Engadget:
Now look, we're not saying we know for sure that Apple thinks Verizon's latest round of merciless attack ads on its device and US carrier are worth responding to, but these latest iPhone spots would certainly suggest it. A new campaign launching tonight focuses on the iPhone's ability to carry voice and data simultaneously (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Go ahead and take that second helping of bacon-broasted mashed potatoes and high-fat gravy this Thursday, friends, because even if your tummy gets big and round like a steamed black bean bun, there's an app for that.Fitness apps for all!iPhone fitness apps have come a long way since Nike+iPod. The addition of GPS opened ent (Read More)
New York Times:
Twitter, the social internet firm that tracks trends through individuals' updates of events around them, may eventually go to the stock market for funding if necessary, co-founder Biz Stone said. (Read More)
Mashable!:
Verizon opened up total war against AT&T in October when it unleashed its “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign, slamming AT&T’s 3G coverage using the iPhone commercial catchphrase “there’s a map for that.”Since then, both sides have relentlessly attacked each other. First AT&T sued Verizon, Verizon fired back with holiday (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Online video ad rates keep coming down, but that could be a good thing. BrightRoll, a large video ad network, is reporting that cost-per-thousand (CPM) rates for pre-roll video ads across its network are down on average by 37 percent from a year ago, but total revenues across its network are up 84 percent. Cheaper ads are (Read More)
Mashable!:
Photoshop Mobile for the iPhone is one of of our favorite apps, and the Android version, which was released earlier this month, brings all the same non-destructive easy-editing tools to your Android powered device.When it was first released, however, it was only available in the US & Canadian Android Markets. Never fear non (Read More)
Gizmodo:
In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps shows how it could—and should—be done. What you're seeing here is really the combination of two apps, standby jailbreak justifier and essential iPhone a (Read More)
Mashable!:
A quick check of Twitter confirms it: Facebook is down. The world’s largest social network is having some type of uptime issue that is affecting at least a large swath of users. According to our tests (which involved clicking “refresh” many times), Facebook.com will sometimes load after multiple attempts, but there’s clear (Read More)
Mashable!:
YouTube and the web have provided a new and powerful medium for video and TV commercials. The great ones can go viral, resulting in millions upon millions of views. MSI’s Acrobuttocks commercial, Microsoft’s MEGAWOOSH and Windows 7 ads, and Evian’s Roller Babies immediately come to mind.Out of the thousands of commercials (Read More)
New York Times:
A 29-year-old Canadian woman who says she's too depressed to do her job claims that her employer's insurance company stopped paying her disability benefits because she posted some photographs of herself on Facebook in which she appeared to be happy.
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Gizmodo:
In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps show how it could—and should—be done. What you're seeing here is really the combination of two apps, standby jailbreak justifier and essential iPhone app (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
At the White House today, President Obama talked robots, hung out with the guys from MythBusters, and launched a campaign designed to create smarter, techier American kids."Reaffirming and strengthening America's role as the world's engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation is essential to meeting the chal (Read More)
Mashable!:
For the last month and a half, AT&T and Verizon have been at war. Verizon launched ads tearing down AT&T’s 3G coverage, AT&T countered with a lawsuit and ads starring Luke Wilson. Hell, even Apple is getting involved in this messy affair.With the two largest mobile networks making headlines, we thought it would be appropr (Read More)
Mashable!:
With such strong competition from Mozilla and Microsoft, the only thing Opera can do to stay competitive is to innovate. And one has to hand it to them: although it doesn’t have a huge user base in the desktop web browser space, Opera is always one step ahead of the rest, for better or for worse. With version 10.10, Opera h (Read More)