Archive for April, 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
With its purchase of Palm, Hewlett-Packard acquired more than just a smartphone maker. It also picked up a whole new strategy for its mobile devices.
HP said Wednesday it plans to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, or $5.70 per share, which amounts to a 23 percent premium over Palm's actual stock ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
A security researcher has discovered that any wireless network can pretend to be an AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot and thus lure unsuspecting iPhone users to an untrusted network connection.
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Buying TV and movies from the iTunes store to watch on the iPhone. iPhone apps that stream video began showing up in the App Store more than a year ago, but aside from a few live sports apps (like the awesome MLB.com), the quality of general-interest video streaming apps for ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
On Tuesday night, T-Mobile revealed the identity of its newest Google Android device and it's not exactly the device we were expecting to see.
Instead of the rumored T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide, the carrier introduced the Garminfone, a rebranded version of the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50, which was first announced at Mobile ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
People lose their iPhones all the time. But it's not often that a super-secret prototype of a not-yet-released iPhone is carelessly left on the floor of a local drinking establishment.
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
AT&T's claims that it carriers the most wireless data traffic on its network are being challenged. ABI Research says in a recent report that both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel handled more data traffic last year than AT&T did.
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
Giving guests and the media a preview of the iPhone OS 4.0 software set to be released this summer, Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, and Scott Forstall took the stage Thursday at Apple headquarters to show off a few of the 100 new features.
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Today Google announced that its Buzz social networking app is now integrated directly into its web-based GMail client on the iPhone and on Android smartphones. If you own a smartphone running on one of the aforementioned platforms, you'll be able to view and post Buzz by visiting Gmail.com from your ...
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
The Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed a ban on text messaging at the wheel by interstate truck and bus drivers, following up on its call to reduce distractions that lead to crashes.
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