Archive for December, 2011

Apple has been sued in Italy for not providing customers the standard two-year warranty mandatory within the European Union, and is being fined an equivalent of US$ 1.2 million. Apple plans to appeal this decision, and will still pursue selling their own AppleCare warranty.

Nokia’s unannounced Ace Windows Phone 7 smartphone may have been revealed early, thanks to a Christmas greeting video by one of Microsoft’s partners. Not much has emerged, although the video suggests a front-facing camera, among other design updates.

Facebook is keeping abreast of advancements in web standards. As such, the social network is dropping support for old and obsolete web browsers, as it starts supporting newer standards for displaying web content.

Verizon earlier announced that it will be charging an extra $2 for single mobile, online or over-the-phone payments for mobile customers. The company has since decided to drop plans to add the surcharge, amid complaints from customers.

Nintendo, Sony, and Electronic Arts have all joined the growing list of corporations that are dropping support for the Stop Online Piracy Act. It isn’t difficult to see why, considering that SOPA has been met with disdain from the internet using masses, but we’re thinking that in Sony’s case, some [...]

Steve Jobs left Apple in good hands when he relinquished control of the company to key executives. Even after his eventual death, the company has continued coming up with top-selling products. It’s probably no wonder that Jonathan Ive, who heads the company’s design team, is being knighted this New Year’s [...]

Yesterday, Sega’s Ken Balough announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 is in the works and will be releasing next year. Not only is Sega working on the next installment of a series that many thought had been abandoned, but Sega’s also using new graphics and physics engines in [...]

Do you like playing online games over PSN? If you do, you might want to call up the folks Sony and beg them to reconsider their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, because Sony’s support of the frightening bill has caught the attention of Anonymous. As PSN users already [...]

We’ve heard about Siri imitators before, especially for Android. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Apple’s impressive new voice control app is seeing a whole lot of imitators come along; after all, Siri is the reason behind more than a few iPhone 4S sales, so why [...]