January 12th, 2012
If you’re in the market for a cheap iPhone 4, you may want to call your local Radio Shack. A leaked document provided to 9to5Mac suggests the electronics retailer still has inventory of both the 8 GB and 16 GB models.
The two iPhone 4 models are available for US$99 with a new … Read More
December 7th, 2011
The Nissan Leaf is inching closer to national ubiquity, with the addition of seven new markets across the continental US. In a statement issued yesterday, the manufacturer announced that its EV will soon be available within Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, with the first deliveries scheduled to roll … Read More
December 7th, 2011
We all know about the trials and tribulations of holding on to domain names around particular brands, but here’s an example of a curious blip for one of the biggest blogs around focused on the business of technology and the internet, and one that seems timely to point out on the eve of one of the bigger … Read More
December 7th, 2011
In these pics over at the Hollywood Reporter, you can clearly see Peter Vesterbacka, the CEO of Rovio, who you may remember from his speech earlier this year at GDC 2011. The woman he’s pictured with is none other than his wife, Teija Vesterbacka, who, according to the pictures, looks like a … Read More
November 13th, 2011
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
For all the grousing about the minimal changes from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 4S, Apple’s fastest smartphone incorporates sweeping shifts compared to what the company did with its iPod line. From keeping the waning iPod classic in the lineup … Read More
November 13th, 2011
So a changing of the guard at mobile ad company 4INFO, which announced a funding round of $14 million just last month: Zaw Thet, the company’s outspoken founder, has left his role as the CEO and is getting replaced by Tim Jenkins, who has worked for a number of tech companies, including Apple.
Jenkins is a relative newcomer … Read More
November 13th, 2011
Growl, the notification system for Mac OS X, was recently updated to version 1.3. While “dot updates” to apps usually don’t signal a major change, that’s not the case with the latest version of Growl. In a post on the Growl blog, the team described the major changes that have taken place:
Growl … Read More
October 4th, 2011
Although it’s not on Apple’s support site yet, Macstories reports that a software update is available for the 6th generation (2010) iPod nano, updating the software to version 1.2 with the following features:
Easier navigation with two icon sizes
Fitness feature with built-in accelerometer that’s easier to set for running or walking. This works … Read More
October 4th, 2011
European Union regulations require cell phone vendors to include micro USB connectors as a means of standardizing charging options for cell phones, a necessary move to cut down on the plethora of mutually incompatible charging options that have proliferated through the mobile phone industry. Rather than alter the iPhone itself, Apple has … Read More
October 4th, 2011
One good accessory purchase for any iPhone buyer is AppleCare, but now Apple has upped the ante with a new product called AppleCare+ — they’ll now cover accidental damage to your iPhone.
AppleCare+ ($US99) must be purchased at the same time that you buy your new iPhone, and covers up to two incidents … Read More