| PSN Store getting a Xbox and Steam-like makeover Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
According to reports, Sony may be working on a new interface design for the PlayStation Store. The revamp is said to be more image driven similar to the Xbox Marketplace and Steam. As reported by Reg Hardware, sources claim that Sony is quietly testing a new design change to the PlayStation Store. This has nothing [...]  |
| Picasa & Blogger become part of Google+ Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT 
Picasa and Blogger are two of Google’s biggest products, but their names are soon to be no more as they’re rolled into Google+. At the end of June Google launched Google+, its latest effort to enter the world of social networking after previous failed attempts at successfully doing so with Google Wave and Google Buzz, [...]  |
| iPhone delivers 2X click through rate Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT 
Where’s your ad campaign? Yes, you can certainly put your spots in front of Android or Blackberry eyes, but you won’t get nearly the results. Apple’s smartphone users buy more apps and — surprise, surprise — are a lot more likely to engage with mobile advertising. As your ruminate on the news that sales have [...]  |
| Prices, premiums and data allowances all take a tumble Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT 
AT&T, Nokia and Verizon have all announced cuts this week. But some will be more welcome than others. AT&T is cutting both the premium and the deductible on its handset insurance policies. Previously the policy, offered with insurer Asurion, cost $11.99 a month and had a deductible of up to $199 if you had an [...]  |
| South Korea ditches all paper textbooks and goes digital Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
If South Korea’s current plans hold, there won’t be a textbook in the country’s schools within four years. But it’s not an extreme cost-cutting measure: rather the plan is to deliver all lessons via electronic devices. The idea is to go all-digital in elementary schools by 2014, extending it to the entire school system by [...]  |
