Archive for May, 2011 - Page 14
Amazon Launches Mac Download Store, Offers Sale Pricing [Amazon's Mac Downloads Store Offers 250 Software Titles Exclusively For The Mac, Plus A Special Discount And Some Free Software]
Great news for Mac users comes out of Amazon today, who’s just announced the opening of their newest sub-store, the Mac Download Store. And even better, they’ve got some sale prices going on, so if you’ve been looking for that [...]
Reports Emerge Of HTC Thunderbolt Phones Randomly Rebooting Several Times A Day [A Fix Is Said To Be On The Way From Verizon And HTC, Recent Update Seems To Be Responsible ]
I guess bad tech news comes in threes, folks, because following reports of a fix for Skype for Mac and troubles with the Lenovo ThinkPad X220, new reports emerged of troubles with the HTC Thunderbolt as well. And these reports [...]
Lenovo Thinkpad X220 Users Seeing Sudden Unexplained Drop In Performance [Reports Emerge Of Some ThinkPad Users Seeing Unexplained Hardware Problems Without Clear Cause]
It’s been a strange day for random equipment failures, folks–first we came out with word about Skype for Mac, and now we’re seeing some reports that Lenovo ThinkPad X220 users are seeing some particularly unpleasant issues with their hardware, and [...]
Skype Issues Instructions On How To Fix Mac Connectivity Issues [If You've Been Having Trouble Getting Skype To Work With Your Mac, There's A Fix For That]
So it’s a little on the ironic side–or maybe the downright bone-chilling side, depending on how you look at it–that only a couple weeks after Microsoft buys Skype, reports of it not working well with Macs emerges. But recently, Skype [...]
Spotify Considering Partnership With Facebook [European Music Giant Spotify May Connect With Facebook To Stage Its US Launch]
Facebook and music; the two just kind of go together, don’t they? Cookies and milk, mice and cheese…lots of other great pairings. But Facebook doesn’t have a whole lot of musical presence these days, but that may be about to [...]
Apple Sues Teenager Who Sold Steve Wozniak His White iPhone [Lawsuit Briefly Appears Over Teen's White iPhone Conversion Kit Business, Was Apparently Withdrawn Shortly After]
Remember when our own Kevin Schram brought you that story back in December about how Steve Wozniak bought a white iPhone from a kid in Queens named Fai Lam? Well, Apple did not take too kindly to his activities and [...]
Stephen Elop Promises Symbian Updates & Support Through 2014 [Nokia CEO Says In YouTube Video That Symbian Has Another Three Years Of Support, Says His Personal Phone Is A Nokia Oro]
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop sat down with the folks behind the Nokia Conversations blog to answer some questions about the future of the company. The Canadian-born CEO is touring China and Nokia China, and he answered some questions on camera. [...]
Motorola Xoom Goes Into Widespread Availability In Canada [Motorola Expands Canadian Xoom With Wi-Fi Availability, You Can Now Buy One At Costco, Walmart, Staples, Sears & Numerous Other Retailers]
Motorola originally announced that the Xoom with Wi-Fi would be available in Canada back in late-March, and of course that launch date was April 15th. Anyway, at the time the Xoom launched with Best Buy and Future Shop and then [...]
iPad 3 With OLED Screen Coming? Tim Cook Allegedly In Korea [Apple Said to Use Samsung OLED Displays In iPad 3, Acting CEO Said To Head To Korea To Meet With Executives]
We got some old-fashioned juicy rumors for you today. English-language outlet The Korean Herald is reporting that a source is claiming that Apple COO (and acting CEO) Tim Cook is flying into Korea this week to meet with Samsung executives. [...]
Sprint Rumored To Launch The Messaging Friendly Samsung Trender For $29.99 On June 5th [Samsung Trender Messaging Phone To Launch With Sprint, Come With $49.99 Per Month Unlimited Talk & Texting Plan]
Many Sprint, or potential Sprint customers may be waiting for June 9th when they are expected to announce the Motorola Photon 4G, however it looks like Sprint may be releasing another handset a few days earlier — on June 5th.

