Archive for March, 2011 - Page 8

Jolicloud Enables Direct Google Docs Editing [Jolicloud Cloud-Based OS Lets You Edit Google Docs Directly From File Manager]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Google’s Chrome OS has grown popular due to Google’s rolling out of free Cr-48 notebook computers. The concept of cloud-based operating systems is not exclusive to Google, though, and some offer advanced functionalities, like Jolicloud.

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Netflix Intro’s Bandwidth Management Tools For Those Streaming In Canada [Netflix Streaming In Canada Is Now More Bandwidth Friendly With Options To Choose Good, Better Or Best Video Quality]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Netlix seems to be taking care of their Canadian subscribers lately, just yesterday we saw the Paramount news which meant additional content and today we are learning of a new option to manage video quality.

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Acer Iconia 6120 Dual-Display Touchbook Now Available For Pre-Order In The US & Canada [Acer Iconia 6120 Touchbook Features Two 14" Displays, Core i5 CPU, Runs Windows 7 & Is Priced At $1,199]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

We saw a fair bit about the Acer Iconia 6120 Touchbook during CES, in fact, the tablet was crowned the “Last Gadget Standing” award. And well, it looks like the tablet has officially come available for purchase.

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New York Times Kindle Subscribers Will Get Free Access To NYTimes.com [A New York Times Kindle Subscription Will Get You Through The NYT Paywall & Grant You Access To The NYTimes.com Website]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Its another day and we are learning a bit more about who else will be given access to get through the New York Times paywall without having to shell out any additional money. And while there has been several methods [...]

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Best Buy Launches Connect 4G Mobile Broadband, Will Be Available Month-To-Month & On-Contract [Best Buy Now Offering 4G Mobile Broadband, Service Comes Priced At $45 Per Month & Uses The Clearwire 4G Network]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Its been a while since Best Buy first launched their Connect mobile broadband service. And almost just as long since they announced that the Connect service would be available with 3G and 4G speed options. Well, flash forward till today [...]

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AT&T Announces Spring Smartphone Sale [AT&T Spring Smartphone Sale Includes Discounts On The LG Quantum, Samsung Captivate & Focus, The BlackBerry Torch & Curve 3G]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

AT&T has announced a new offering, a spring sale that comes with discounts on five “premier” smartphones. Of course, while the sale is real, the term premier comes from AT&T and not us here at TFTS. That said, the prices [...]

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Amazon Officially Launches Cloud Drive [Amazon Cloud Drive Brings Online Music Storage Along With Cloud Player For The Web & Android Smartphones]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Amazon has officially launched their online music locker. The service has been dubbed the Cloud Drive and it comes along with 5GB of free storage as well as a Cloud Player for the web and a Cloud Player for Android.

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WWDC 2011 Already Sold Out [Apple's Developer Conference Sells Out In Less Than 12 Hours, Breaking Last Year's Record - People Still Excited Even Though iPhone 5 Announcement Unlikely?]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Today, Apple kicked off WWDC 2011 hype with the announcement and tickets went on sale. My colleague Robert Nelson did a great writeup, and people started buying tickets. A lot of tickets. Less than 12 hours after Apple announced WWDC 2011 and [...]

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T-Mobile To Customers: AT&T-T-Mobile Acquisition Is Good, Don’t Worry [T-Mobile COO Jim Alling Tries To Claim Customers, Promises That They Won't Brick T-Mobile Phones, For Now]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

T-Mobile US’s Chief Operating Officer, Jim Alling (former Starbucks president – seen below sipping a latte) has written an open letter to all T-Mobile US customers, explaining the acquisition by AT&T from their perspective and why they think it’s a good idea. [...]

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Mass Effect 2 “Arrival” Launch Trailer Is Just Cool [BioWare Releases Trailer To Promote Final ME2 DLC, Shows Shooting, Yelling, Other Action]

By on Tuesday, 29. March 2011

Tomorrow Arrival comes out for Mass Effect 2. It’ll be the final piece of DLC for the space epic, and it will lead into the story of this winter’s Mass Effect 2. The gang at BioWare have released a launch [...]

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