Author Archive: Staff Hodgkins

(32 Posts Published to Date)

Verizon CEO Publicly Comments on the CDMA iPhone [Exec Confirms the Wireless Carrier is in Interested in Carrying the iPhone, Won't Divulge Details]

By on Tuesday, 6. April 2010

Hold onto your hats as we have another Verizon Wireless iPhone rumor hitting the news wire today. This latest rumor comes courtesy of Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg who was speaking  before the Council on Foreign Relations. The chief and executive [...]

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Palm Shopping For a New Advertising Agency? [Palm Reportedly Drops Modernista & Is Searching For a New Ad Agency After Failed Campaign]

By on Tuesday, 6. April 2010

After posting less than stellar earnings earlier this month, Palm is struggling financially and desperately trying to regain the momentum it had when it announced the Palm Pre at CES in 2009. In the nine months since the Pre launched [...]

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Apple iPad to Hit the UK on April 24th? [Two Store Employees Leak Information That Point to a Saturday Launch]

By on Tuesday, 6. April 2010

The wait  might be over for Apple iPad fans in the UK. According to a rumor out of Bitterwallet, two separate Apple employees have communicated information that suggests an April 24th launch date for the highly anticipated Apple tablet. According [...]

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“Will It Blend?” Takes on the Apple iPad [Apple iPad Gets Blended Into a Heap of Dust and Smoke]

By on Tuesday, 6. April 2010

Any gadget aficionado with a taste for the macabre is well familiar with the popular “Will it Blend?” series whose episodes showcase the prowess of Blendtec’s line of consumer and commercial blenders. The latest edition pits the Blendtec Total Blender [...]

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Netflix App To Hit the iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch [Netflix Promises in a Blog Post That it is Developing an iPhone Version of its Streaming iPad App]

By on Saturday, 3. April 2010

When the details about Netflix’s iPad application leaked on April 1st, the world, and us, questioned whether this was a legitimate leak or merely another cruel online April Fools joke.  Thankfully, Netflix put and end to this tomfoolery and speculation [...]

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Comcast Introduces New Broadband Usage Tool For its Customers [Customers Will Be Able To Monitor Their Usage and Stay Under 250Gb Data Usage Cap]

By on Friday, 2. April 2010

In a move that should be heralded with a resounding chorus of  “finally”, Comcast’s much anticipated broadband usage meter will be available to customers across the nation starting Thursday. Comcast announced its new bandwidth meter when it decided to enforce [...]

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RIM announces Q4 2010 Earnings [Revenue Increased, Subscriber Base Increased, but RIM Failed to Meet Expectations]

By on Friday, 2. April 2010

Rim announced its fourth quarter 2010 earnings on Wednesday and the reactions by analysts and Wall Street were mixed. RIM showed positive growth but fell short of analysts expectations. RIM reported Q4 revenues of $4.08 billion which is up 18% [...]

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iPad Reviews Hit the Internet and We Round Them Up [Initial Reviews are Favorable for Apple's Tablet Device]

By on Thursday, 1. April 2010

The iPad has made its way into the hands of a select few  blogs and tech journalists around the US. The embargo was lifted last night and a hailstorm of reviews has hit the Internet. Overall the reviews range from [...]

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Facebook Accidently Reveals Private Email Addresses [Unknown Glitch Makes Private Email Addresses Public for Thirty Minutes]

By on Wednesday, 31. March 2010

Uh Oh, Facebook may have yet another privacy-related debacle on its hands. According to a flurry of Facebook status updates and posts on Twitter, Facebook may have accidentally revealed the full email addresses of private profiles.  The brief incident reportedly [...]

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Seton Hill to Give an iPad to Every Full-Time Student [Pennsylvania University Wants to Provide Students with the Best in Technology by Coughing Up Cash to Buy an iPad for Every Full-Time Student]

By on Wednesday, 31. March 2010

Hear that noise? That loud thump is coming from all the graduating high school seniors across the US who are now kicking themselves for not applying to Pennsylvania’s Seton Hill University, which, for the record, is not to be confused [...]

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