Sony’s best attempt yet to compete with other flagship smartphones, the Xperia Z, is being released in the United States after a long wait following its launch in Japan and other countries. T-Mobile will carry the Xperia Z exclusively in the U.S. giving the “uncarrier” a new edge over its bigger rivals. T-Mobile announced that [...]
Source: Instagram Video Sharing to be Released June 20
June 18, 2013 | Posted by
Users of the widely popular photo-sharing (and filtering) app Instagram will soon be able to share videos too, according to a Facebook source. The reveal is supposed to be timed with Facebook’s big press event this coming June 20. While initial reports suggest that the event will have Facebook launch a news or RSS reader in an attempt to scoop [...]
Samsung Prepping LTE-Advanced Version of Galaxy S4
June 17, 2013 | Posted by
Samsung is readying an LTE-Advanced version of its Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which could debut in South Korea as early as this month, according to a report from Reuters. Samsung co-CEO JK Shin told the news agency that his company will be the first “with the commercial launch of the advanced 4G version of the smartphone.” [...]
Microsoft, Facebook Reveal Number of US Surveillance Requests
June 15, 2013 | Posted by
(Reuters) – Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout from disclosures about a secret government data-collection program. Facebook on Friday became the first to release aggregate numbers of [...]
Microsoft Unveiling Mini Stores Within 600 Best Buy Locations
June 14, 2013 | Posted by
Microsoft has teamed up with Best Buy to bring the Microsoft Store experience to the big box retailer. Starting later this month, Microsoft “stores within a store” will start popping up at 500 Best Buy locations across the U.S., as well as 100 Best Buys and Future Shops in Canada. The stores will be 1,500 [...]
As Competition Mounts, Apple Considers Larger, Cheaper iPhones
June 13, 2013 | Posted by
Apple is reportedly considering releasing both a new, bigger version of the iPhone as well as a cheaper version in a variety of colors, as it looks to compete with rival Samsung. Reuters reports the changes to the phone are still being discussed as Apple faces rising pressure in the smartphone market from the South [...]
New MacBook Air Offers All-Day Battery Power
June 12, 2013 | Posted by
SAN FRANCISCO — At the start of Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference on Monday, I was among a throng of journalists racing for the limited rows of seats with power strips. Try explaining to an editor that you ran out of juice in the middle of CEO Tim Cook’s presentation. A less frenzied but no less [...]
Apple iOS7 Update Redesigns Look of Apps and Icons
June 11, 2013 | Posted by
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone’s launch in 2007. The new operating system, called iOS 7, strives for a clean, simple, translucent impression. Apple is redesigning [...]
Sony-Microsoft Battle For Sales is Center Stage at E3
June 10, 2013 | Posted by
Gun-toting fighters take a back seat to Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. this week as the console makers battle to show they’ve got the best plan for selling pricey machines in the age of cheap play on phones and tablets. Both present today at E3, the video-game industry’s annual conference running through June 13 in Los Angeles, with [...]
Can iRadio Succeed Where Other Music Streamers Have Failed?
June 8, 2013 | Posted by
Apple iRadio will fail to attract mainstream attention or profits, if the preceding competition is any indication. Pandora has spent a decade losing money. Spotify keeps having to borrow from its investors. Napster 2.0, Lala, Real Radio and others have similarly failed to find a balance between baiting customers with money-losing free streaming music in [...]
