By Mike Perlman |
Panasonic announced today that it will supply enough automotive grade lithium-ion cells to furnish 80,000 Tesla Model S electric sedans. In 2009 Panasonic entered a supply agreement with Tesla, prompting a $30 million investment by the “world’s leading battery cell manufacturer” in 2010. Now we…
By Adriana Lee |
When it comes to iOS 5, Siri and iCloud have certainly been hogging the spotlight. Beyond that, users en masse are also hot to get their hands on the new Notifications handling, Twitter integration, Safari optimizations and Reader, iMessage, Reminders, and Wi-Fi sync. But let’s…
By Killian Bell |
Some lucky customers in Germany began receiving their iPhone 4S pre-orders yesterday — 3 days before the device is set to launch. However, they’re not the only ones getting it early. Verizon customers in the U.S. are, too. Casey Calouette has provided AppleInsider with pictures…
By Joey Davidson |
Twisted Pixel is home to some of the more cult-favorite style hits on the Xbox LIVE Arcade. The games in their catalogue include the brand new Gunstringer for Kinect, ‘Splosion Man, Ms. ‘Splosion Man and The Maw. News broke today that Microsoft Games has purchased Twisted Pixel…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s official: A new Roku LT is all bona fide now. The LT might as well stand for “Light,” because that’s pretty much what this is: A Roku Light — an entry-level streaming video device that, at $50, costs 10 bucks less than the already…
By Sean P. Aune |
While images of lines outside of Apple stores in the United States are nothing new, we don’t always get to see images from other locations from around the world. These images came in today to us of the line outside of the Hong Kong Apple…
By Jon Rettinger |
While many people will already be familiar with the iPod touch line, Apple’s newest version comes in a white version along with iOS 5 preinstalled. If you do own a previous model, there isn’t really a huge reason to upgrade unless you own a version…
By Joey Davidson |
While it isn’t exactly hard, physical confirmation of any one type of DLC, DICE has declared that they have big plans in place for the extra content for Battlefield 3. It’s not that they’ve simply delegated a few chums to come up with some extra…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’re a seasoned jailbreaker, then you know not to immediately jump to the next iOS the moment it’s available. You watch and wait, and make sure there’s an appropriate jailbreak for this version before you update. If you’re a newbie, however, you might not…
By Jon Rettinger |
iOS 5 day is here after months of waiting. Joy! With it comes the much sought after notifications center, iMessage (my personal favorite), iCloud and 200 other features that will hopefully breathe new life into your iDevice. Do I even have to ask if you’re…
By Sean P. Aune |
With iOS 5 out in the wild, now is the time to sit down and ponder if it was worth what seemed like an excruciatingly long time. Were the 200 new features what you were looking for, or is it still not addressing issues you’ve had with…
By Emily Price |
iOS 5 adds over 200 new features, ranging from things to make you more productive, to features that enhance how iOS devices handle the tasks they were already doing. So, with 200 new features there’s a lot to explore. Here are the top 5 features…
By Jon Rettinger |
We got a nice hands-on with the just announced Atrix 2 down at CTIA and my initial feeling is that it lives up to the Atrix name. Slated as the follow up to the popular Atrix 4G, it seems that the company has learned a…
By Sean P. Aune |
The waiting is over, iOS 5 has finally hit Apple’s servers. Head on over to iTunes to grab it, but please note you may need to restart the program to see it. Not sure if your device can handle it? Check out the list of compatible iDevices.…
By Joey Davidson |
This roughly four minute clip provides Mass Effect fans a chance to understand the freshly announced multiplayer arm of the upcoming Mass Effect 3. BioWare‘s “Pulse” features an exclusive interview with Casey Hudson, Executive Producer for the Mass Effect Franchise, as he details a good portion…
By Emily Price |
Verizon is expanding its LTE coverage by 22 cities on October 20 and 13 more cities on November 17, bringing its total number of LTE cities to 178 markets. The 13-city expansion on the 17th follows another 22 city addition that’s going down October 20…
By Emily Price |
Check out the updates to this post at the end. Story may be changing: CDMA iPhone 4S customers (Verizon, Sprint) are getting a little bit of a better deal on the iPhone 4S when it comes to international roaming. We all know that the iPhone…
By Joey Davidson |
Prone to motion sickness or epileptic seizures? If so, you probably won’t want to watch the trailer we’ve posted above. It’s flashy, spastic, jittery and moves like a Michael Bay film on crack. It’s the Battlefield 3 destruction gameplay trailer. Fans of the Battlefield franchise, especially in its…
By Emily Price |
iOS 5 adds over 200 new features to your iDevice including Twitter integration, improved notifications, and iMessage, a new way for you to communicate with other iOS users. In order to install iOS 5 on your device you’ll need to download the iOS 5 update…
By Sean P. Aune |
The official releas of iOS 5 is expected today, and this is the update that people have probably been the most anxious for. With it comes improved notifications, wireless syncing, lock screen notifications and a bevy of other features that users have been waiting for.…
By Emily Price |
Kindle Fire sales are burning up, and rumor has it that Apple may attempt to compete in early 2012 with an “iPad mini” tablet to cool them down. In a note to investors sent out today, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White talked about meeting with…
By Killian Bell |
The hugely popular music streaming service Spotify has expanded its European coverage with the launch of its service in Denmark. The company announced its expansion in a post on its blog earlier today, and users in Denmark can begin accessing the service immediately: “We’re excited…
By Killian Bell |
At an event in New Delhi’s Taj Mahal hotel today, Microsoft finally announced that it is launching its smartphone operating system in India, with a number of devices running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Bhaskar Pramanik, the company’s Indian chairman, announced that the first device to…
By Killian Bell |
We all expected Google and Samsung to unveil the new Nexus Prime during their joint announcement at CTIA this week, but when the two companies announced that this would be postponed, we were left wondering when the device — and the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich release…
