Archive for February, 2011 - Page 10
WSJ: The Daily Coming To Android Tablets This Spring
AllThingsD is owned by News Corp, and now, Peter Kafka writes on that website that he’s hearing from sources that News Corp’s tablet only “virtual newspaper”, The Daily is coming to Android tablets this spring, Q2 2011. The Daily was announced in a joint press event held by both News [...]
Sprint Pulls Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 Update
After a long wait, the Android 2.2 update process began for Samsung Epic 4G users earlier this week. And well, it seems that not everyone is going to get the update as expected.
Rdio Brings Unlimited On-Demand Music Streaming To Roku Set Top Boxes
While some recognize the Roku set top boxes as an easy way to bring Netflix into your living room, those little boxes offer so much more. For those unfamiliar, Roku launched a Roku Channel Store a while back and have since been adding new channels ever since. That said, the [...]
HTC Sued Over "HTC ChaCha" Name
Last week at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain, HTC introduce two new Facebook phones – well, Facebook phones insomuch as they were Android phones with a dedicated button that took you right to Facebook. One of them was named the HTC ChaCha and now HTC is drawing [...]
Android 2.2 Update Begins Today For Samsung Captivate Users With AT&T
AT&T teased Samsung Captivate users earlier in the month when they posted the Android 2.2 screenshots on their support website, and truth be told, it showed us that there were plenty of people angry with both Samsung and AT&T. Well, flash forward till today and AT&T has given the good [...]
Sprint Officially Announces The HTC Arrive Windows Phone 7 Smartphone
Sprint told us they would be announcing a phone today, then they proceeded to give us hints as to what the device would be. Well, needless to say, between the original bit of speculation and the details we gathered from the clues — just about everyone was in agreement that [...]
Apple MacBook Pro 2011 Lineup Now Official
Just as the rumor mill was suggesting, Apple was indeed ready to release an updated MacBook Pro notebook lineup. And as many saw earlier this morning, the telltale sign of the online Apple Store going down came into play. Well, the good news is that the announcement has been made [...]
Facetime App Now Available In The Mac App Store
We saw Facetime come available for the Mac back towards the end of last year, though at that time it was strictly a beta offering. That said, things have changed for Facetime for Mac as of today and it is now available in the Mac App Store in its non-beta [...]
Angry Birds for Android Ad-Free this March
The one buck everyone’s been paying for Angry Birds has been the lifeblood of Rovio, but it also supplements its income with ad-supported versions of the game in some platforms. If you’re an Android user, though, you’ll soon have a choice between paying and seeing ads.
Apple Patents Acoustic Controls for Devices
Apple has made leaps and bounds in touchscreen technology with its various iOS devices. While multi-touch capacitive touchscreen technology is definitely interesting, a new way of sensing touch might make its way into Apple tablets, smartphones and computers, soon.

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