, the Code does give MetroPCS customers another smartphone choice, which is a bit lacking to say the least (the carrier’s only other smartphone is the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330). The Code offers the standard WinMo features, including Outlook …
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There’s been some debate as of late about whether Verizon Wireless will offer the Palm Pre in the new year. Though Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams said the company plans to sell the Pre in early 2010, TheStreet.com caused a bit of ruckus when it reported in late September that the carrier decided against selling the Pre. Subsequently, analysts called shenanigans …
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IT managers around Australia can breathe a collective sigh of relief. The launch of the latest Windows Mobile OS 6.5 is guaranteed to bring fewer complaints from staff who wish its corporate policy allowed for iPhones. In this edition of Megaphone we take a closer look at the new Microsoft OS. We let our fingers do the walking over the …
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The hubbub over Verizon’s upcoming Droid smartphone isn’t the only Google Android news Monday. T-Mobile also launched a preorder site for its new Motorola Cliq. The handset won’t be available to take home until November 2, but you can reserve your Cliq now for $199 with service. We had a chance to review the Cliq last week and discovered much …
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Sprint Nextel has settled its legal dispute with its wireless affiliate iPCS by striking a deal to acquire the company in a transaction valued at around $831 million. Sprint announced Monday that it plans to buy iPCS for $24 a share, a 34 percent premium to its Friday closing price of $17.88, which means the company will be spending about …
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Travelers flying on Virgin America over the holidays will get free in-flight Wi-Fi thanks to Google, the companies said Monday. Google and Virgin America are teaming up to offer free Wi-Fi Internet service for all Virgin America passengers traveling between November 10, 2009, and January 15, 2010. The Gogo Wi-Fi service, which was rolled out to Virgin America’s entire fleet …
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Panasonic is hoping to capitalise on James Cameron’s new 3D film Avatar by launching its own 3D technology for the home at CEATEC in Japan this week. Panasonic hopes that Avatar The company has invested in the technology by producing concept TVs, Blu-ray players as well as a professional stereo video camera, and hopes this will make it synonymous with …
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CNET I know I’m not the only one staring at my clunky T-Mobile G1 right now, willing it to transform into Motorola’s new Cliq. I’ve never been a fan of the G1’s thick slab of chin rest that came as part of Google and HTC’s debut of the Android platform. And, in my opinion, the plastic slug never did Android …
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Do you have a “jailbroken” iPhone? Ever since the iPhone first came on the scene, there has been a large group of users who believe Apple tries too hard to control what works and what doesn’t on the iPhone. The minute a new iPhone firmware update is released from Apple, a whole slew of people search for ways to unlock …
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We’ve been waiting a long time for the Google Android Motorola Sholes to clear the Federal Communications Commission, so you can imagine our disappointment when we saw just the GSM version of the handset get certification this week. It’s the CDMA model for Verizon that we want, so we’ll just have to hold out a little longer. The FCC also …
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I recently posted my experiences with a serious bug that I discovered on my iPhone 3GS after it lost the entire contents of two different e-mail messages. The bug appears to be caused by a problem with my e-mail accounts on MobileMe or Gmail and accessing them later on my iPhone. David Martin The steps that I have used to …
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Developers of iPhone and iPod Touch applications can now enable purchases from within their freely available App Store applications. Until now, Apple has permitted in-app sales of content, subscriptions, and digital services only for apps costing at least 99 cents. Apple on Thursday sent the following e-mail to developers: Apple Considering all the drama surrounding the App Store approval process, …
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Nokia on Thursday reported a loss for its third quarter of 559 million euros ($832 million) compared with a profit of 1.09 billion euros in the same quarter of 2008. The net loss for the period that ended September 30 was triggered by declining sales, which fell 20 percent to 9.18 billion euros from 12.2 billion euros the prior year’s …
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