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Verizon May Be Looking to Cut a Deal with Apple for iPhone
It’s like shaking the Magic 8-ball, this article from Electronista mentions a lot of sources mentioning a possible deal between Verizon and Apple. Right now, the wireless carrier markets Android with a vengeance, perhaps as a response to AT&T exclusive embrace of the iPhone, but this might be changing. It would seem that Verizon wants ...
Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread Announced by Google
Google just announced the first device to ship with their newest Android OS: the Nexus S. It will ship with the Android 2.3 platform, dubbed Gingerbread, alongside this launch, Google has announced the SDK which will allow developers to produce bigger-and-badder apps for this new OS version. In a post on the Google blog, the ...
The Massive Success of Netflix Churns Industry Reaction
With the proliferation of Internet connected set-top devices that enable the streaming of online video to televisions. This move opens up streaming Internet video to a much broader audience than those who watch television and movies on their computers and Netflix—who grew up on a DVD-by-mail model—have been offering streaming video for some time and ...
Skype, Yahoo, eBay, and Others Plead with UK Government Over Net Neutrality
The UK communications minister, Ed Vaizey, gave a speech November 17th about his stance on net neutrality in the United Kingdom. In the speech, he specified that the government would retain net neutrality, but only pursue it lightly—the relative limpness of his wording lead many to believe that this would enable ISPs and others to ...
Chrome 8 Enhancements Include PDF Security
Adobe’s PDF format is the most popular printable-document format ever and it’s almost impossible to find a computer, device, or media viewing application incapable of displaying one. As a result, it’s also become a favorite target for worms and viruses, as extremely prevalent code therefore becomes a center of attention. Amid a myriad of security ...
Xbox Gets a Silver Lining as Microsoft Announces Silverlight 5
With the rapid innovation of playable media for mobile devices running strong, Microsoft announced that they’d be shifting away from Silverlight towards HTML5. This shift probably left a certain number of Silverlight developers abandoned even as Bing dropped its Silverlight foundation for HTML5. According to an article on The Next Web, it became obvious recently ...
LimeWire Closes Its Online Store, Gone by Dec 31st
It looks like the long winded LimeWire saga is coming to a close with the shuttering of its online store. According to All Things D, notices posted on its website now tell the story of its closure by December 31, 2010. The company is also closing its online music store at the end of the ...
Zynga Angling for More Mobile Presence with Newtoy Acquisition
The online game publisher Zynga has been in the news a lot lately with seven acquisitions in as many months. They already dominate the landscape of Facebook and a lot of online social and casual gaming and are looking to press their way further into the mobile market. The newly acquired company, Texas-based Newtoy, produces ...
Google Improving Copyright Protection Basics
Google is upgrading their procedures for the submission of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices against copyright infringing materials on their services and also the procedures for filing counter notices. The dreaded DMCA notice is a common event on YouTUBE, especially for new users making music videos by compiling together popular music and clips from ...
eBay Purchasing Milo.com for $75 Million
An article running right now in Business Insider lays out the news that eBay has acquired Milo.com for $75 million and cites two anonymous sources, Milo.com is a shopping search engine that lets you find out what’s in stock at local stores. How does Milo fit with eBay? For starters, it plays in the same ...