Saturday, April 30, 2011

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HBO Go app finally out for iOS, Android

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:19 PM PDT

Originally announced back in August 2010 (that's 8 months ago!), the HBO GO app for smartphones and tablets is finally available. Out for both iOS and Android devices, HBO Go allows streaming of premium video content directly to your device.
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Video: Google Talk Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread video chat demo

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:06 PM PDT

We've known about it for some time, and now the update to Gingerbread that allows video chatting over Google Talk has finally arrived. As such, Michael and Dan got together to shoot a quick demo for you, and they even tossed in some footage of a video chat between a Nexus S and a Motorola XOOM. Overall, provided there's a good data connection, the system worked well. Audio was better than expected, even.
Watch the video here.


Google gets hit with location tracking suit as well

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:27 AM PDT

It looks like Apple won't be the only one fighting in court, as Google has now been hit with a lawsuit over location data tracking. Two users in Michigan have filed suit against the search giant over location tracking done by the Android operating system.
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Twitter stung by roundabout class action suit

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Twitter was hit with a somewhat strange class action lawsuit by two California residents by the names of Drew Moss and Sahar Maleksaeedi. Basically, the two men are suing Twitter because they received a confirmatory SMS message from Twitter after sending a message with the command "STOP," which is the standard command to stop SMS notifications from a company or service. The plaintiffs claim that the confirmation message came after express or implied consent to receive text message notification to their phones had been withdrawn, which not only cost them incoming message charges, but also violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. According to court documents, Moss and Maleksaeedi are asking for up to $1,500 in damages for each message that allegedly violated the TCPA.
Read the full story here.


Adobe releases Flash 10.2 for tablets, outs Android 3.1 Honeycomb

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Adobe Systems today released the Flash Player 10.2 update for Android Honeycomb tablets, available for download in the Android Market. The update should bring along some big enhancements to Honeycomb, including hardware accelerated video and enhanced browser integration. Don't get too excited just yet, though. Unfortunately, even the most up-to-date tablets (those with Android 3.0.1) won't get to experience the new enhancements until their devices receive an update to Android 3.1, which Adobe mentioned on the Flash app page. The developer later changed the text to say "requires an upcoming release of Android 3." No word, of course, on when we can expect to see that, but next week's Google I/O event is a possibility.
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Nokia Siemens completes acquisition of Motorola Solutions Networks

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Today Nokia Siemens Networks announced the completion of its acquisition of Motorola Solutions Networks assets for $975 million in cash. Starting tomorrow, April 30, Nokia Siemens Networks will take responsibility for customers of Motorola Solutions' GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, WiMAX, and LTE products and services. Around 6,900 employees will transfer to Nokia Siemens Networks, which will also take on responsibility for 50 operator customers in 52 countries. The deal had been held up by legal disputes between Motorola and Huawei that were recently settled.
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Al Gore debuts digital version of Our Choice book via iOS app

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Former vice-president, rumored Internet inventor, and potentially the world's biggest advocate of environmental friendliness Al Gore is bringing his climate crisis campaign to the mobile realm, with the introduction of the Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis application, a digital version of his 2009 print sensation. The application was published by startup Push Pop Press in collaboration with the Our Choice print publisher Rodale Inc and digital media producer Melcher Media. The digital book has 19 easily navigable chapters and includes 250 full-screen images, some of which can be folded or unfolded using the pinch-to-zoom action. Tapping on an image displays a geo-tagged location, and the app even includes an hour of documentary footage. The app is available for an introductory price of $4.99 in Apple's App Store for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 4.2 or later.
Read the full story here.


Debate remains open; cell phone use may affect health

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:46 AM PDT

We've heard unsettling report after unsettling report with regards to the effect that cell phone signals have on biological tissue, and today a Los Alamos researcher has offered up another one, claiming that the microwaves emitted by mobile phones can interact with human tissues in a way that no one has yet to account for.
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Best Buy Mobile offering free smartphones this weekend

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Best Buy Mobile has announced a free smartphone promotion called "Free Phone Friday," which will extend past Friday and into Saturday, as well. During the promotion, the retailer will be offering the Samsung Fascinate for Verizon, the Samsung Captivate for AT&T, and the BlackBerry Curve 3G for Sprint, all for free with a new contract. Apple's white iPhone 4 will also be available online and in-store on April 30, but unfortunately will not be one of the phone's featured in the Free Phone Friday promotion. The Google Nexus S 4G smartphone for Sprint will also go on sale May 8th.
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Lawmakers want privacy guidelines broadened to cover apps

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Lawmakers in Washington are pushing to have the same guidelines and regulations that wireless carriers face for location tracking put upon third-party app developers.
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HTC Q1 2011: earnings tripled, ships 9.7 million handsets

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 08:07 AM PDT

The financial reports keep rolling in, and its HTC bringing the good news this time. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer released its Q1 2011 report, with earnings nearly tripled year over year.
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Nokia CEO talks about tablet differentiation

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop had a conversation with Finnish news outlet YLE claiming that the company has a different strategy for entering the tablet market. "There are now over 200 different tablets on the marketplace, only one of them is doing really well," said Elop. "And, my challenge to the team is I don't want to be the 201st tablet on the market that you can't tell from all of the others. We have to take a uniquely Nokia perspective." Elop noted that the company has a choice between Microsoft's Windows software and "some of the other software assets we have." Early reports claim that Microsoft may even get excluded altogether in favor of a MeeGo-powered slate.
Read the full story here.


Motorola XOOM, Bionic running late for LTE upgrade, launch

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

With the release of Motorola's quarterly financial report, a few bits of sad news came with regards to the Motorola XOOM tablet and the to-be-released DROID Bionic smartphone. Unfortunately, the promised upgrade to 4G LTE will not be coming to the XOOM until summer, according to Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha. To add to that disappointment, the Bionic won't be released until then, either. Jha was not specific in his explanation for the delay, other than the fact that whatever "issue" has arisen has affected both devices. It's possible that the company is simply waiting for Verizon Wireless' LTE rollout to progress further, but in any case, this means that XOOM owners and future Bionic owners will have a nice little test in patience. When we have specific dates for the LTE upgrade and Bionic release, we'll be sure to keep you posted.
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Samsung Q1 2011 report shows higher percentage of smartphones

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:12 AM PDT

In Samsung's quarterly report the company revealed that an ever growing percentage of its phones are now smartphones. This past quarter saw 18 percent of Samsung phones being of the smart variety as compared with 4 percent for the same period last year.
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RIM renames next version of BlackBerry OS to BlackBerry 7

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 06:34 AM PDT

During RIM's investor call last night, co-CEO Jim Balsillie revealed that the company will call the next version of its BlackBerry smartphone OS "BlackBerry 7." It was previously expected to be called BlackBerry 6.1. Balsillie claims that it is a major update from version 6, which was released last year. We hope to see more of BlackBerry 7, and hopefully more new devices running it at BlackBerry World next week.
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Groupon migrates to iPad with scan-ready coupons

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 06:15 AM PDT

Groupon's daily-deals app has been thriving in the App Store and in other application stores, so it should come as no surprise that the company's developers have released Groupon HD for the iPad. Groupon HD brings the same functionality of the original Groupon apps and website, allowing the user to view and use discounts available only to Groupon users in their area. The best part of Groupon mobile, for both the iPhone and iPad, is that the applications create scannable coupons and display them on the screen of your device, completely negating the need to print coupons. Groupon deals are available in over 170 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Read the full story here.


Verizon to place location tracking sticker on phones

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:55 AM PDT

In a response to Congress inquiries into the location tracking done by wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless has promised to place stickers on phones that are capable of tracking a users location. The stickers are meant to inform the customer of such capabilities, and point to where the user can control the tracking that is done.
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iMovie for iPad 2 review - video editing on the go

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Our Jordan Crook spent a day messing around with Apple's new iMovie video editing suite on the Apple iPad 2 tablet. In this review, with video, she demonstrates how the iPad 2 functions as a mobile video editing platform.
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Apple may face action by privacy regulators in the EU

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:40 AM PDT

Apple might be facing action from data protection regulators in Europe with regards to the iPhone location tracking debacle. The regulators represent 27 countries in the EU, and have "taken note" of the recent reports that the iPhone tracks a users location and stores it in an unencrypted file. No decisions have been made as of yet, but the regulators are looking into the situation.
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White iPhone 4 has thicker glass than black one

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Owners of Apple's just released white iPhone 4 have discovered something peculiar about it: the casing appears to be about 2mm thicker than its black counterpart.
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Motorola Q1 2011 results: 250,000 XOOM tablets, $89 million net loss

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Motorola released its first quarter financial results yesterday silencing critics and analysts who claimed that the company had sold very few XOOM Android tablets. All was not rosy though, as the fourth place manufacturer still posted a net loss for the quarter.
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