Foursquare and similar location-based check-in apps might sound silly to some, but they’re gaining in popularity nonetheless. A new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that at least 28 percent of U.S. adults have found a liking for mobile and social location-based services. Kathryn Zickuhr, a Pew Internet Project research …
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September, 2011
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6 September
Sony Tablet S landing September 16, pre
Sony’s Tablet S is landing a week on Friday, over at Dixons. That’s just 10 days till you can get your hands on the oddly shaped Android 3.1 tablet, which lists among its skills the ability to play PlayStation One games. While you could pre-order direct from Sony, this is the first time the tablet has been given a release date. …
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6 September
Deutsche Telekom: We are entitled to a breakup fee
Deutsche Telekom said today it would be entitled to a breakup fee if AT&T’s planned purchase of T-Mobile USA falls apart, refuting an earlier report that it could potentially end up with nothing. Reuters, citing anonymous sources, reported yesterday that AT&T may be off the hook for paying a $6 billion breakup fee to Deutsche Telekom under certain conditions. But …
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6 September
HTC Flyer Android 3.2 Honeycomb update coming soon
HTC’s Flyer tablet is soon to be receiving the Android update it so heartily deserves after screenshots surfaced showing it running the tablet-specific version of Android — Honeycomb 3.2. On the surface, the HTC Flyer wasn’t a bad piece of kit at all — its 7-inch size fit snugly in our hands and we even found ourselves enjoying using its …
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6 September
Sprint suing to stop AT&T’s T
It’s dog-eat-dog in the world of tech. Just check this graph to see who’s suing who in the telecoms trade alone. Well now we can add Sprint Nextel to that list, as it’s suing to stop AT&T buying T-Mobile USA. Handbags at the ready. Sprint joins the U.S. Department of Justice in opposing the $39billion (£24billion) deal, claiming it would …
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6 September
HTC Flyer shown dripping in Honeycomb
HTC’s 7-inch Flyer tablet, yet to be released in Australia, is on the verge of an update to the Android Honeycomb 3.2 platform, which is a big change from the Gingerbread platform it launched on. Honeycomb Flyer: the home screen, note pad for Scribe and the lock screen. (Credit: This is my next) The team over at This is my …
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6 September
RIM investor calls for sale of company or patents
Research in Motion should look into selling itself or its treasure trove of patents, an investor tells Bloomberg today. Vic Alboini, chief executive of merchant bank Jaguar Financial Corp. and an investor in RIM, said in an interview with Bloomberg today that RIM should create a committee made up of independent directors to evaluate its potential strategic options. Albioni said …
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6 September
ABC previews new TV series as free Kindle e
You might not think of the Kindle as a marketing vehicle for a new TV show, but ABC is promoting its new TV series “Revenge” with an e-reader twist: you can download the pilot script for free on your Kindle and a code at the end will allow you to watch the pilot online before the show hits the airwaves. …
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6 September
HTC Amaze 4G and Holiday poised to push Android boundaries
A pair of unannounced high-powered HTC phones were spied in the wild over the long weekend, tipping the hands of both AT&T and T-Mobile. Featuring cutting-edge hardware specifications, the HTC Holiday and HTC Amaze 4G should find themselves near the top of the smartphone food chain later this year. T-Mobile customers will have their choice of two super phones come …
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6 September
Sprint files suit to block AT&T’s T
Add Sprint to the list of big names choosing to speak now rather than hold their peace on AT&T and T-Mobile’s dreams of corporate matrimony. Saying it would violate the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Sprint today filed a lawsuit opposing the deal before the same Washington, D.C.-based federal judge who received a related suit filed last week by the Department of …
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