Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti If you’ve got cinematographic chops and an iOS device, you could win yourself (or someone you love) an iPad 2 or other prizes by submitting your best film creations made entirely on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad 2. The Original iPhone Film Festival has four categories: Fiction, Brand Film, Nonfiction, …
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July, 2011
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20 July
CNET 100: Jaymar Cabebe’s favorite Android apps
Editors’ note: Until Friday, 10 CNET personalities are showcasing their 10 personal favorite Android apps as part of the CNET 100. With each post, you can read why they hold the apps so dear and you’ll get the opportunity to vote for your own favorite title. Then after the series ends, we’ll collect the full list of 100 apps and …
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20 July
How long can Sprint keep its unlimited plans up?
Sprint Nextel’s unlimited data plan will eventually face its limits. Dan Hesse at Sprint headquarters yesterday. Kent German/CNET As the only carrier that can now boast of offering an all-you-can-eat buffet of data with no strings attached, Sprint has become a haven for bandwidth hogs. It’s a boon to customer growth and gives the company a competitive edge beyond pricing …
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20 July
Updated Netflix app supports more Android phones
As someone who’s been happily streaming the likes of “Party Down” and “Phineas and Ferb” to his iPhone and iPad for the better part of a year, I can’t help but feel for the poor Android phone and tablet owners who can’t get in on the Netflix goodness. Sure, a Netflix app is available for Android, but it’s compatible with …
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20 July
Senate antitrust leader opposes AT&T/T
The head of the Senate’s committee on antitrust wants regulators to put a kibosh on AT&T’s proposed $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile USA. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) Congress.gov Today, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who heads up the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, asked regulators in a letter to block the proposed merger, stating that the merger would be “highly dangerous …
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20 July
Nokia’s uphill battle to recovery
Expectations for Nokia’s second-quarter earnings couldn’t be any lower. But what about the future? The Finnish company, which is still the No. 1 cell phone manufacturer in the world in terms of volume, has been struggling to keep up with competitors Apple and Google. The company reports its second-quarter earnings tomorrow. In an effort to jump-start its ailing smartphone business …
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20 July
Google shuts down Google Labs
Google CEO Larry Page is making good on his promise to put more wood behind fewer arrows as the company focuses more of its resources and efforts on its core products. Google Google today announced in a blog post that the company will discontinue its Google Labs efforts. Bill Coughran, Google’s senior vice president for Research and Systems Infrastructure, said …
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19 July
Apple lawsuits slammed by Google, says it will defend HTC
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has slammed Apple’s lawsuit against HTC, saying that Apple’s actions are borne out of jealousy, and that Google will provide support to HTC in its legal battle, Perthnow reports. Speaking in Tokyo at the Google Mobile Revolution conference, Schmidt said that Apple’s lawsuits against Android phone manufacturers such as Samsung and HTC are “just inspired by …
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19 July
Best iPad app you’ve never tried: Gravitarium2
I wish I had invisible fingers. That’s the only way I can figure to get maximum enjoyment out of Gravitarium2, a dazzling iPad-only app driven entirely by your digits. It works like this: you’re presented with an animated star field of sorts, packed with little randomly moving blips. When you touch a finger to the screen, the stars gather and …
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19 July
Nook2Android turns Nook into full Android tablet
Nook2Android can turn the color Nook into a full-fledged Android tablet. Nook2Android Barnes & Noble Nook Color owners now have a new option that can turn their e-readers into full-fledged Android tablets. Sold by a company called Nook2Android, a SanDisk microSD card preloaded with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Android Market essentially transforms Nook Color readers into Android tablets. Available …
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