Monthly Archives: April 2012

Verizon adds $80 prepaid plan, Jetpack 4510L hotspot

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

Verizon Wireless has added new tiers to its phone and data prepaid offerings starting on May 1. A new $80 smartphone plan includes unlimited talk and text messaging while allotting 1GB of data use per month. At the same time, the carrier will ship the Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4510L with prepaid mobile packages…. Continue reading →

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Remains of the Day: Jail time

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The iPhone might have popped a wheelie, an infamous jailbreaker gets his 15 minutes of fame, and Apple’s no bigger a fan of paying taxes than the rest of us. Continue reading →

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Skype updates mobile video apps to 4.0, adds auto-restart

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

Microsoft’s Skype division has updated its self-named video-chatting and calling mobile apps to version 4.0, bringing enhancements but no major new features to the chat, audio- and video-conferencing utility. Version 4 adds auto-restarting if the application should crash, and the ability to move the users’ own video preview window during a video chat. Minor UI improvements and a new sign-in screen add to the usual bug fixes and improved stability features…. Continue reading →

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Sirius app update drops rewind feature for some stations

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The newest update for SiriusXM’s iOS and Android app has seen the removal of a very popular feature due to conflicts over licensing rights. As of Version 2.0.2 of the iOS app, SiriusXM has confirmed that users no longer have the ability to rewind five hours on all stations. Sirius cited contract complications involving the owners of the channels that lost the rewind feature, but gave no further details as to when, if ever, the feature might be available on these channels again…. Continue reading →

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Triggertrap app, cable adds remote control to digital cams

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

TriggerTrap has just unveiled a new app ($10, App Store) and $10 cable that connects to one of over 270 digital cameras and allows remote control and full control over the camera. This can be especially useful for DSLRs, where it allows full-fledged access to all standard and more features, eliminating the factory remotes. Any iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running on iOS 5 can be used with the app…. Continue reading →

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Telltale Games outs first episode of The Walking Dead

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

Telltale Games has put out the first episode of The Walking Dead for download. The M-rated, five-episode series foreshadows the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes, serving as a prequel to the comic book and television series…. Continue reading →

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Friday Night Lights author caught by Amazon e-book rules

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The insistence on having no lower prices at e-book stores has had a conspicuous if brief casualty, according to an account. Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger shared with the New York Times that he had had his sequel book, After Friday Night Lights, pulled by Amazon after it was chosen by Starbucks as a Pick of the Week and given away through Apple’s iBookstore for free through redemption codes. Amazon’s automatic price check forced the Kindle price to zero, leaving online publisher Byliner.com no choice but to pull the book if it didn’t want Bissinger to lose… Continue reading →

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Apple nabs senior Yahoo exec for mobile iAd division

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

A senior Yahoo executive who had been in charge of its Shine site for women’s issues, health and lifestyle content has left the company to take a position at Apple’s iAd mobile advertising division, AllThingsD is reporting. Jessica Jensen was the public face of Yahoo’s efforts to beef up its own content away from sports, finances and celebrity news. Jensen originally came to Yahoo three years ago through her own site LowImpactLiving.com…. Continue reading →

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Apple, Motorola file for opposing summary judgments in FRAND case

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

Both Apple and Motorola moved for summary judgments on Friday in a case involving the use of certain FRAND patents regarding wireless technology used in a number of 3G-capable iDevices. Continue reading →

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Lab Tested: The new iPad 2 and old iPad 2

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The current iPad 2 has a new 32nm processor, a change from the 45nm processor used when the iPad 2 was first released. Does the change affect performance? Continue reading →

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