Archive for May, 2010 - Page 6
MeeGo for Chrome Now Available, Targets Netbooks & Nettops [MeeGo Netbook User Experience V1.0 Up for Download, MeeGo V1.1 Set for October]
By way of a brief heads up for those of you who have been following the development of MeeGo – we have covered MeeGo pretty extensively here on TFTS – as MeeGo V1.0 for Google’s Chrome browser, and which is [...]
Vodafone Nokia N8 Listed as ‘Coming Soon’ [Vodafone Primed to be First UK Network to Offer Nokia N8 Smartphone?]
Speculation is mounting that Vodafone could be the first UK network to carry Nokia’s first Symbian^3 smartphone thanks to Vodafone having now listed the Nokia N8 as ‘coming soon’ – you can catch up with all our Nokia N8 coverage [...]
Game Publisher THQ To Offer Independent “Partners” Program [THQ Following EA, Activision By Offering Publishing Support To Independent Studios]
THQ, a mid-sized video game publisher, is reportedly going to follow in the footsteps of the bigger EA and Activision and offer a “Partners” program, similar to the EA Partners program, where they’ll promote and distribute games for independent game [...]
Nokia N8 Offers 180% Performance Boost Over N97 [Early Benchmarkers Find That Nokia N8 Is Quicker Than It's Predecessor By Wide Margin]
The Nokia N8 may be the most anticipated Nokia smartphone in years. A website has gotten their hands on an advance unit and ran some benchmarking tests on the Symbian^3 smartphone. Big surprise – it’s a lot faster than it’s [...]
Analyst: AT&T Would Lose 40% iPhone Customers To Verizon [AT&T Would See Mass Defection Of Customers If iPhone Was On Big Red]
A CDMA iPhone on Verizon has been rumored since the iPhone first came all those years ago (and it never dies). A new report from a mobile industry analyst says that AT&T would lost a whopping 40% of their iPhone [...]
Sony Giving Away 10 Free PSPgo Games [Sony Hopes Sagging UK PSPgo Sales Will Be Fixed By Free Games, New Value Line Of Software]
It’s no secret that the PSPgo has been doing poorly, with Sony themselves even admitting that “mistakes were made” with the media-less PSPgo handheld. With sagging sales numbers and very likely rumors of a PSP 2 being announced at E3 [...]
Nokia Store Closing In New York [Nokia's Fancy Flagship Store In Manhattan Closing, Nokia Can't Give Away Smartphones]
It was announced last year, but it happened a few days ago on May 23rd. Nokia’s stylish brick-and-mortar retail store, located in the high-rent Madison Avenue area of Manhattan, has closed. This just about sums up Nokia’s recent luck in [...]
Verizon Gym Employee Fired Over Droid Shadow Leak [Big Red Axes Lowly Gym Worker Who Sent Photos Of Next Droid To Internet]
Yesterday, we told you about a lucky gym attendant who found a missing Motorola Droid Shadow prototype which was lost in a Verizon corporate gym bathroom. The guy took pictures of it and sent some info along to his pal, [...]
BP to Deploy New Method to Stop Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill [BP to Use Top-Kill Method to Stop the Flow of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico]
When the media isn’t busy talking about all of the Chinese suicides happening over at Foxconn, they are busy talking about the oil spill that is causing a ruckus in the Gulf of Mexico. If you’re not clued in on [...]
Foxconn Employees Asked to Sign Non Suicidal Waiver [Foxconn is Urging Employees to Sign a Waiver That Says They Won't Commit Suicide or Sue if They Do]
Foxconn has been under an immense amount of heat from the media recently, not from the products they assemble (which are top notch) but instead about how their employees are being treated. If you’ve been following the topic you’ll know [...]

