Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling (AP)

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling (AP)

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:11 PM PDT

This product image provided by Skype, shows the GE Digital Cordless Expandable Telephone. Skype is making it easier to place less expensive Internet calls from home phones. (AP Photo/Skype)AP - With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.

Disney hopes game character makes it to big screen (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:20 PM PDT

This image provided by the Walt Disney Co. shows a new game character named, 'Swampy.' The Walt Disney Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it's trying something new: launching a character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday. In a first effort at this new strategy, Disney is launching an animated alligator named 'Swampy' whose bizarre quest in the 99-cent iPhone game 'Where’s My Water?' is to keep clean. (AP Photo/Walt Disney Co.)AP - The Walt Disney Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it's trying something new: launching a cuddly character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday.

Swedish daycare centers use GPS to track children (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - File picture dated April 19, 2011, shows a group of nursery school children in yellow vests out for a walk in Stockholm. Daycare centers in Sweden have started using Global Positioning System (GPS) and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions - a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Hasse Holmberg, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Daycare centers in Sweden have started using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions — a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions.

Pandora gets a facelift, goes unlimited for free streaming music (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:21 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Music lovers may be awash in a sea of tune-streaming services at the moment, but Pandora persists as a perennial favorite, especially when it comes to discovering new music. The site, which lets you curate your own custom radio stations, …

Drink-mixing typewriter lets you pick your poison with keystrokes (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Drinking and typing isn't always a great idea. It can lead to misspelled words, grammatically incorrect sentences, and incoherent dialogue. But there's one instance when drinking and typing go hand-in-hand â€" when you're using a typewriter that mixes drinks. That's …

Foursquare Hack Switches Your Profile Photo Based on Your Location (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:22 PM PDT

Mashable - The Hack of the Week Series highlights a new hackathon programming project each week.

HP may oust CEO, hire eBay veteran: source (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co's board convened on Wednesday to consider ousting Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker after less than a year on the job and replacing him temporarily with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a source familiar with the matter said.

Mexico "Twitter terrorists" freed: attorney (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Reuters - A Mexican man and woman jailed for sending online messages that mistakenly warned an elementary school was under attack were freed on Wednesday, an attorney for the pair said.

Survey: 10 percent of UK under-10s have an iPhone; a third have a cell phone (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Digital Trends - There was a time when little kids used to talk into toy phones to imaginary friends. Now it seems that they have real phones with Internet access and pay-as-you-go payment plans.

Android chosen by Boeing to power Dreamliner's in-flight entertainment system (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Digital Trends - With Qantas earlier in the week announcing it would be trialing Wi-Fi connected iPads on aircraft for its in-flight entertainment service, it seemed as if the death knell was being sounded for seat-back screens. Seems like the actual people who build the planes have different ideas though.

Twitter now supports posting photos through text messaging (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Likely designed for people that haven’t upgraded to a smartphone just yet, Twitter launched support for photo posting through sending a simple text message. While updating a Twitter account through text messages has long been a feature of the service, users haven’t been able to transmit mobile pictures without the help of a Twitter application. Since Twitter launched text messaging support for users, approximately four billion SMS messages are sent and received through Twitter each month.  Users can also receive Twitter updates through text messages without having to open a Twitter account and follow a user, a service named Fast Follow.

Sprint CEO: 2011 targets exclude any iPhone launch (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse, speaks at the product launch of the Motorola PHOTON 4G Summer and the Motorola TRIUMPH Virgin Mobile Summer in New York June 9, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew KellyReuters - Sprint Nextel Corp would need to change its full year guidance for 2011 if the company started selling the Apple Inc iPhone, Chief Executive Dan Hesse said on Wednesday at a conference.

Expect Apple to come out swinging at Tim Cook’s first announcement as CEO (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Appolicious - For some time now, we've been talking about all the new things Apple has in the pipe. Announced and unannounced, we know from the way Apple operates that a new iPhone handset is bound to be coming our way sometime soon, and that a new version of the company's mobile platform, iOS 5, is due sometime this fall.

Softbank dives on report rival may also sell iPhone 5 (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Shares of Softbank Corp (9984.T), Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday after a report said the company was set to lose its position as the sole vendor of Apple's iPhone in Japan.

Hulu has more than 1 million paying subscribers: CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Hulu, the popular online video service which has been put up for sale by its joint owners, now has more than 1 million paying subscribers, Chief Executive Jason Kilar said on Wednesday.

Apple gives over 9,000 free iPads to Teach for America (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:48 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Though Apple has had more money than the U.S. government, and even beat out Exxon mobile as most valuable in the world, the company is known for sitting Smaug-like on its horde of profits. However, during the past few weeks, Apple has steadily been implementing a charitable program which began last yearâ€"over 9,000 (not a meme) free iPad 1 units have been shipped to Teach for America corps in 38 states.

Google spurns Oracle $2.2 billion Android damage claim (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc urged a federal judge to reject an Oracle Corp expert's recommendation that it pay more than $2.2 billion for infringing patents for Java technology used in the Android operating system.
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