Internet Highlights Category

Steve Jobs fans already know by now that there are two distinct movies based on his life in production. Sony, which purchased movie rights for Walter Isaacson’s official Jobs biography and hired Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay, produces one, while the other one is an independent project starring Ashton [...]

Watch out, Google, as Facebook may soon join you in the current browser wars, and that’s not something you want, is it? The word on the street is that the Social Network is interested in acquiring Opera, only to modify it and call it its own. That’s how a Facebook [...]

These days, when people think about home entertainment providers, their thoughts are a lot more likely than they used to be to turn to the Internet. And while Netflix may not be front and center on everyone’s mind, they do weigh on the thoughts of the studios themselves, as Netflix’s [...]

For those of you out there with BBC iPlayer on one device or another, you’re probably enjoying it. There’s quite a bit of good material on the BBC, especially stuff like Top Gear and Doctor Who. Hard not to like what’s showing up out there, of course, though some of [...]

The Microsoft and Nokia partnership is nothing new, in fact we have seen quite a bit from that partnership with Windows Phone. And well, it looks like that partnership has moved beyond phones. In this case the partnership is affecting Bing Maps. And thankfully it is affecting the maps in [...]

Sometimes the big changes and new features are the most exciting, but on the flip side, sometimes it is the small additions and tweaks that arrive as the most welcomed. Granted, the smaller tweaks are not always appreciated by as many users, but in this case we suspect those managing [...]

One of the things Tim Cook changed when after becoming Apple’s CEO was the company’s policy on dividend payments. Under Steve Jobs Apple did not pay dividends to stock holders for quite a while even though we’ve seen the topic constantly resurface during earnings calls and other discussions with company [...]

Boy, what a difference a year makes, huh? Seems like only about last year around this time we were talking about Google’s attempts to bring gigabit fiber internet service to the masses, at least, masses in a very small area. But Ohio is looking to join in the fray thanks [...]

Interesting news emerges this morning, folks, as a report from the FCC may well be some terrific news for streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. The FCC is considering the institution of a “backdoor rule” that will level the playing field substantially for streaming television services, and give them the [...]

Roku, one of the primary competitors out there in the set-top box stakes, is bringing you a little something extra in its programming lineup. But this delightful extra offering of international programming won’t come without a price, as you’ll discover directly.