Friday, November 25, 2011

AT&T, Telekom to press ahead with T-Mobile deal (AP)

AT&T, Telekom to press ahead with T-Mobile deal (AP)


AT&T, Telekom to press ahead with T-Mobile deal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

AP - Deutsche Telekom and AT&T vowed Thursday to press ahead with the planned sale of the German company's T-Mobile USA unit to the U.S. cell phone operator despite concerns raised by American authorities.

Thousands queue in Indonesia to buy new Blackberry (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:08 AM PST

Impatient Indonesians raise their fists to show their 'priority' wrist bands as they queue up to buy the new BlackBerry 9790 at discounted price for the first 1,000 buyers outside a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Thousands of Indonesians jammed into a glitzy shopping mall Friday to get hold of the first BlackBerry Bold 9790s being sold worldwide. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - Thousands of Indonesians jammed into a glitzy shopping mall Friday to get hold of the first BlackBerry Bold 9790s being sold worldwide.


Just Show Me: How to use Amazon’s barcode app on your iPhone (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:40 AM PST

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 use Amazon's barcode scanner on your iPhone. When …

How to cope with being unfriended on Facebook according to William Shatner (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:24 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Been unfriended by someone on Facebook recently? Does it make you feel unwanted, useless, and depressed? Fear not â€" William Shatner will walk you through the horrors of the ultimate form of Facebook rejection. This skit was shown on Jimmy …

Artist Illustrates Finely Detailed Comic Book Magazine Cover [TIMELAPSE VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:39 PM PST

Mashable - Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

Buying clothes online? New technology may help (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:47 PM PST

Reuters - Asaf Moses is in the midst of displaying a new way to measure body dimensions.

Sharp elbows: Shoppers scuffle on Black Friday (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:05 PM PST

Early bird shoppers watch a Harry Potter movie being shown on a giant screen outside the Best Buy store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio while waiting for the doors to open at midnight on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday.


Patent firm IPCom says to stop HTC German sales (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:52 AM PST

Reuters - German patent firm IPCom plans to halt as quickly as possible the sale of all HTC smartphones in Germany, another blow to the Taiwanese firm just two days after it shocked markets by cutting its fourth-quarter outlook.

Facebook mum on whether anticipated smartphone violates net neutrality (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:26 PM PST

Daily Caller - Days after the FCC's so-called "net neutrality" regulations took effect, Black Friday shoppers pepper-sprayed human obstacles in order to fill out their Christmas lists, which for at least some probably included this year's tablets and smartphones. A Facebook smartphone, since at this point it is only a rumor, was not on among those items.

90 people in Indonesia injured in line for BlackBerry Bold 9790 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PST

Digital Trends - If you thought local Black Friday deals were good, you need to go to Indonesia. A crowd of over 1,000 people formed outside an Indonesian mall on Friday for a sale on the newly released BlackBerry 9790, pictured on the left above. The phone that retails for around $520 was available at half price.  

Analysis: Sprint network upgrade may curb unlimited data (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST

Reuters - Sprint Nextel may be forced to abandon the biggest advantage it has over its rivals - unlimited data services for a flat fee - because of heavy data users and a shortage of wireless airwaves.

Online video series celebrates the Pittsburgh dad (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:04 PM PST

AP - A new online video series about a stereotypical Pittsburgh father is attracting tens of thousands of viewers.

Rumor: Droid 4 and Galaxy Nexus to be released on December 8 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:54 AM PST

Digital Trends - The already crowded Verizon smartphone line up might be getting a few more phones in early December. Droid-Life is reporting that the elusive Galaxy Nexus and the almost unheard of Droid 4 will be released for Verizon on December 8. The report shows a leaked Verizon document displaying the release date for the two LTE phones. Both of the phones will join the Droid RAZR and iPhone 4S as top of the line devices for Verizon’s customers.

Microsoft Promises No-Hassle Windows 8 Upgrades (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:26 AM PST

NewsFactor - Microsoft is working to streamline the installation process for Windows 8 once its newest operating-system version becomes available to consumers next year. The software giant's Windows setup and deployment team aims to "reduce the time from start to finish," said Steven Sinofsky, the president of Microsoft's Windows business division.

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