Friday, November 4, 2011

US Cellular: We turned down iPhone (AP)

US Cellular: We turned down iPhone (AP)

US Cellular: We turned down iPhone (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:38 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Cellular Corp., the country's sixth-largest cellphone company, on Friday said it had the opportunity to carry the iPhone but turned it down because the phone is too expensive.

Yahoo investor demands board ouster of co-founder (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:23 PM PDT

AP - A major Yahoo shareholder believes the slumping Internet company would be better off without Jerry Yang on its board as it mulls a possible sale.

Make retro movies on 35mm film with the LomoKino toy video cam (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:57 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - If you're a fan of the whimsical effects and analog style of toy cameras like the Diana, you're in for a treat. The LomoKino Super 35 keeps that same playful philosophy and applies it to video â€" or perhaps "moving …

Just Show Me: How to rent movies on your Android phone or tablet (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to rent movies on your Android tablet or phone. …

Google Could Be Planning to Completely Disrupt the TV Business [REPORT] (Mashable)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Mashable - Google, enormously successful in online advertising, might be casting an envious eye toward the $150 billion-per-year pay television market. Such a venture has the potential to turn today's business of television advertising and distribution upside down. The company's already announced plans to build a fiber-optic high-speed Internet service in Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan., and according to The Wall Street Journal [subscription required], now Google might be thinking about ways to expand that into pay video and telephone services.

Anonymous won't expose Mexican cartel's "servants" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Latin American members of the activist hacker group Anonymous called off a planned November 5 plan to expose people associated with the Zetas, Mexico's most violent drug cartel, according to the group's blog.

Groupon shares surge but concerns linger (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:45 PM PDT

Groupon Chief Executive Andrew Mason (2nd L) jokes around with Groupon's largest shareholder and Chairman, Eric Lefkofsky, (L) outside the Nasdaq Market in Times Square following ringing the opening bell in celebration of the company's IPO in New York November 4, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Shares of Groupon Inc surged as much as 56 percent on Friday, a solid debut aided by a small number of shares sold, yet still fell short of the first-day performances of recent Internet IPOs.

Sprint says may use debt to fund Clearwire (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp said it could use the proceeds from a private debt offer to fund Clearwire Corp, sending shares in the cash-strapped high-speed wireless firm up 8 percent on Friday.

HTC Rezound will be Android 4.0 ready (Appolicious)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Appolicious - New smartphones and tablet devices are released at an ever-quickening pace this time of year, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been at the center of consumer hopes. Many manufacturers are taking advantage of these expectations, fighting to be among the first to offer a new Android handset based on the completely revamped OS. HTC among them, the Rezound smartphone will ship ready for Android 4.0.

The Week's Top 20 in Social Media (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Related: Is Facebook Turning Us Into Lonely Robots? Or Worse?

Nook Tablet expected to be unveiled Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:52 PM PDT

Reuters - When Amazon unveiled its first tablet, the Kindle Fire, in September, most tech experts and analysts predicted it would be the first real challenger to Apple's iPad.

This little piggy went to market: Oink hits the iTunes App Store (Appolicious)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Appolicious - Kevin Rose, co-founder of long-suffering Digg, recently started a new company called Milk and they've just released their first app called Oink.

United and Continental plan to roll out in-flight Wi-Fi during 2012 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:19 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Announced out of Chicago earlier today, United Continental Holdings announced a partnership with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to bring in-flight Wi-Fi access to passengers of over 300 United and Continental flights starting around the middle of 2012. The satellite-based Wi-Fi technology will eventually cover the entire fleet of planes by the end of 2015. According to officials at the company, Panasonic’s Ku-band satellite technology offers faster speeds than air-to-ground connectivity which is the technology used by Gogo Inflight Internet service. Some of the companies that use Gogo’s service include U.S. Airways, American Airlines, Delta, AirTran and Virgin America. 

Next Kindle Fire may have an 8.9-inch screen (Digital Trends)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Digital Trends - The rumor mill is turning again. Before its first tablet has even hit shelves, Amazon is rumored to be prepping its next Kindle Fire, which will have an 8.9-inch screen. The first Kindle Fire has a 7-inch screen and is being sold for $200, which is either at cost or losing Amazon money with each unit sold. We imagine that a large screen would mean even higher costs, but it’s hard to know what the online retailer has planned. The Kindle Fire is seen as a loss leader. Amazon may lose money on the hardware, but it plans to make it back by selling apps, games, music, books and other media on the device. 

Apple iPhone takes 52% of third quarter industry profits (Digital Trends)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:40 PM PDT

Digital Trends - In Smartphone news, the iPhone is making a lot of money for Appleâ€"more than half the industry’s overall profits belong to the Cupertino-based company. Though Samsung has pushed way ahead of Apple for sales in the September quarter, Apple managed to command 52% of the profits with the iPhone.

Openwave shares spurt on Microsoft deal and Q1 profit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Shares of Openwave Systems Inc rose 30 percent in pre-market trade on Friday, a day after the software maker reported a surprise first-quarter profit and announced that Microsoft Corp agreed to license itss patent portfolio.

Arrest at The Sun spreads Murdoch hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

AP - A journalist at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country's biggest-selling newspaper.
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