By Sean P. Aune |
Overall the stock market did not have a good day with the Dow falling 5.55%, or 634.76 points, to 10,809.85. All of this was in the wake of a recent downgrade of the credit rating of the United States by Standard & Poor’s from AAA to…
By Emily Price |
American Airlines is officially rolling out a new in-flight entertainment option for passengers on its Gogo-equipt flights. Called “Entertainment on Demand” the service will work similar to other online video rental options, allowing users to purchase movie and TV show rentals to watch on their…
By Sean P. Aune |
Starbucks, the coffee chain famous for its willingness to allow customers to use their stores as they see fit, may be taking a slightly different view of those that set up a mobile office in their stores, at least if you’re in New York City.…
By Emily Price |
Along with its iCloud launch for developers yesterday, Apple released pricing information about iCloud. When released, iCloud will automatically give each user 5GB of storage for free (which isn’t going to hold much), after that you’ll have shell out a little bit of cash to…
By Emily Price |
Starting August 28, being Facebook friends with your teacher is illegal in the state of Missouri. The bill covers social networking in general, so not only can you not associate with your teacher on Facebook, you’ll also have to stay away on Twitter, MySpace, or…
By Damon Brown |
When I was a kid, I was the family almanac. When is the next full moon? What does S.C.U.B.A. stand for? What was the name of Bruce Willis’ singing alter ego? I had a ridiculously good recall for “interesting” facts, fed by a chicken or…
By Sean P. Aune |
It’s well known that Apple is sitting on an incredibly huge war chest of funds, currently believed to be valued at $76.1 billion. What no one knew was that it means the company has more cash than the United States government right now which is believed to only have…
By Sean P. Aune |
We’ve all seen those videos of people dancing in various Apple Store locations, and haven’t you ever wondered why no one says anything to them about stopping? Sure, every once in awhile it seems someone gives them a sideways glance, but very little actually happens.…
By Emily Price |
HTC says it’s willing to negotiate a deal with Apple. Both HTC and Apple recently won victories in International Trade Commission courts. Most recently a judge ruled in favor of Apple on two of ten patent disputes it has with HTC. As it stands, if…
By Emily Price |
Starting September 14th you will no longer be able to buy T-Mobile products in RadioShack stores. Before you start thinking that will leave old RadioShack sad and lonely, the company will be picking up a new love the next day in the form of Verizon…
By Adriana Lee |
You’d be hard-pressed to find people these days who haven’t at least heard of Bluetooth. As for how many of them actually use it — well, that’s a different story. Although practically all modern smartphones, tablets and computers support wireless BT connectivity between gadgets and…
By Sean P. Aune |
While Netflix is currently in hot water with subscribers due to its recent price hike, that event happened in the third quarter of the year, leaving the company free to have a massive second quarter. The first quarter of the year set record revenue and…
By Emily Price |
Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and the Wall Street Journal have removed all in-app purchasing options within the publication’s apps in Apple’s App Store. The move is in response to Apple’s in App Store requirements, which the company had set a June 30 deadline for…
By Killian Bell |
While there’s no question that Android-powered devices are the top dog in the U.S., in the U.K. things are a little different. You can’t walk down a street, visit a cafe, or get on a train here without spotting one of Apple’s iPhones. It was…
By Emily Price |
RIM is laying off 2,000 employees, the equivalent of 10% of its workforce. The company issued a statement this morning detailing plans to reduce its workforce, as well as reorganize its top management. In the statement the company said “The workforce reduction is believed to…
By Emily Price |
An Apple Store is on its way to Grand Central Terminal in NYC. According to the NY Post this week, Apple and the MTA have agreed to a 10-year deal to bring the store to the terminal, replacing Charlie Palmer’s Metrazur restaurant. So how much…
By Emily Price |
20th Century Fox is bringing movie downloads to Android devices. Starting in October if you purchase a 20th Century Fox Blu-ray disc you’ll also score a digital copy of the film you can put on your Android phone or tablet to watch while you’re out…
By Emily Price |
If you follow me on Twitter, you know my bathroom recently underwent a pretty huge renovation. During that renovation my maintenance man disclosed to me his million-dollar plan to retrofit toilet seats with a suction fan of sorts that would “suck out the stink” before…
By Adriana Lee |
When airports started using controversial full body scans for security checks, there was an outrage among the general public. The Advanced Imaging Technology was a little too advanced for its own good, producing images that revealed exactly what everyone had going on beneath their clothes.…
By Sean P. Aune |
At last the missing element of the Hulu puzzle has fallen into place. Since earlier this month it was known that the streaming service was looking into selling out to someone, and the list of potential buyers included tech luminaries such as Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft,…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that the police in Philadelphia have a lot of spare time on their hands. Next month the City of Brotherly Love plans on launching a new program entitled “Give Respect, Get Respect,” that aims to curb what the city sees as bad…
By Adriana Lee |
This is the part in the movie when a montage usually happens. The subjects of a criminal investigation have just taunted the authorities, saying “You can’t stop us,” spurring images of field agents working tirelessly to prove them wrong. And usually, the action culminates in…
By Sean P. Aune |
During the last quarterly earnings call, Apple predicted that it would have a $23 billion third quarter to its fiscal year, but apparently the company wanted to blow the doors off of that prediction. For the third quarter of Apple’s fiscal 2011 year, the company…
By Adriana Lee |
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Once upon a time, there were two people who liked each other, even respected each other. They gave advice and took direct interest in what the other was doing. Then something happened, and one accused the other of…
