Mellisa Tolentino
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Breaking the Walled Garden Effect of Mobile OS Wars
One thing that greatly affects a consumer’s choice is the operating system used in a mobile device. Right now, people can choose from Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, RIM’s BlackBerry OS, HP’s webOS, Samsung’s Bada or Microsoft’s Windows Phone. But for end users, the OS doesn’t matter nearly as much as access to one’s content across ...
Copyright and Remixing: The Irony of Things, SOPA, Megaupload
Before I get to the point of this article, just a quick update: A new indictment was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia against Megaupload, the file-sharing site founded by Kim Dotcom, which was seized by US authorities back in January. Dotcom along with other Megaupload employees were charged with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, ...
Samsung Board Approves LCD Spin-Off
Last week, Samsung Electronics announced that they were considering spinning off their liquid crystal display operations by merging it with their Samsung Mobile Display arm which makes organic light-emitting diode or OLED panels. The company, though the largest maker of flat panels, suffered decreasing sales in their LCD operations as more people are now embracing ...
Barnes & Noble to Release 8GB Nook Tablet on Wednesday
Last year marked the year of the tablet. 2011 was the year everyone decided to show off their take on the tablet, some competing with the iPad in size, while others decided to take on the cheaper side of the market. People have different perspectives as to the use of their tablets, making it difficult ...
Apple: Caught In a Web of Lawsuits and Scandals
Apple finally settled the iPhone 4 antennagate class action lawsuit filed against them in 2010. iPhone 4 owners who filed a claim can get a $15 check or a free bumper case from Apple. After the launch of the iPhone 4 in 2010, users noticed that the device loses its signal if you hold it ...
FTC May Investigate Google’s Safari Tracking, Latest iPad 3 Shots
As the Apple event draws near, more news regarding the iPad 3 keeps on surfacing the web. There are now leaked images that the iPad 3 is equipped with Apple’s A5X processor, not the A6 chipset. And if Chinese sources are to be trusted, the A5x processor would be accompanied by two 16GB Hynix flash ...
Human-like Robots Tackle Crosswords, Stand-Up Comedy
IBM’s Watson, the artificial intelligence computer system capable of answering questions posed in the natural language, gained a good deal of popularity after participating in the TV game show Jeopardy!, where he trumped several contestants last year. But now, another AI wants to make its mark in the human world by participating in a crossword ...
Netflix Reneges on DVD Rentals as Cable Ups the Ante
Netflix’s price increase last year rather infuriated some of their patrons. Many thought that the $16/month charge for both streaming and DVD rental was too much, and some even threatened to leave. But what angered them the most is the fact that the DVD-rental-only plan was removed all together. Though most of Netflix subscribers chose to stick ...
How Do We Protect Kids’ Data in Mobile Apps?
More children, not teenagers, are using mobile devices. Sometimes they use their parents’ gadgets but some lucky kids get their own. Some parents don’t think much of it, but what they fail to consider is the danger they have put before their children. Most of us know that when you download an app, it prompts ...
Apple Wins Against Momo, Google Tricks Safari
Apple won the case regarding the slide-to-unlock patent against Motorola Mobility in a German court. The patent concerned, EP1964022, covers “unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image.” According to a report from TG Daily, Judge Dr. Peter Guntz of the Munich I Regional Court upheld two of three claims describing implementations of ...