| Son of iPad to arrive April 2, April 9 Posted: 
Apple’s next generation tablet is expected to arrive one year almost to the day or a few more, depending on which ends up being right, in buyer hands. Also, friends overseas — just like last year — won’t be getting the new iteration until months later, though the jury’s still out on whether [...] Related [...]  |
| LittleBigPlanet 2 to set 5 Guinness World Records Posted: 
LittleBigPlanet 2 is set to launch January 18th and in celebration of this occasion the PlayStation crew will attempt to set five Guinness world records right in New York. The event will span two days and will involve lots of LittleBigPlanet 2 gameplay action. According to the PlayStation Blog, an event will be held at [...]  |
| NPD December and year end sales for Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 Posted: 
With 2010 finally behind us, the sales figures have now started rolling out in the US. NPD released sales figures for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 for December and for the rest 2010. December was a crazy month with the Nintendo Wii taking the top spot at 2.36 million units sold with the Xbox [...]  |
| Microsoft fights Apple over ‘App Store’ Posted: 
Microsoft is fighting Apple’s attempt to trademark the term ‘App Store’. Surely the USPTO will exercise common sense on this one. Back in 2008, Apple filed papers with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office (USPTO) requesting the trademark ownership of [...] Related posts: Is the Microsoft Store just a clone of the Apple Store? Probably, [...]  |
| How to keep track of Facebook’s photos Posted: 
If you are both a Facebook user and a photographer, you may be a part of the over six billion photos that are uploaded to Facebook every month. One company has built a way for you to keep track of all those photos. Although you are [...] Related Posts: Facebook apologizes to birth photographer Share [...]  |
| Korea: Google broke privacy laws Posted: 
South Korea has become the first country to declare Google broke local laws when it accessed wireless networks while mapping for its Street View service. However, whether any charges will ever be brought is as yet unclear. Earlier this year Google [...] Related posts: Google Street View doesn’t break privacy laws – End of story [...]  |
| Tablet sales cannibalizing the PC market Posted: 
Research firms have questioned the impact tablet sales could have on the PC market previously. With the release of the iPad, which maintains the lion’s share of the market, sales figures show that the PC market [...] Related posts: Analysts predict Apple will push tablet trend this year Report: PC sales seen 22 percent this [...]  |
| Verizon axing ‘New Every Two’ discount program Posted: 
According to reports, Verizon may be planning on axing its popular "New Every Two" upgrade program. The program was put in place to entice customers to upgrade to newer phone after two years. As [...] Related posts: Verizon preps its network for the iPhone T-Mobile missteps again with new @Home VoIP program AT&T planning to [...]  |
| News Corp. looking to offload MySpace Posted: 
MySpace might not be dead yet, but in the eyes of the News Corp. hierarchy it’s certainly limping badly. Well that was quick. The day after after it was announced that MySpace was shedding almost 50 percent of its [...] Related posts: News Corp admits MySpace “lost its way” News Corp. gives MySpace final warning [...]  |
| Verizon confirms 4 LTE handsets Posted: 
Understandably most of the recent attention towards Verizon has been centered on it finally getting its hands on the iPhone. But while it’s being playing catch-up regarding Apple, the network has also taken a step towards the future with four manufacturers announcing LTE phones. While [...]  |
| With Verizon done, Apple plans iPhone 5, etc. Posted: 
As Apple continues their multi-pronged attack on many sections of the consumer electronics marketplace, it must be difficult to keep an eye on so many balls in the air. Verizon. iPhone 5. iPad 4. Etc. Probably the biggest [...] Related posts: iPhone and Android 4G vie at Verizon, CES Maybe no Verizon iPhone after all [...]  |
| Apple Mac sales up by double digits, ignoring iPad Posted: 
The sales of Mac computers were truly a growth industry in the 2010 fourth quarter, grabbing almost 10 percent of the personal computer marketplace, with sales up fully 23 percent over 2009. Gartner Research has released its [...] Related Posts: Analyst thinks Mac sales ‘defy all logic’ Apple: Record profits on bumper Mac, iPad, iPhone [...]  |
| Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales: App stores a clear and present danger Posted: 
The app store model is a more immediate threat to internet freedom than breaches of net neutrality. That’s the opinion of Wikipedia chief Jimmy Wales. According to Wales — who was quick to stress he was speaking in a purely personal capacity — set-ups such [...] Related posts: Using Wikipedia to dump your girlfriend – [...]  |
