Tuesday, September 6, 2011

TECH.BLORGE.com

TECH.BLORGE.com


Sprint, Deutsche Telecom gearing up for iPhone 5

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

Is Apple’s next generation smartphone coming rather sooner than later? All sorts of signs, including some contradictory ones, have come to light in recent days as the mothership and its partners around the world gear up for the release of the iPhone. Whereas we shouldn’t expect the September 7, a strong consensus has been building [...]

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GameStop: If you can’t beat ‘em…

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

There hasn’t been a new game console from Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony in years. Further, Nintendo’s 3DS has failed in the marketplace and a big price hasn’t bolstered sales. In fact, the big tectonic shift in gaming has had nothing to do with old-line companies or devices, and everything with Apple’s adaptable iOS product lines. [...]

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Google dances on Freddie Mercury’s grave

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:20 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Google has rolled out a new Google Doodle. Awesome. Unfortunately, it ends up dancing on Freddie Mercury’s grave. I’m a big fan of Google Doodles, the increasingly-creative changes to the Google logo which the search giant places on its homepage to mark special events. But the latest, designed to commemorate the 65th birthday of Freddie [...]

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Interesting days ahead

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:20 AM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

A new wrinkle has appeared in the steadily increasing iPhone 5 rumor flow. However, it’s not clear whether we’re looking multiple products coming over the course of October or a traditional Apple pitch and release rollout. However, one thing is abundantly clear, Sprint is a sure thing. A Best Buy spy (Boy Genius Report) has [...]

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Will Twitter ever make a decent commercial?

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Twitter has released a second video commercial, and it’s now 0 for 2. But in many ways it’s hard to see how the service could be successfully promoted in this format. This time last year, Twitter produced a two-minute clip that does nothing more than show the bird logo pop up at various points in [...]

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